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From HR speed dating to interactive theatre sessions, the Drive Forward Foundation offers a bespoke service to care leavers to get them job ready. Often, this means more than just help with CV writing and interview skills; these are young people who have been abused, neglected and abandoned, and who have often experienced multiple and frequent disruptions in their lives. As a result, they may need additional support, from drop-in sessions on mindfulness to group therapy.
The charity's four employment consultants are responsible for about 30 young people aged between 16 and 26 at any one time. Most are referred by local authority leaving care teams or Job Centres, the remainder by housing associations or through the foundation's outreach work at its hubs in Enfield, Haringey, Camden, Lambeth and Hackney.
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