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What’s Next? Making the Most of
Resettlement and Transition by Michelle Copson Regional Resettlement Officer North West and Midlands
Taking those first steps into resettlement can be adaunting task for many; What transferable skills do Ihave? Will Iget a job in civvie street? Idon’t have aCV, we need to find anew home for our family,and my pension is so confusing. These are just afew of the many concerns that Service Leavers and their families face.
As aService Leaver,your key point of contact will be your Regional Resettlement Officer (RRO). Iamthe RRO for the North West and Midlands and my colleagues and Iare based in varying locations across the country.Wecan be easily accessed via your unit Learning Centre, although if we are not based on your unit then you will find we have avisit schedule and can be contacted via email. It should be noted that although most of the direct support is focused on the service leaver,anumber of briefings are available to spouses. More about this later...
The first step is booking in for your mandatory resettlement briefing, here your resettlement officer explains all you need to know and ensures you are registered for resettlement on JPA. Doing this as soon as possible is in your own best interest. Many of you will have two years left in service but believe me that will soon pass! So let’s get started.
Once registered, this is when you can start to plan your future career or retirement path. The MOD are in partnership with
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an external organisation, Right Management Ltd, together known as the Career Transition Partnership (CTP); Even if resettlement is not for you just yet, their website has some useful information relating to courses, workshops, briefings and webinars, CV and interview techniques. Just follow this link which predominantly has open access:
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Additionally you get access to apersonal career consultant who will support you through your resettlement period, and up to two years after leaving; they are fully trained employment consultants on hand to guide you as needed. Youwill also get access to their job finding service ‘Rightjob’. More and more companies are advertising via Rightjob as they know you have the transferable skills, qualifications and ethos they are looking for,you will have access to this right up to state retirement age too. The CTP also arranges ‘Employment Fairs’ afantastic opportunity to chat to potential employers and do some all- important networking.
The full resettlement package for those who have served six years or more, or being medically discharged, consists of Graduated Resettlement Time (GRT), these are the duty days you can use for training, work attachments or individual resettlement provision, so if you have an interview or want to visit apotential employer you can. See the table of entitlements on the next page.
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