Halifax Careers Centre

During the current crisis you can still talk to one of our careers advisers via our Chat service:

It's open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm and Thursday, 9am to 8pm

 Ring 01484 213856

 Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 Look out for Facebook Messenger at the bottom right of the page

Please our  Facebook or  Twitter pages for updates

Our centre staff are here to help

Halifax centre staff work across Calderdale including Todmorden and the Calder Valley. Our staff are friendly and helpful
-see below for more information.

Need to contact us?

Halifax Careers Centre
16 Alexandra Street 
Halifax
HX1 1BS

Or:

• Ring 01422 754300 and ask for your careers adviser by name if you know it or press '0' to speak to someone who can help
• Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - please include a phone number, so we can contact you
• Out of hours contacts (414kb PDF)

For directions, see our centre map

Metro – getting around West Yorkshire; more travel and transport information

Centre opening times

Young people can call in and talk briefly to an adviser Monday to Friday - ring the centre to find out about our drop-in times or to book an appointment if you need  a more detailed talk with a careers adviser or contact us about a My way forward session.

Advisers in our centres can help you...

• Discover the jobs and careers that suit you
• Plan your next step
• Job search help
• Search online for jobs, including our  for new entrants
• Help with overseas qualifications and UK comparisons - UK NARIC
• Prepare your CVs and job applications, and help you get ready for interviews

If you're under 19 (under 25 if you have disabilities or learning difficulties) and looking for your first full-time job ...

... we can help if you're not fixed up by:

Displaying entry level vacancies on our vacancy board. See also:

• Apprenticeship and training and information on Level 1 training providers
• Direct you to benefits advice if you need it.

In need of some advice?

• Interested in the Army, whatever your age?
• Teenage parents
• Open Minds - signposts to advice, information, support if you're going through difficult times
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
• Kooth – free, safe and anonymous online support for young people
• Shout - free 24/7 text service for people struggling to cope

If you feel you have been discriminated against because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, please speak to your careers adviser.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning or Intersex?

• Identity - Calderdale
• The yOUTh Project - provides support to young people, their parents and carers in Calderdale and Kirklees
• Stonewall - resources including the Starting Out career guide - updated every October
• Mermaids - supporting children, young people, and their families working through gender issues
• Gires - Gender Identity Research and Education Society>
• Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS)
  
  

Page updated May 2019