Help finding work (Job Shop)

The Job Shop is a free service to help you get a job, improve your skills and widen your job and career options.

Support we offer

  • information, advice and guidance on a 1-1 basis and via virtual sessions
  • better off calculations and in work benefit advice
  • support in removing barriers to employment e.g. childcare responsibilities
  • education and training assessments and referral to relevant provision
  • access to specific IT application training – Microsoft Teams
  • setting short and long-term employment focussed goals
  • CV and covering letter reparation
  • application form filling and Personal Statement guidance
  • interview techniques / mock interviews
  • use of computers with Internet access for job searching - appointment based only
  • telephone, photocopying and scanning facilities - appointment based only
  • dedicated apprenticeship and construction teams
  • dedicated support for council tenants
  • dedicated employer engagement team, working with local employers to provide residents with local opportunities 
  • in-work support package

How do I join?

To register with a general Job Broker or a Construction Broker, you must meet the following eligibility criteria:

General Brokerage:

  • Be over 16 years old
  • Have the Right to Work in the UK
  • Living within Barking and Dagenham (unless placed in temporary accommodation by LBBD outside of the borough)
  • Studying less than 16 hours 
  • Must have Recourse to Public Funds (unless you have a refugee or asylum status)

Construction Brokerage:

  • Be over 16 years old
  • Must the have Right to Work in the UK
  • Must be living within London 
  • Must be new to, a returner or already working in the construction industry
  • Cannot be looking solely for Electrician or Plumber roles / Electrician or Plumber apprenticeships.

Register your Interest with Barking and Dagenham Job Shops

Your appointment 

As part of the registration process, we will ask to see the following documents:

For General Brokerage:

  • Proof of right to work in the UK and recourse to public funds – Passport & Right to Work document, if applicable – Visa/Biometric Card - must have 6+ months remaining / Share Code or UK Birth Certificate or Driving Licence if born in the UK
  • Proof of Barking and Dagenham Borough residency – letter dated with the last 3 months (e.g. bank statement, utility bill, council tax)
  • Proof of National Insurance Number – e.g. NI Card, Tax Record, P60, Payslip, P45, Benefits documentation

For Construction Brokerage:

  • Proof of right to work in the UK – Passport & Right to Work document, if applicable – Visa/Biometric Card - must have 6+ months remaining / Share Code or UK Birth Certificate or Driving Licence if born in the UK
  • Proof of London Borough residency – letter dated with the last 3 months (e.g. bank statement, utility bill, council tax)
  • Proof of National Insurance Number – e.g. NI Card, Tax Record, P60, Payslip, P45, Benefits documentation

Contact us 

Visit us at one of our job shops - here we can help you find a suitable job, prepare your CV, fill out applications and prepare for interviews.  You can register below or you're welcome to visit your local job shop.

Barking Job Shop

Ground Floor, Barking Learning Centre, 2 Town Square, Barking IG11 7NB. Google Maps
Tel: 020 8724 8870. Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

Dagenham Job Shop

First Floor, Dagenham Library, 1 Church Elm Lane, Dagenham RM10 9QS. Google Maps
Tel: 020 8724 8877. Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

Barking Riverside Innovation in Construction training centre (B R I C)

The LBBD Barking Riverside Innovation in Construction (B R I C) training centre is the borough's first onsite construction training centre, offering construction qualifications and training, plus brand new test centre facilities.

Please visit the BRIC page for more information

Construction Team

Email: Construction@lbbd.gov.uk
Tel: 020 8227 2809. Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

Job Shop is part funded by Local London Works that give access to employment for jobseekers and inactive people, and supporting the Mayor of London’s Good Work for All.

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