Work Support

We offer advice and support to help you find work and volunteering opportunities.

We can help with job searching, CV’s, job applications, interview skills, volunteering, or if you are looking at attending college or further training.  We can also signpost to agencies that provide support with many other issues.

As well as a full programme of family learning activities, we offer accredited courses to achieve various qualifications.

For more information call 01422 255402 or ask at one of our Children’s Centres.

Work Clubs

Access support with job search techniques, interview skills and developing your CV and IT skills.

Find out what is going on in your area:

North Halifax

North Halifax Partnership run friendly and informal work clubs that are open to anyone who is looking for work.

Lower Valley

Free support for families and young people looking for work:

Drop in support for job search:

  • Mondays, 6.30 – 8.30pm at Brighouse Salvation Army 33 King Street, Brighouse, HD6 1NX. Call 07702 938100
Halifax Central

Drop into the Careers Centre, Alexander Street in Halifax, Monday – Friday for employment, education and training information.
Halifax Careers Centre  – 01422 342106


Job Club is run by Libraries Reference staff; get help with: setting up an email, online job searches, uploading CVs, formatting a CV, discounted printing available. The club is open to all job seekers.

  • Tuesdays, 10am – 12pm at Central Library, Halifax

Customers should have basic IT skills, if a customer does not have basic IT skills they will be offered sessions with a volunteer to improve their skills to a level where they are able to participate in the Work Club. Customers need to be a library member so they will need to join and to do so they need to bring some basic ID and get a card on the ground floor desk. Tel 392631 or email reference.library@calderdale.gov.uk


Calderdale College job club for all JSA/ESA/IS customers.

  • Mondays and Wednesdays, 3pm – 5pm at Calderdale College, Francis Street, Halifax, HX1 3UZ. Tel: 01422 399327

Halifax Central Initiative ESOL Work Club

For speakers of Czech or Urdu. Referral from Job Centre Plus required. For customers who live in Park Ward or surrounding areas. Basic IT knowledge needed.

  • Fridays, 10am – 12 noon at Queens Road Neighbourhood Centre, Halifax, HX1 4NE

St Augustine’s Work Shop

  • Wednesdays, 10am – 12pm at St Augustine’s Family Centre, Hanson Lane, Halifax, HX1 5PG

Drop in for customers who are looking to return to work, education or training. Contact: 01422 342719


Job Support Club 

  • Wednesday, 10am – 12pm at King Cross library

Offering informal, ongoing, one-to-one support to search for work, training, voluntary and developmental opportunities, along with help to smoothly return to work.

Can help with: job search advice practical support to find vacancies setting up accounts with job websites updating your CV advice when completing job application forms financial help when returning to work an estimate of Tax Credits / Housing Benefits when moving into work signposting to other support.

The service is free – to book your initial 30-minute appointment ring 01422 288028 / 288084 or email king_cross.library@calderdale.gov.uk


Help will be available for job searching, CV production, tips on interviews and applications, and support to access further and higher education. Careers Advisor available:

  • Thursday, 2 to 4pm at King Cross Library

Other advice will be given about funding for college or university and whether you may be eligible and help given to help you decide which direction to take.

Job Vacancies

Visit our Jobs Page to find out what job vacancies we have available at North Halifax Partnership.

You can also visit our Friday Flyer to find out about other external job vacancies in the community, as well as local news and events:

Halifax North and East Friday Flyer

Halifax Lower Valley Friday Flyer

Email team@halifaxnorthandeast.com or team@calderdalelowervalley.com to join our mailing list and receive this directly to your mailbox each Friday.