Eligibility and apply
Who can apply
Our placements are funded by the Scottish Government’s No One Left Behind funding which means you must meet certain eligibility criteria in order to apply. You must be:
- Unemployed (not in work, education or training)
- live in Edinburgh
- have the right to work in the UK
People with no help from public funds are eligible to apply, as long as the other eligibility criteria below is met.
You also must be facing one or more of the below barriers to employment:
- Care experienced young person
- Disabled and or D/deaf person (includes those experiencing mental health issues and those who have an impairment or long-term health condition)
- Early leavers from the armed forces, veterans, and ex-forces personnel
- Gypsy/travelling community
- Homeless person (including temporary or unstable accommodation)
- Living
- in a household with children in poverty
- in a jobless household
- Lone Parent
- Long-term unemployed who are not on Community Work Placements
- Low skilled
- Partner of current or ex-Armed Forces personnel
- People from Ethnic Minority backgrounds and racial groups, with a targeted approach informed by local population data
- Person
- affected by substance misuse.
- aged over 50 years
- living in the 15% most employment deprived SIMD geographies
- requiring support with language, literacy, or numeracy, including those for whom English is an additional language
- who has failed their ESA Work Capability Assessment
- with a conviction (including CPO’s)
- with no or limited work experience
- Primary carer
- Refugee or other granted leave to stay in the UK
- Young person
- at risk of becoming NEET
- who was receiving additional support for learning in school
- Parents
- with a disability or families who are unemployed and have a disabled child
- who are unemployed and have 3 or more children
- from a minority ethnic background who are unemployed
- who are unemployed and have a youngest child under 1 years of age
- who are aged under 25 who are unemployed
Apply
Placements will start in August and last no more than 26 weeks.
The deadline for applications is Wednesday 9 July 2025.
If you have any questions or problems applying, contact us on 0131 529 3525 or at nolb@edinburgh.gov.uk