Next Step - Black Country

The nextstep service can help you get on the road to improving your career prospects by learning new skills, retraining or gaining new qualifications.

Did you feel let down at school?

Are you feeling disillusioned with your job?

Are you are looking for a new direction and you are ready to get serious?

Take a look through the website to find out how the nextstep service can help you.

We can help you to improve your job prospects, get a qualification or just make the most of your job.

We have information and advice about new jobs, learning and training, where to get additional support if you need if you have a disabled or are a single parent.

We can help you to get more out of your career or work, get a better paid job and get qualified for the work you are doing or wan to do.

Take your next step with confidence.

The What We Do section in this web site is where you can get advice about education, training and job opportunities from qualified careers advisers who are available near to where you live or work.

If you need advice on learning or your career call our freephone now 0800 1950 789

It's a FREE service!

Nextstep service is free of charge to people aged 20 or over and do not hold a 'level 2 qualification' or higher (less than 5 GCSEs). If you are not eligible for a free advice session - use this web site to help you progress in learning and work. Or you can contact 'learndirect' who can give you advice over the phone.

Skills for Life

"The ability to read, write and speak in English, and to use mathematics at a level necessary to function at work and in society in general."

We all need basic reading, writing and the use of numbers skills literacy and numeracy skills with more and more people needing English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) skills development. ‘Skills for Life’ include those skills needed in our ever changing world of life and work.

nextstep Black Country will support all those people receiving our advice services to identify any potential Skills for Life needs and signpost them to additional services where they may receive additional and more specialist support.

Watch the 'Get confident and get on' video... here to help you brush up on your maths and English skills. CLICK HERE! Thousands of people across the country have already transformed their work and home lives. To hear some of their stories CLICK HERE!

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