Council Tax, benefits and business rates

Due to essential annual year end processes, our Council Tax, benefits and business rates systems will be unavailable from 12pm on Monday 31 March to 9am on 2 April. During this time, customer service advisors will be unable to answer any enquires either over the phone, by email or in person. Our online forms will still be available. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

The Employment Hub

Derby City Council, as part of the Derby Promise has launched a Derby Employment and Skills Hub to help you gain the confidence, support and skills to move into employment.

The Hub, is based at the Council House and is open from 10am to 4pm Monday to Friday.

To be directed to The Hub, please ask at the Council House reception.

The Hub provides the following support:

121 careers advice and employment support

If you are unsure about what type of work would suit your skillset and experience, are unsure about your next step into employment or would like some general employability support (with a CV, interview or application form), then come along and talk to one of our qualified careers advisors or book yourself in for an appointment.

For more information visit our Careers advice for adults page.

Specialist employability support and advice

This is available to you if you are 16-25 with a maintained Educational Health and Care Plan (ECHP) or are a Care Leaver. This specialist support provides more intensive employability support including access to funding and Derby City Council work experience and job opportunities, as per your job goals. This service is provided by experienced professionals who understand the best routes to support you into employment.

Training in2 Employment Programmes

We find vacancies and create training programmes with employers. If you complete these training programmes you will be guaranteed an interview with an employer. The training programmes also offer the opportunity for you to gain a vocational license such as SIA License (required for security work), CSCS Card (required for construction) or Food Hygiene (often required for catering and hospitality jobs). Our Training in2 Employment Programmes are incredibly successful in supporting people into work.

For more information visit our Training in2 Employment page.

Introduction to Employers

We work with a range of employers and can offer you opportunities to meet with them to discuss their job opportunities. This can be through our Derby Jobs Recruitment Fairs, Derby Jobs live events, through the DWPs Employer Zone (also based at the Council House) or by specially organised employer introductions.

For more information email employmentandskills@derby.gov.uk.

Funding for Employment

All the support we provide is at no cost, be that our training, our events or to gain a vocational license. We also provide funding to remove any barrier into employment, be that travel, clothing, alternative skills development or even a haircut. Once you register for support and you are ready for work, we will work with you, to ensure there is no cost barrier to move into employment.

Subscription onto our Derby Jobs Weekly newsletter

Our newsletter pulls together all employment-related activity together into once place, including key job opportunities and emails this to you on a weekly basis.

Find out more and suscribe on our Derby Jobs Weekly page.

For further questions please email employmentandskills@derby.gov.uk.