Specialist training and employment programme

One to one support - initial assessments of your needs and skills, creating action plans, setting goals

Career conversations - 8 sessions to help you with your CV, writing cover letters, and interview skills

Behind the scenes workshops with employers like Greggs, which give an insight into working culture at a company in the UK

Help with setting up your own business - two workshops with The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network (TERN) to find out how to set up a business in the UK

To get help from STEP or to refer someone else to the programme, please email rozina_rafiq@middlesbrough.gov.uk.

We're looking forward to sharing our success stories once the programme gets started in Middlesbrough. The World Jewish Relief website has success stories from the STEP programme in other areas.

Yes - although we focus on newly-granted refugees, we work with anyone who needs support.

We work with a range of employers in the convenience food, warehousing, and finance sectors. We aim to create links with local employers to provide the best support possible to our clients.

We'll support you to improve your English skills through an ESOL action plan. ESOL means 'English for speakers of other languages'. It's a course you can take to improve your English skills.

You do not need to be able to speak good English to be on the STEP programme. We welcome refugees with any level of English.

The STEP programme does not offer training directly. We can find out what training is available locally and add it into your action plan.

This depends on the individual - the more you put into the programme, the more you'll get out of it. The programme uses a holistic approach, which means we look at lots of different factors which can affect employment. This includes English levels, health, caring needs, and more, to create a tailored and personal plan for each client.

We'll work with you until you reach the goals you've set.