HealthInfo Canterbury
Employment services
Comcare Trust – Jobconnect
Phone: (03) 377-7020
Website: www.comcare.org.nz
For people aged 16 to 65 years with experience of mental illness.
Services available:
- Full employment search and support service for both job seekers and employers.
- Advice about career and work choice options, information and training.
- A pre-employment service that lets you explore the idea of working and helps you either independently or accompanied.
- Qualified peer support workers and employment consultants.
Emerge Aotearoa – Employment support (Creativeworks)
Emerge Aotearoa – Employment support website
Phone: (03) 372-1263
Address: 8 Kennedy Pl, Hillsborough, Christchurch.
For people aged 16 to 65 experiencing mild to moderate mental illness, who wish to get back to work.
Services available:
- Support to develop skills, look for, find and retain work. Based on a goal-oriented plan.
- At locations that suit you, such as at home, a café, the library or Emerge Aotearoa's offices.
- Qualified peer support workers with degree-level qualifications and certificates in supported employment and mental health support.
Written by HealthInfo clinical advisers. Last reviewed December 2020.
Review key: HIHMI-138165
