Be Yourself
Be Yourself is a free employability programme for young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET). You must be between the ages of 16 to 21 (up to 25 years with additional needs).
This programme helps young people find employment or return to education or training. It offers a wide range of services and encourages young people to sign up to as many of these courses as they like.
There are several programmes that all offer different employment support. The programmes are:
- employability programme
- ASDAN employability short course with an advisor
- special incentives
- employment support
Employability programme
This is a 6-week programme. Each session is 2 hours long, from 1pm to 3pm.
The sessions are run from the WREC Room.
Young people can sign up to one or many courses.
Courses include:
- preparing for work
- money management
- other employment-related topics.
Sign up today and start your course.
ASDAN employability short course with an advisor
You can attend one to one sessions with an advisor, or a group session, depending on what you need. Session times will be agreed at sign up. Courses will take between 6 to 10 hours depending on the participant.
Professional workshops include:
- boxing
- cooking and food hygiene
- coding
- music
- photography
Register your interest for our next professional workshop.
Special incentives
The special incentives programme offers accreditations that could lead to employment. For example, you can complete a course and test, and receive a Construction Skills Certificate Scheme (CSCS) card.
Sign up today and start your course.
Employment support
We offer young people the opportunity to learn skills that will help get you ready for the workplace. Some of these skills include:
- one-to-one and group support
- careers guidance
- CV workshops
- online applications workshops
- options workshops
Sign up today and start your course.
Careers guidance support
Every young person will have a careers guidance interview. This helps to identify future goals. Be Yourself aims to build confidence and resilience to give young people the skills to progress and achieve their goals.
Be Yourself was launched in November 2018 in partnership with the Jobcentre Plus.
They have helped many young people to develop personal and professional skills for the workplace.
Sign up today
To sign up or register your interest, download and complete the referral form, and email it to
Download the Be Yourself poster.
Contact
Medway Youth Services
Email: beyourself@medway.gov.uk
Phone: 01634 338 742
Your DWP Work Coach
Chatham Job Centre Plus
The Brook Chatham ME4 4LQ
Phone: 0800 169 0190