WINCHESTER City Council, working with the national charity Sova, has created a new mentor role to help job-seekers in the district to improve their IT skills and gain nationally recognised qualifications.

The new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) mentor, Bethany Andrews, will work with job-seekers from across the Winchester district, on a one-to-one basis or in small groups, to help with sending e-mails, creating CVs, completing job applications on-line and using the internet to search for jobs.

Job-seekers will be able to work towards a Level 1 Certa qualification in ‘Using Email’, ‘Using the Internet’ and ‘Word Processing’. The ICT Mentor will provide 240 hours of accredited training over a six month period.

More than 100 job seekers have already been helped by the Winchester District Employment Programme. For details about the scheme, contact Bethany Andrews on 01962 848396 or e-mail [email protected]