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Help getting back into Employment

Welcome to Employ-Ability

Our Individual Placement & Support Service

This support is provided by improving access to employment opportunities and employability skills. This is achieved by wrapping around various support helping the client to develop professionally and personally. Focusing on supporting an individual to find and secure meaningful, sustained paid employment as their goal.

This support may also include signposting to education, training and volunteering opportunities to support the individual to develop confidence, skills and gain experience to enable individuals to successfully remain in employment or obtain employment.

Primary Care service offer can accept from GP’s, Job Centres, Primary Care Networks and self-referrals. It also covers those living with physical disabilities.

For clients under secondary mental health services referrals paths include ESTEP, First Response, Crisis, home treatment and Recovery and Wellbeing.

If you need support or want to refer in, please complete our referral form.

REFERRAL FORM

The Process

The processes involved are designed to:

  • Identify personal employment preferences and produce a plan/CV.
  • Identify specific support needs to help with ensuring a good job match.
  • Determine if the client is willing to disclose their mental ill health and have us contact employers on their behalf.
  • With permission identify suitable employment opportunities and discuss job match details with the employer.
  • If preferred provide support at a distance with job search, applications and interviews.
  • Ensure that financially the client will be better off in work.
  • Once placed provide ongoing support for as long as is required.

Location of services

We deliver our Individual Placement and Support services in;

West Essex
  • Uttlesford
  • Stansted
  • Harlow
  • Epping
  • Waltham Abbey
  • Great Dunmow
  • Loughton
South Essex
  • Basildon
  • Brentwood
  • Wickford
  • Castlepoint
  • Rochford
  • Rayleigh
  • Canvey Island
West Suffolk
  • Bury St Edmunds
  • Newmarket
  • Mildenhall
  • Brandon
  • Sudbury
  • Haverhill
Southend

Only if under Secondary Mental Health services