Employment Support
How can Norfolk and Waveney Talking Therapies help you?
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.
Norfolk and Waveney Talking Therapies wants to offer everybody a chance to gain support and overcome the issues they may have regarding employment.
Our Employment Advisors are here to support anybody who is currently referred into Norfolk and Waveney Talking Therapies, 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 to or remaining in employment. This can be accessed before, during, or after the support you have received from your Therapist.
The Employment Advisors within the service are able to offer bespoke advice on finding, remaining, or returning to work. The Employment Advisors are able to offer one-to-one support in managing feelings of stress, anxiety, or depression in the workplace. Liaising frequently with employers in an attempt to improve the understanding of wellbeing in the workplace and improve conditions by making adjustments for you to return.
Once you are working with our Employment Advisors within Norfolk and Waveney Talking Therapies we create a bespoke Employability Assessment to build rapport with you and explore the issues or barriers related to your mental health that are impacting on your performance in work or on seeking work. The Employment Advisors or Senior Employment Advisors will be seeking to establish your goals and aspirations in seeking employability support to improve the management of your mental health at work, retain your role, move to the alternative role, or seek suitable employment in line with your skills and capabilities.
We support you when you return to work to make this transition as seamless as it can be and work with your employers to help with the return to work, with you remaining on our caseloads until you are confident in your position at work.