Steps 2 Success
"Maximising People Potential"
How Steps 2 Success works
The programme is flexible to help you address your barriers to employment and help you move into work.
You will have a dedicated adviser who will:
- support you on the programme
- discuss your job goals, previous work experience and circumstances
- agree steps and support needed to help you move towards and into employment
- keep in contact and give you in-work support after you get a job.
How Steps
2 Success works
Who can take part in Steps 2 Success?
If you’re receiving a work-related benefit, you can take part in Steps 2 Success either:
- when you are receiving a work-related benefit for a period of time
- from the start of your claim
- when you’re advised that you must take part in the programme.
Your adviser/ work coach in your local Jobs and Benefits office or Job Centre can advise you if you must take part in the programme and when you will be expected to start.
Who can take part
in Steps 2 Success?
How long the programme lasts
You will usually take part in the programme for 52 weeks.
If you don’t find a job within the 52-week period and continue to get benefits, your adviser/ work coach will offer you employment support for a further 26 weeks.
If you still don’t have a job after this 26-week period, you may have to take part in the Steps 2 Success programme for a further 52 weeks.
If you don’t take part in Steps 2 Success
If you've been told you have to take part in the Steps 2 Success programme, your benefit may be affected and a benefit sanction imposed if you don't take part.
How long the
programme lasts
Financial help when taking part in Steps 2 Success
When taking part in the Steps 2 Success programme, you’ll continue to receive your normal benefit entitlement. Help may also be available towards your cost of travel and childcare.
For further information, speak with an adviser or work coach in your local Jobs and Benefits office.
Financial help when taking part in Steps 2 Success
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STEPS 2 SUCCESS TESTIMONIALS
Paul
“Steps to Success has helped me overcome my barriers and gain a full time job that I now love! My Employment Adviser at S2S was welcoming, listened to me and helped me to explore new opportunities. I was unemployed for over a year and was unsure of which area I wanted to work in but my EA helped me to organise an 8-week work placement in an area which I hadn’t considered. My placement provider offered me a full time job and I am loving the job and am now fully independent and so thankful for the support offered at S2S.”
Tanya
“When I started on Steps to Success I was very shy and had little confidence. Through the programme I began working one to one with my adviser and then in various group activities including the She Shed. This has helped me to build my confidence and I can now chat to people a lot more easily. I met a lot of new people through the programme and this has helped develop my self-esteem and I am now applying for jobs and going to interviews when I wouldn’t have wanted to do this before. With the help of the S2S staff I have overcome this barrier and feel so much more confident in myself.”
Mahmoud
“Steps to Success has helped me to improve my English, supported me to create a CV and has opened a door for me with a work trial. I was kept on from my trial but unfortunately that workplace closed, when this job ended S2S were also able to help me update my CV and assist me in applying for further restaurant positions. I am now working full time again and enjoying my job. Thank you for all the support I received on the programme.“
