Green Synergy is delighted to be working in partnership with a number of local Lincolnshire organisations to deliver Connect To Work services.
Helping everyone find employment
Connect to Work is a free programme across Greater Lincolnshire that helps people find employment that genuinely suits them. It’s built around the whole person: their health, confidence, caring responsibilities, travel situation and skills. Every participant gets a dedicated Employment Specialist who gets to know them properly and stays with them from first conversation to long-term employment.
Who is this programme for?
Connect to Work is designed for people who face real barriers to finding or staying in work. If you regularly support people who fall into any of the groups below, they may well be eligible.
- Someone with learning disabilities and/or autism
- Someone with physical disabilities or long-term health conditions (including mental health)
- Unpaid carers and people with caring responsibilities
- Care-experienced people and care leavers
- People with experience of the criminal justice system, including those serving community sentences or ex-offenders
- People who are homeless or have experienced homelessness
- Refugees, resettled Afghans, or people on the Ukrainian scheme with the right to work
- Veterans, reservists, and partners of current or former Armed Forces personnel
- People facing significant barriers to employment because of drug or alcohol dependency, including a history of dependency
- Victims or survivors of domestic abuse
- Young people involved in, or at risk of involvement in, serious violence
- Victims of modern slave
Am I eligible?
To take part in our Connect to Work programme, you must:
- Be aged 18 years or over.
- Have the right to work in the UK.
- Either be:
- Unemployed and looking to move towards employment, or
- Currently in work but requiring support to stay in employment.
- Be willing to engage with employment-related support and work towards agreed goals.
- Have one or more barriers that are affecting your ability to find, secure, or maintain employment. These may include:
- Physical or mental health challenges
- Disabilities or long-term health conditions
- Low confidence or self-esteem
- Gaps in employment history
- Caring responsibilities
- Housing or financial difficulties
- Limited digital skills
- Other personal circumstances impacting employment
How to Sign Up
- Sign up here
- You can refer yourself. Anyone can sign up directly with no referral needed. If someone you support is ready to take that step themselves, point them to our participants page and they can get started straight away.
- A Professional can refer you. If someone would benefit from a warm handover, whether because forms feel overwhelming, they need a bit more reassurance, or they’re already in your care, you can refer them directly with their consent. We’ll make contact, introduce ourselves and take it from there. We’ll keep you updated if they agree to that. Make a Referral here
- The Expression Of Interest form includes an option to note a specific organisation that you would like to work through the Connect to Work process with. Please note Green Synergy if you would like to join our programme.
