B&D Works - Barking and Dagenham Job Shop

The B&D Works 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
- support in removing barriers to employment e.g. childcare responsibilities
- education and training assessments and referral to relevant provision
- setting short and long-term employment focussed goals
- CV and covering letter reparation
- job 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 construction team
- dedicated support for council tenants
- dedicated employer engagement team, working with local employers to provide residents with local opportunities 
- in-work support package

We are located in Dagenham Library and the Barking Learning Centre.

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 (or finishing full time course within the next 3 months)
• Must have Recourse to Public Funds (unless you have a refugee or asylum status)
• Must not be receiving support from another employment support service such as Maximus

Construction Brokerage:

• Be over 16 years old
• Looking for work in Construction industry
• Must the have Right to Work in the UK
• Must be living Barking & Dagenham (unless placed in temporary accommodation by LBBD outside of the borough)
• Cannot have restrictions on the hours and type of work on status - e.g. Student Visa or Skilled Worker Visa

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

1. Proof of right to work in the UK and access to public funds:
   - British Passport
   - Non-UK Passport & Right to Work document – e-Visa share code for immigration status and share code for right to work (must have 6+ months remaining) 
   - UK Birth Certificate or Driving Licence if born in the UK

2. Proof of Barking and Dagenham Borough residency 
   - letter dated within the last 3 months (e.g. bank statement, utility bill, council tax)

3. Proof of National Insurance Number
   - e.g. NI Card, Tax Record, P60, Payslip, P45, Benefits documentation

4. Please make sure that all documents listed above are in the same name, if not you must provide the following 
   - Proof of change of name i.e. Marriage Certificate or official documents detailing change of name i.e. Deed Poll