Introduction of Employment Specialists to Primary Care

We are happy to announce the introduction of Employment Specialists into Primary Care!

An Employment Specialist in Primary Care is a professional who works within a primary care setting (like a doctor’s office or community health clinic) to help patients find, maintain, or improve employment. Their role often focuses on supporting patients who may face challenges in getting or keeping a job due to health issues, disabilities, or social barriers.
Patients registered within Calder and Ryburn Primary Care Network, who have been significantly impacted by mental health issues, now have access to tailored employment support from Sandra!

The team is dedicated to helping people whose lives have been greatly impacted by mental health challenges. This can involve diagnosed or undiagnosed conditions that affect how someone thinks, feels, manages their emotions, interacts with others, and goes about their daily life. Examples of these conditions may include, but are not limited to, psychosis, bipolar disorder, severe anxiety, depression, and personality disorders.

What can the Employment Specialists offer you?

  • A one-to-one friendly and personalised service to suit your needs.
  • Emphasis on the sort of work that you want to do.
  • Support with job searching, writing CVs, cover letters, applications and interview skills.
  • Creating positive mental health disclosure statements for use during interviews and applications.
  • Help to understand the financial effects of working, particularly for anyone receiving benefits.
  • Ongoing support when starting a job and regular confidential reviews.
  • Guidance and support on identifying and requesting reasonable adjustments at work.

What the employment specialist will need from you

  • Have expressed an interest in finding PAID employment
  • Are motivated to job search
  • Are willing to identify your job goals in a community setting
  • Are willing to engage with the employment specialist for regular appointments
  • Are willing to provide feedback on our service, good or bad, to enable us to continually improve

As a paid employment service, we are unable to accept referrals for individuals wanting voluntary work or education and training only

What clients have said:

“From the get go my employment specialist has instilled me with confidence and hope – the two things that I had lost.”

“Even if you have no qualifications they make you feel that finding a job is possible and help you to believe you can achieve.”

“My employment specialist’s support and reassurance has continued after working with them to secure paid employment, which is something that I have appreciated a lot.”

“I can sincerely say that the efforts and support received from my employment specialist have been nothing short of amazing. Within a short period of time I received interviews and have recently been given a conditional offer of employment.”

“The help that I got was fantastic and I’m still in my job now. I think I would not have had the confidence to apply for work on my own.”