National Youth Training Programmes

photo of young girl mechanic The following agencies can offer assistance to help you find a job, or inform you as to the training options that are available locally.

Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is a free, all-ages career and guidance service available across Scotland.

Staff can:

Help you plan your career
Help you apply for jobs, improve your CV, fill in application forms and practise for interviews.
Let you use the internet for free, so you can look for jobs (they will tell you about useful websites).
Help you apply to college or university and help you get any funding you need to support your studies (including Individual Learning Accounts).
Advise about local employability programmes that will help you find a job: e.g. get ready for work, modern apprenticeships, and training for work.

To find out more, contact:
Skills Development Scotland
Tel: 01241 433000
Freephone: 0845 8502 502
Website: www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk

Jobcentre Plus

Jobcentre Plus offers a number of programmes to help unemployed people find work.

To find out more about local programmes contact your nearest job centre on:

Tel: 0845 604 3719

There are many agencies across Angus that are there to help you get back into employment and a number have been listed below. For a more in depth list why not search our Directory of Services.

New Youth Health Website - The Lowdown

This website is for young people looking for confidential advice and information about health related issues and the challenges they might encounter during their teenage years.

The Lowdown provides access to the Young Scot Infoline, a free telephone line which is available during the week from 10am-6pm manned by trained information advisers with expertise in communicating with young people and capable of sign-posting callers on to existing sources of advice. For more information click the link below:

Tel: 0808 801 0338