The Your Life Your Future campaign is here to help people find employment. Today, we feature two people who are eligible for the Wage Incentive Scheme. Katie Blackburn reports.
A FORMER home care assistant could be your new employee with some financial benefits.
Katie Standley, 19, of Garner Street, Grimsby, is on the hunt for work but, as an added bonus, she is also eligible for the Wage Incentive Scheme set up by the Government.
It means her next employer may be entitled to up to £2,275 – more information on this is given below.
Katie has been unemployed for the past six months after her former client died.
She attended Oasis Academy Wintringham, Grimsby, before moving on to the Grimsby Institute where she studied health and social care at level three.
As part of this, she also completed a first aid course.
"I feel I have a lot of skills to offer people," Katie said.
"I am looking for work anywhere and doing whatever, from cleaning to a shop assistant.
"I am currently handing out my CV where possible and I constantly check websites for new jobs."
Katie believes it is a lot harder for younger people to find work due to the mass of people that now go for any one job.
She said: "I applied for one role but was up against 15 other people.
"It is mad at the moment and the competition to secure a job is intense."
To help herself in the meantime, Katie is currently studying a distance learning course in end-of-life care.
She said: "I am trying to gain further skills and qualifications that will stand me a better chance of gaining work.
"I am passionate about the care industry, but at the moment I am wanting anything that will give me some income.
"I attend the JobCentre regularly to see what job vacancies it has."
Call the JobCentre Plus on 01472 622357 if you are interested in employing Katie – and getting a subsidy from the Government to do so.
ON THE WEB: If you are looking for a job, or an employer looking for new staff, visit www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/jobs
