Dewsbury Careers
You can talk to one of our careers advisers via our Chat service:
It's open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Ring 01484 213856
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Our advisers are here to help
Our careers advisers work across North Kirklees including Batley, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike and Mirfield. Our staff are friendly and helpful
- see below for more information.
Need to contact us?
You can talk to a careers adviser using our Chat service - details are at the top of the page
- Need to speak to your named careers adviser? Ring 01924 683911 and ask for your adviser by name
- Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - please include a phone number, so we can contact you
- Out of hours contacts (422kb PDF).
Metro – getting around West Yorkshire; more travel and transport information
Advisers can help you ...
- Discover the jobs and careers that suit you
- Plan your next step
- Help you with job search
- Search online for jobs, including our
for new entrants - Talk to you about joining one of our My way forward sessions
- Help with overseas qualifications and UK comparisons - UK NARIC
- Prepare your CVs and job applications, and help you get ready for interviews.
If you're under 19 (under 25 if you have disabilities or learning difficulties) and looking for your first full-time job ...
... we can help if you're not fixed up by:
Displaying entry level vacancies on our vacancy board. See also:
- Apprenticeship and training and information on Level 1 training providers
- Direct you to benefits advice if you need it.
In need of some advice?
- Teenage parents
- Education and health support (support for care leavers) - includes sexual health support
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Andy's Man Club - support for men of all ages finding life difficult (poster 52kb PDF)- Kooth – free, safe and anonymous online support for young people
- Youth Central, Kirklees - register now for instant text service ‘Speak to a Youth Worker’, activities and live session, including with C&K careers advisers
- Shout - free 24/7 text service for people struggling to cope
- NHS - advice and tips on how to look after your mental health and wellbeing.
- Platform 1 - support for men
- Luke's Lads - supports men's mental health
If you feel you have been discriminated against because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, please speak to your careers adviser.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning or Intersex?
- The Brunswick Centre - provides support to young people, their parents and carers in Calderdale and Kirklees
- Identity - Calderdale
- Stonewall - resources including the Starting Out career guide - updated every October
- Mermaids - supporting children, young people, and their families working through gender issues
- Gires - Gender Identity Research and Education Society
- Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) - T: 020 8938 2030/1; E: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. To visit the website search for 'GIDS NHS'
- It Gets Better UK - stories and support for LGBTQ+ youth
In danger of becoming homeless?
- Kirklees Council Housing Solutions - contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For help outside office hours, contact the Emergency Duty Team on 01484 414933
- Kirklees Better Outcomes Partnership (KBOP) - T: 01484 415461 or 07496776210; E: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Pennine Domestic Abuse Partnership (PDAP) - T: 01484 308300 or 0800 052 7222 (confidential 24 hour helpline); E: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Shelter - Housing Advice free Helpline T: 0808 800 4444, Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm and Saturday to Sunday, 9m to 5pm
Page updated October 2020