Learning
training and
work support
training and
work support
Links
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Learning Difficulties
- Ask Mencap
Online information service for anything relating to learning difficulties. - Aldingbourne Trust
Organisation that supports people with learning difficulties, especially with employment needs. - British Institute of Learning Disabilities
Details of books, journals, policies, research and conferences about learning difficulties. - Outreach 3 Way
A registered charity that works with people with learning difficulties, helping them to realise their hopes and dreams
General
- A4e
- Action in Rural Sussex
Supports rural communities particularly in making them inclusive, economically prosperous and caring for community needs. - Commission for rural communities
- Carers Support Service
- Citizens Advice Bureaux
Helps people resolve legal, money and other problems by providing free independent and confidential advice and influencing policymakers. - Connexions
Confidential advice, support and information for 13-19 year olds. - Creating Futures Ltd
Provider of education and employment services in Sussex - Disabled Go
Detailed information for accessing jobs, disability news and forums. - Department of Work and Pensions
Delivering support and advice through a modern network of services to people of working age, employers, pensioners, families and children and disabled people. - Employers Forum on Disability
- General Social Care Council
Registers social care workers and regulates their conduct and training. - ICIS:Information for Life
A free confidential and impartial service for people of all ages who have a disability or special needs, their carers, family or friends, and service providers in West Sussex. - Independent Living Association
Promoting the independence of disabled people living in West Sussex. - In Control
A partnership whose aim is to create a new welfare system in which everyone is in control of their lives as full citizens. - Office of disability issues
- Jobcentre Plus
Help and advice on job hunting and making a claim for benefit. - Maximus
Maximus Employment & Training (UK) specialises in helping people who are disadvantaged in the labour market to gain employment. - RBLI
RBLI provides employment, training and support for people, including those with disabilities, plus care and support for ex-Servicemen, women and families. - Southeast Employment Network
Supports those looking for a job or, perhaps, re-training for a new job for those with disabilities or health conditions. - West Sussex County Council
Latest news, events and information on services available to people living in West Sussex. - West Sussex Health Services
- Working Links
Provider of enhanced services to enable people to get back into work, training or education.
Physical, Sensory or Acquired Brain Injury
- Deafblind UK
National charity which provides a range of support services to deaf and blind adults and their carers. - West Sussex Deaf and Hard of Hearing Association
Helping deaf, deafened, deafblind and hard of hearing people in West Sussex to communicate and socialise by supplying help, support and environmental aids equipment. - Disability Now
- The Disabilities Trust
A national charity that provides quality care, rehabilitation and support for people with complex disabilities (autism, learning disability, physical or sensory impairment or acquired brain injury). - Impact Workability
A charitable provider of vocational services for people with drug or alcohol dependency, or physical or sensory impairment or acquired brain injury.
Mental Health
- Manic Depression Self-Help Group
Specialist support to manic depression or bipolar suffers for employment needs. - MIND
Mind helps people take control of their mental health, also offers advice and support. - Paritas
A recruitment service which supports those with mental health problems into mainstream employment in West Sussex. - Rethink
Help, information and advice for those with severe mental illness. - Sainsbury's Centre for Mental Health
The latest information on mental health - Southdown Supported Employment
Southdown maximises employment opportunities for people with mental health needs, providing vocational services in conjunction with Sussex Foundation NHS Trust, for people in Sussex. - Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, substance misuse and learning disability services. - Shoreham and District Mental Health Association
Supporting people with mental health needs. - Time to change
Fighting to end discrimination for mental health sufferers. - Worthing and Littlehampton Mind
Supporting people with mental health needs.
Drug or Alcohol Dependency
- Addaction
Provides services and support to those with drug or alcohol dependency. - CRI
- Impact Workability
A charity providing vocational services for people with drug or alcohol dependency, or physical and/or sensory impairment or acquired brain injury. - Stone Pillow
A charity supporting those with drug or alcohol dependency and homelessness, based in Chichester. - Treatment Works
Developed by some of the biggest independent providers of drug and alcohol treatment in the UK working together to improve awareness of and access to the right support.
Legal, Financial Advice
- West Sussex Credit Union
Provider of financial support and advice to the marginalised in society - Community Legal Advice
Free, confidential and independent legal advice covering debt, employment, housing/homelessness
Training Providers
- Adult and Community Learning
- Central Sussex College
- Chichester College
- Learning and Skills Development Agency
Now 2 separate organisations: Quality Improvement Agency responsible for quality improvement across the learning and skills sector, and Learning and Skills Network responsible for delivery of programmes, research, training and consultancy projects. - Northbrook College
- Pitman Training
- Queen Elizabeth's Foundation
- Rewards Training
- University of Chichester










