Residents in St Helens will receive the support they need to access employment and training opportunities after nearly £4m in funding was secured to deliver a number of ambitious projects.
ST HELENS Council is looking to recruit out of work residents to help control coronavirus cases. Through the successful Ways to Work programme - delivered across the Liverpool City Region - a total of 40 multi-skilled positions have become available to current clients to assist with the running of the St Helens three asymptomatic testing centres located at St Mary’s Market, Chester Lane Community Centre and Grange Valley Youth Centre. Ways to Work will also be working with Jobcentre Plus (DWP), Ingeus Work and Health, and other partners to identify and support local people into the roles. The three-month posts, which pay more than the national minimum wage, include a mixture of roles, including testing site team leaders, responsibilities for which involve general daily tasks such as queue management, registration, preparing and processing tests, providing guidance for self-testing, disposal of medical waste -and ensuring that the sites are set up efficiently for all ser