Apex Scotland
The scheme helps you get into training or employment and is able to help you get qualifications like the CSCS card if you want to work on building sites or the UKCPAS or BICS if you want to work in the cleaning and facilities sector. These are sectors where there are large number of vacancies throughout Scotland. They can also help you explain to an employer about your record and past experiences. We have over 60 courses and we can assist you to get the funding for these courses. We have links to construction employers and can arrange interviews.
Essential to the whole process is the relationship with a mentor who will support and encourage progression, based on what the individual wishes to achieve for themselves.
Apex can also help you to become a peer mentor if you want so that you can help others in a similar situation to your own. This will also help you build up your CV and your skills.
All Cleaned Up is a social enterprise set up by Apex Scotland to offer a route into employment. It runs specialised cleaning services across Scotland and is based at Wester Hailes in Edinburgh. In addition to employment, it also provides work experience, qualifications and skills training, for a limited period.
Within prison, you can speak to your personal officer or to one of the DWP work coaches who are located in all Scottish prisons. They all have details regarding Apex services. You can also ask the New Routes or Shine prison-based mentors, who again are all aware of Apex.
Upon release, the easiest way is to self-refer by looking at our website www.apexscotland.org.uk and contacting your local office, either by telephone or email. You can also ask your local work coach in the Job Centre who will contact Apex for you.
