Help if you're not in education or working

You can explore career information from the below websites.

• Bucks Skills Hub
• Key Business Skills
• Talking futures

As well as having career information you can also speak to an advisor at the National Careers Service.

Our Family Centre Plus sites are open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm if you wanted to drop in and have a chat with a member of staff. Our Family Centre Plus sites are:

• Castlefield (Wycombe)
• Newtown (Chesham)
• Southcourt (Aylesbury)

Below are some other organisations/youth groups you can visit:

• Aylesbury Youth Action
• The Junction (Action4Youth, Wycombe)
• Youth Enquiry Service (Wycombe)
• Youth Concern (Aylesbury)

You can search for an apply for local and national jobs online. Some of the available sites to find work include:

• CV Library
• GOV.UK - Find a job
• FISH4
• Indeed
• Monster
• Reed

If you are looking for support with your mental health take a look at our Mental health and young people section.

Mentoring allows you to get one-to-one support from a trained adult. The following organisations can help you find a mentor to help build your confidence and strengths :

• My Future Self Matters
• Caudwell Youth

Key workers can support you with your future work plans and job searching:

• The Shaw Trust
• Routes to work

You can get help with money and benefits from:

• Department for work and pensions (DWP)
• GOV.UK benefits area
• Our money and benefits area.

You can get help to pay for childcare while studying if you are a parent under the age of 20 when you start your course.

If you are looking to continue learning you can do this online. In most cases, you will need to pay. These are some places you can find online courses:

• Cloud Learn
• Learn Direct
• Open Study College
• Open University - Open Learn

If you or your young person has SEND we have information on training, work experience and employment.

Volunteering can help you gain confidence, learn new skills and meet new people. It can be a good first step in to move into college or work.