Forward Focus Training delivers specialist employability staff training across the UK, supporting organisations to strengthen staff capability, improve participant engagement, and achieve sustainable employment outcomes. Our training supports employability providers, public and third sector organisations, and supported employment services, with flexible in-house and online delivery throughout the UK.
Effective employability support is not about generic job search activity alone. It is shaped by how staff build relationships, understand health and disability, engage employers, and support people to move into work that is realistic and sustainable. This training supports employability staff to strengthen their practice, build confidence, and apply evidence-informed approaches in real service settings.
The way employability staff work directly affects engagement, confidence and job sustainment. High-quality, person-centred support leads to stronger outcomes, better retention, and improved participant experience.
Supporting people with health conditions, disability or complex barriers requires sound judgement and consistent practice. Well-trained teams improve decision-making, reduce risk, and deliver support that is both compassionate and compliant.
Supporting people with health conditions, disability or complex barriers requires sound judgement and consistent practice. Well-trained teams improve decision-making, reduce risk, and deliver support that is both compassionate and compliant.
The courses below give a sense of the employability staff training we offer. Content can be adapted or developed around service priorities, delivery models, and local contexts, with sessions delivered as standalone training or combined into a tailored programme.
A practical foundation for IPS delivery, service development, and values-led practice.
This course supports staff to understand and apply IPS principles in everyday work, strengthening fidelity, confidence, and consistent practice.
Develop inclusive employer engagement approaches that lead to meaningful opportunities and better job matches.
This course supports staff to build constructive employer relationships and focus on quality, fit, and sustainability rather than volume.
Develop the confidence and practical skills to support jobseekers with health conditions and disabilities into sustainable employment.
This course equips employability staff to identify barriers, understand reasonable adjustments and apply inclusive, strengths-based approaches that improve access, retention and long-term outcomes.
Build confidence in supporting jobseekers to understand workplace rights and reasonable adjustments in practical, accessible ways.
This training helps staff have informed conversations with both jobseekers and employers, supporting fair and realistic outcomes.
Employability staff training can be delivered in different ways, depending on service models, team size, and priorities.
This training is suitable for services and teams working in employability, employment support, and related fields.
The focus is on strengthening employability practice and improving outcomes over time.
A short conversation can help you think through what type of employability staff training would be most useful for your organisation, whether you are looking for a one-off session or something more tailored.
If you’re not sure which type of employability staff training would be most useful, a short conversation can help you think through what would work best for your organisation and your team.
Workplace wellbeing, disability inclusion and employability training.
Based remotely in Dundee, delivering in-person training across Scotland and throughout the wider UK.
Company number SC829882.
Registered office address: 5 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4AN
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