Mind’s Wellness Action Plan
Mind’s Wellness Action Plan (WAP) is a “personalised, practical tool we can all use – whether we have a mental health problem or not – to help us identify what keeps us well at work, what causes us to become unwell, and how to address a mental health problem at work should you be experiencing one.WAPs are also particularly helpful during the return to work process if you have been off work due to a mental wellbeing problem, as they provide a structure for conversations around what support will help you and what reasonable adjustments might be useful to discuss and consider with your manager.”
MindWell Leeds
The MindWell Leeds website is an excellent resource featuring information and tools on:- Work-related stress
- Mental health discrimination at work
- Advice on whether you should disclose mental health difficulties
- Available support
Problems at Work
The Citizens Advice website features information on:- Dealing with a problem at work
- Using early conciliation
- Making a settlement agreement with your employer
- Employer tribunals
- Dealing with grievances at work
- Discrimination at work
Alternatively, you can find your local branch to speak to someone in person here.
Career Choice
Prospects offer a comprehensive quiz that matches your skills and personality to 400+ job profiles.The 16personalities website provides a free ‘Career Paths’ guide for each Myers-Briggs personality type. Complete the test to access your guide.
Designing Your Life: Build the Perfect Career, Step by Step by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans applies design thinking to career choice.
“Using lots of real-life stories and proven techniques like reframing, prototyping and mind-mapping you will learn how to build your way forwards, step-by-positive-step, to a life that’s better by a design of your own making.”
“Using lots of real-life stories and proven techniques like reframing, prototyping and mind-mapping you will learn how to build your way forwards, step-by-positive-step, to a life that’s better by a design of your own making.”
Job-Hunting
If you’re aged 18-30, visit the Princes Trust website for numerous tools and resources to help you find a job. These include a free online course which is packed with videos, articles and interactive content to help you develop the skills you need to brush up your CV, perfect your interview technique and boost your confidence when searching for jobs. There are also dedicated e-mentors to help you along the way.
What Colour Is Your Parachute – with more than 10 million copies sold in 28 countries, the world's most popular job-search book tailors Richard Bolles's long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers.
Bolles demystifies the entire job-search process, from writing resumes to interviewing to networking, expertly guiding job-hunters toward their dream job.”
Bolles demystifies the entire job-search process, from writing resumes to interviewing to networking, expertly guiding job-hunters toward their dream job.”
Self-Employment
There are 38 Business Growth Hubs around the UK where you can obtain free or funded advice on starting your own business and search for local support schemes.If you’re aged 18-30, The Princes Trust offer a free Enterprise programme. It starts with an information session followed by a four day interactive workshop. After that, you’ll receive support to set up your business and apply for funding. Once you’ve launched, you continue to receive support from an experience business mentor for up to two years.
There are many European and UK-wide government grants available for small businesses.
You can contact the government’s Business Support Helpline for free advice. Click here for details.
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