Manchester Deaf Centre

Manchester Deaf Centre Job Club is a specialist provision which supports people who are Deaf, deafened, hard of hearing and deaf blind into employment and with any training opportunities an individual may need to become job ready.

The job club has a drop in service on a Tuesday between 10am - 2pm and 1:1 appointments on Mondays and Fridays.COVID-19. You must make an appointment if you wish to meet with our specialist advisors. You can make an appointment on Manchester Deaf Centre Website or via email waite@manchesterdeafcentre.com

Our programme is person centred, understanding the multitude of additional barriers that our service users face, we work with them to ensure they have the right information, support and access to address their needs. We have supported people who have been offered a job within 2 weeks of registration and there have been others who have been with us for approximately eighteen months, as they require in-depth support and training before they become job ready. We continue to work with service users until their needs have been addressed and they have progressed to a place where success and achievement is possible. Our Well-being, Advocacy, Information, Training and Employment is a new service which commenced in March 2020. After witnessing the D/deaf communities health and well-being continually suffer due to lack of communication and service cuts we are delighted to be able to offer this ’One Stop' service.

Work search techniques, sign posting clients to relevant bodies e.g. BSL healthy mind, sign health, sensory teams, colleges, DWP etc. Various pre-employability training courses.

Training in overcoming barriers to work, help with job search, application and transition to the workplace; work with employers to breakdown perceived barriers to the employment of deaf people.

Business in the Community and employer beneficiaries of Deaf Awareness and Access to Work training by MDC through careers advice, work on job application and CV-writing, mock interviews and transition to the marketplace/workplace for deaf people at arms-length from the labour market