I think any resettlement training is a Ponzi scheme. MOD “Here’s 500 quid for resettlement training “ Course provider “We’re the only people you can spend your resettlement grant with, and we’re MOD funded”.
Basically the MOD giving you money to spend on the MOD.
Resettlement courses saying you’ll get a qualification at the end of their course, wherein you actually don’t, you just get an attendance certificate.
I think that's a little cynical. Many of the CTP courses are free whereas others are contracted out to other providers who are paid when there are students. The money doesn't go back to the MOD. Moreover, if you find a course of training or a civilian placement, it is a simple process to have that approved and to get funding for it.
I attended a three week Business School Post-graduate course, came out with a external and recognised qualification, and spent three weeks staying in a rather nice hotel. Total cost (having used my various grants and ELCs): £400. If I had walked in off the street, including hotel, all meals and travel costs, I would have had little change from £6000.
Very, very few employers, including the public sector, offer any resettlement training. Even if you are made redundant from a City firm, you
might be given access to a careers counsellor for a couple of appointments, and have access to an office in the City or Canary Wharf for a month or two - and only if that is negotiated as part of your settlement.
I have NO time for 'veterans' who complain that they could not prepare for civilian employment. Even a recruit - binned after a week or so - is eligible for a career transition workshop (which is very good), housing workshops and access to job boards.