Employment Support
Employment (along with volunteering and education) can be an important part of our lives, as it can supply us with rewarding feelings and a positive sense of purpose. Therefore, if somebody is facing barriers or problems around employment, it is understandable that this may affect their wellbeing.
The Wellbeing Service wants to offer everybody a chance to gain support and overcome the issues they may have regarding employment.
Our Employment Advisers are here to support anybody who is currently referred into the Wellbeing service, by providing advice, motivation and guidance regarding employment.
The support is here to complement your recovery by providing additional practical support to reach your own personal goals around finding, returning or remaining in employment. This can be accessed before, during or after the support you have received from your Therapist.
Employment Support can help you to:
Find work
We offer support to be job ready, careers / volunteering information and advice, signposting for support with benefits and liaison with JobCentre Plus and employers to help you find work
Remain at Work
We offer mediation with work difficulties such as bullying, provide support through redundancy or change and provide careers information, advice and coaching to help remain in work
Return to Work
We provide support to return to work after a period of ill health or other difficulties and link employers to workplace mental health strategies, information and training
The Employment Advisers within the Wellbeing service are able to offer bespoke advice on finding, remaining or returning to work. We provide short term support with a variety of interventions such as, providing employment advice and guidance, signposting, practical support in creating a CV and mock interview sessions.
Our Employment Advisers work on a one to one basis with an individual to create a bespoke Employability Assessment to explore issues or barriers related to their mental health that are impacting on their performance in work or when seeking work.
Their aim is to establish the client's goals and aspirations in seeking employability support to empower individuals to improve the management of their mental health at work, retain their role, move to an alternative role, or seek suitable employment in line with their skills and capabilities.
Wellbeing in the Workplace
Our Employment Advisers also deliver free Wellbeing in the Workplace workshops for employees and managers, helping organisations create supportive, healthy, and productive working environments.