Wellbeing Employment Support

Employment 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 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 barriers they may have regarding employment.

Our Employment Advisors are available to complement your support and recovery within the Wellbeing Service. They are here to give you an opportunity to seek advice, support and motivation around employment.

How does Employment Support Help?

Many people come to Wellbeing with low mood, depression, anxiety or stress, and a lot of the time these feelings can be being caused directly or indirectly by work. By having advisors available to help, the intention is to help you find and action practical solutions to complement your therapy. When we are not feeling well, these kinds of problems can feel especially hard to work through. Previously, such assistance has not necessarily been available through mental health care, but now we have evidence and studies that demonstrate the effectiveness of this additional service.

Working closely with someone who can offer you empathy, lived-experience, practical knowledge, impartiality, honesty and positivity can be invaluable when it comes to shaping your recovery.

What is our Employment Support?

Our Employment Advisors are here to support anybody who is currently referred into the Wellbeing service by providing advice, motivation and guidance about the barriers they may be facing in relation to work. This can assist recovery by providing additional support specifically around employment; this can be accessed before, during or after support received from therapy. An Employment Advisor is there to support you to reach your own personal goals around finding, returning to or remaining in employment.

For people wanting to find work we can...

• Support them to be ‘job ready’ and / or get closer to the labour market

• Provide careers / volunteering information and advice

• Offer employability services

• Liaise with Jobcentre Plus

• Provide signposting for support with benefits

• Work with employers to break down barriers

For people wanting to remain at work we can...

• Support them and liaise with their employer in relation to disciplinary / capability / grievance procedures at work

• Mediate relationship difficulties / bullying, etc. while in work

• Support them through redundancy / change

• Provide careers information, advice and coaching

For people wanting to return to work we can...

• Support them and negotiate with employers to enable them to:

- return to work after a period of ill health e.g. making adjustments, phased return

- return to work after other difficulties e.g. bullying, conflict

• Link employers to workplace mental health strategies, information and training

If you would like to find out more or access support

You can talk through with your adviser who can refer you or you can self-refer by clicking on this link: https://www.wellbeingnands.co.uk/norfolk/get-support/register-with-our-services/ You can also find out more information and watch a video about the support that's available.