On Your FEET: Finding Education, Employment and Training

The guide below has been produced by Oxford City Council as a pocket-sized reference guide for anyone in Oxford who would like to get into or back into work, education or training.

It also includes information about support that might help you get into work, education or training:

• where to go to get help about the benefits or grants you might be able to claim
• where you can get advice about problems with debt or managing your money
• getting online
• volunteering or starting your own business
• where you can find suitable childcare and the help you might get to pay for childcare.

This guide has been produced as part of Oxford City Council's Enhanced Housing Options service, which is in our Housing Needs Team.

You can use our new online On Your FEET search or alternatively you can download the full guide below. 

You can also view our On Your FEET Google Maps page that shows the locations of these services in Oxford, and those outside the city that are available to Oxford residents.

Please note that the information in the PDF version of the guide is as accurate as we can make it at time of going to print.  The information in the online search will be updated more often.

On Your FEET Guide (1.57MB PDF)

The On Your FEET guide does not list all the services or support available to help you get into work, education or training. To download more information, use the links below:

• Activities in hostels and day centres (127kB PDF)
• Benefits, debt and money (194kB PDF)
• Careers advice (116kB PDF)
• Childcare information (106kB PDF)
• Education and training (190kB PDF)
• Financial help for learners (140kB PDF)
• Finding a job (189kB PDF)
• Getting online (149kB PDF)
• Help with reading and writing (126kB PDF)
• Health and wellbeing (146kB PDF)
• Jobcentre Plus help and employment schemes (131kB PDF)
• Recruitment agencies in Oxford (189kB PDF)
• Recruitment agencies in Oxfordshire (267kB PDF)
• Self employment (130kB PDF)
• Volunteering (143kB PDF)
• What can I claim? (98kB PDF)

NB This page is still under development and more information will be available to download shortly.

Guide Update Form

Please fill in our FEET Guide Update Form to notify us of any changes that need to be made to the guide or tell us if any information is out of date.

Enhanced Housing Options

Housing Options provides housing advice and help to people who are homeless, and may provide accommodation depending on the circumstances of people who ask for help. The Housing Needs Team also provides support in our temporary accommodation, help finding housing in the private rented sector, and manages the Choice Based Lettings scheme for people on the housing register to apply for council or housing association housing.
 
As part of our Enhanced Housing Options service, we can also give you help and advice to get into or back into work, education and training. Our contact details are:

Housing Needs Team

You can contact us using the details in the 'Contact Us' menu at the top of the page.

Housing Options Duty drop-in at St Aldate's is open Monday-Thursday 9am - 4.30pm, Friday 9am - 4pm.

The Housing Needs team also operate a weekly drop-in surgery at Templars Square on Thursdays 9am - 1pm.

Page last reviewed 24 February 2012