Looking for your New Start?

We’re thrilled to offer some fantastic career starter opportunities in 2024 to Karbon customers.

New Start gives you real life work experience, with a real wage and the opportunities you need to boost your career.

New Start can help unlock your potential, addressing your barriers to employment and supporting you to find the new start you’ve been looking for...

…so what’s stopping you?

New Start roles offer much more than a paid job for five months

You will receive 1-2-1 support from an Employment Advisor during the recruitment process and your fixed term role. This will help you get the most from your experience so you're ready to jump into your next role.

Pre-recruitment Support

Advice & support to explore the right role for you, and to give you interview prep support
Help breaking down any barriers or concerns to applying for the roles, such as childcare, travel, confidence.

In Work Support

Dedicated New Start Advisor
Development Days to cover things such as: skills matching, real-time feedback from managers, job searching/ horizon scanning
Qualification – you will have the opportunity to undertake a free qualification linked to your job role, and your career aspirations

Here are just some of the people New Start has supported over the last year:

Job opportunities

New Start has a range of opportunities in Newcastle, Gateshead and Durham.

Each role will last five months and will be up to 30 hours per week.

New Start roles are open to Karbon customers of working age. We encourage people aged 25 and over to apply for these roles.

Roles include: