Benefits for Employers

Southwark Works offers local employers the opportunity to put back into their community by supporting local residents. In return employers benefit from

• Free, efficient and reliable recruitment service
• Help to find the right person for the job
• Motivated candidates
• Ongoing support for both employer and employee

Who we work with

We have good links with small and large organisations, working with more than 50 employers in the borough including     

• Asda
• Burger King
• Chartered Institute of Journalists
• Government Office for London
• Harrods
• Hilton
• HSBC
• Hyde Housing
• ITV
• Morrison's
• Peacocks
• Phones 4 U
• Pitney Bowes
• Tesco
• Translucent Media Production 

What employers say about this service

"A good recruitment consultancy provides us with the right staff for our environment. Working with Southwark Works we found fantastic people. We have tremendous staff loyalty, so the whole relationship is self generating and symbiotic so it works fantastically for us as a business."

Alistair Williamson
Tesco store manager, Old Kent Road


"We found it most beneficial liaising with Southwark Works in the vocational development of one of our employees and we would recommend that other companies get involved."

Christine Albrow
Harrods


"The Southwark Works programme is an initiative which helps people facing barriers get back into work. The Chartered Institute of Journalists are delighted to be involved in this tremendously worthwhile project."

Dominic Cooper
General secretary, Chartered Institute of Journalists

Diversity in the workplace, a guide for employers

Southwark Works has published a diversity guide for small businesses operating in and around the borough.

If you are an employer and would like to know more about diversity, see our informative diversity guide (pdf 928 kb).

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Contact us

Southwark Works
Tel: 0800 052 0540
info@southwarkworks.org.uk
146 St James's Road
London
SE1 5BW

Unit 239, 1st Floor
Elephant & Castle shopping centre
London
SE1 6TE
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5pm