Employment Support in Kent and Medway

If you’re experiencing difficulties relating to employment due to stress, anxiety or depression, our Employment Advice Service can support you.

Our mental health support team can help you through a range of scenarios, whether you’re looking for employment support in Kent and Medway, or require support with benefits enquiries.

Who we can help

We can help if you are:

• Unemployed and seeking new opportunities
• Employed and want to change job
• Experiencing problems at work, such as unfair treatment, discrimination, or bullying
• Facing redundancy
• Looking for career advice or thinking of a career change
• Struggling to get the right support at work
• Returning to employment from a period of sickness absence from work
• Looking for volunteer opportunities including if you are retired

How we can help

We can offer the following:

• Career advice
• Job search support
• Notification of vacancies/opportunities
• Support with job applications
• CVs and covering letters
• Interview skills training
• Information on education courses
• Advice on training opportunities
• Apprenticeship advice
• Help to find voluntary work and work experience
• Advocacy, advice, and support around employment issues
• Signposting to specialist agencies
• Redundancy support

“I know 100%, without your help I would not have got the job or felt prepared for any of the interviews I’ve had, as I had no clue how to conduct myself in the right manner with my anxiety, but you really made me feel so calm and relaxed right from the first call, and gave me all I needed to feel confident in the interviews”.