Falkirk Council’s Employment and Training (ETU) offers personalised support for parents in progressing their careers or with finding employment.

The Parental Employment Support Fund (PESF) programme is open to parents who are unemployed and looking to start work, or who are in work and looking to upskill, and who are:

a lone parent
a parent with 3 or more children
parents from Black, Asian or ethnic minority (BAME) communities or backgrounds
a parent aged under 25 years old
a disabled parent
a parent of a disabled child
a parent of a child under one year old
the parent of a child who has been offered Age 2 Early Learning and Childcare (ELC)

Through the PESF programme, participating parents will be assigned an advisor from EU, who will help them create a personalised plan, based on the support which will best help them progress into work or within their career. They will also receive:

support to gain qualifications
help with improving skills
enhanced key worker support
health and wellbeing support
money advice
CV building help
job search and self-employment support
access to childcare

For further information, including how to get involved and arrange an appointment, please contact ETU by phone: 01324 504408, or email: etu@falkirk.gov.uk

Alternatively, visit the Falkirk Council PESF page.