B&D Opportunities is Barking and Dagenham Council’s dedicated portal to help you access training, jobs and business opportunities.

The Council’s free employment support service, B&D Works, has a specialist team and dedicated Supported Employment programme for adults with learning disabilities and autism.

Access this programme and 121 employment support by registering your interest. You can also explore their latest live job vacancies.  

Jobcentre Plus disability employment advisers (DEA) support residents to find a job.

Each DEA helps clients with complex employment situations if:

• they have a disability or health condition
• they may need additional help with development
• they may need additional help with finding and retaining employment

DEAs will establish a close working relationship with the customer to decide the best way forward and gain the customer’s commitment to the decision.

You can request support from the DEA by email barking.enquiries@dwp.gsi.gov.uk, telephone 0345 604 3719, or at Barking Jobcentre Plus.

If you have a disability, you might need support or additional equipment so you can do your job. If you qualify, The Government's Access to Work programme might be able to help provide you and your employer with advice and help with extra costs to make sure you can work to your full potential.

The council is committed to supporting local residents in accessing employment and training opportunities in construction. All major developments in the borough now include a requirement on developers, contractors and sub-contractors to provide apprenticeships and job opportunities. 

Find out more by:

• registering with the Council’s B&D Works employment service to find out about local construction opportunities
• reading about the employment and training promgrammes we offer, including the Council’s dedicated onsite construction training centre, the LBBD Barking Riverside Innovation in Construction (B R I C)

Heathlands Day Centre – aimed at adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities and additional health or social care needs

• Osborne Centre – focused on supporting people who have a learning disability, physical disability, mental health or other complex needs
• Memory Lane – Focused on supporting people with dementia needs
• Liberty Centre – Adults with challenging behaviour and autism
• Jaktol Day Centre – Providing day care and support services to adults with LD and autism.
• Light Haven Care Ltd – aimed at autistic people, people with learning disability or mental health  

These are outside of Barking & Dagenham but have been checked by the Provider Quality and Improvement Team.

• Br3akfree – aimed at adults with learning disabilities and physical disabled
• Eastway Care – daytime opportunities for people with a physical or learning disability
• Partners for independence – provide a day a day service for people with learning disabilities
• Stapleford Abbotts Day Service – aimed at autistic people, people with a learning disability or complex needs
• Funky Willows Ltd – providing care for adults with learning disabilities