Learning, training and Employment

Read more about the current opportunities available across St Mungo’s.

Learning, training and employment

Read more about the current opportunities available across St Mungo’s.

Construction Skills training workshops in London

We currently have two accredited training workshops. Endsleigh Gardens in Camden, our Bricks and Mortar team, and our Multiskills Workshop operating at Mare Street Hackney.

You will be trained for around 6-12 weeks in either a range of key maintenance skills. Painting & Decorating, Basic carpentry, Plumbing, Tiling (multiskills) or in the wet trades bricklaying, dry lining, plastering, rendering. Duration is dependent on needs, speeds and ability of clients and tailored around their learning style. Monday to Thursday 10am to 3pm. Boots, overalls, all Personal Protective Equipment and lunch provided.

When you Graduate from the workshop

When you graduate from Construction Skills you will have the opportunity to do work experience with one of our major construction partners. This will help you develop the on-site skills you need, as these cannot be replicated in the training hubs. With a view to possibly gaining a job with them after, this is a massive incentive to show them your skills and abilities while on the placement.

Specialist progression coaching & employment support

If you sign up on our construction skills programmes you will also be supported by our in-house progression coach & employment specialist, who will help support you into work, further training, volunteering or education. Helping with tasks, such as C.V’s, back to work calculations, applying for jobs, setting up email accounts and communicating with employers and interview techniques.

Interested?

Usually support workers will refer you to our construction skills program so please do ask them about it alternatively please email us and the team will help support that process.

Our Putting Down Roots programme

Putting down roots is available to St Mungo’s clients that are interested in engaging in a regular outdoor group activity that improves their wellbeing, promotes social inclusion and gives them the opportunity to develop/learn new skills.

Our small team of friendly Gardener Trainers work alongside people in the gardens, teaching you the practical horticultural skills needed to grow and maintain a wide selection of plants, including flowers, fruit and vegetables.

You do not need to have any previous gardening experience and many attend PDR simply for the wellbeing benefits associated with gardening

In addition to our regular garden sites (in London and Bristol), we also offer a programme of “Inreach” work, where PDR Gardener Trainers can come to hostels to work with groups of clients on small gardening projects. Check with your support worker to see if this is offered where you are.

You can be referred by your support worker and if accepted you will then be invited to visit a garden and take part in a Taster Day.

If you attend regularly for a few weeks and you enjoy it/want to continue with PDR, you will then be formally inducted.

You can attend sessions up to two times per week (depending on the spaces available and accessibility of each site). Lunch is provided free of charge.

All tools are provided, and if you attend regularly with PDR you will be given a new pair of steel toe cap boots and a PDR sweatshirt and t-shirts.

In London we currently run regular sessions at:

117 Cedars Rd, Clapham (on Mondays and Wednesdays, 10am – 2pm)

We also run regular Inreach sessions at hostel gardens in Lewisham, Hammersmith & Fulham, Camden and Islington

In Bristol we run regular sessions at 2 sites in the city centre:

Castle Park Physic Garden (Wednesdays, 10am – 2pm)

Our allotment site in Wade Street (Tuesdays, 10am – 2pm)

We also run regular Inreach sessions at our Services in Bristol, speak to your keyworker so find out more

Employment support

We support clients who have expressed an interest in gaining employment. Our approach is based on a model of intervention called IPS (Individual Placement Support) which is an evidence-based approach that aims to help people find and retain employment.

If you are referred to us, you will be supported by a highly trained Employment Specialist who provides 1:1 employment advice and coaching to help identify your experiences, strengths and capabilities. We then fully support you to look for and apply for work, including advice and guidance on how work affects your benefits.

Once at work, we will continue to support you for up to 3 months to help you settle into the job.

Where we work

In Oxford and Reading we work in our Outreach and Housing First

In Brighton we work with Gloucester Street and Housing First

In London we work in Lambeth, Lewisham & Southwark, Ealing, Westminster

We also work across Bristol

If you are a client outside of those areas, then speak to your support worker about provision available where you are

How to refer

How to Refer

If you are interested in looking for work and live in one of the areas mentioned, ask your support worker to contact the Employment Specialist attached to your service, and they will provide you with all the help you need to make a referral for you.