Career Redirection

Making changes to improve your current career or job situation.

Work is more sustainable for people with persistent pain and fatigue if it is the ‘right fit’.

This could mean:

  • deciding to stay in your job and making changes to increase sustainability

  • changing jobs within the same type of work - different employer/employment sector

  • changing career completely

Who should use this service?

  • Individuals who are considering change in their work situation

  • Insurance companies who want information about alternative occupations/transferable skills

  • Employers who know someone is no longer able to do their job and either wants to help them find alternatives within their organisation or to support their transition to another work opportunity elsewhere.

What does it involve?

  • At Vitality360 we provide a bespoke approach which enables us to tailor the interventions to fit your needs.

  • We will explore your work/education history and gain an understanding of the impact of your health on capacity.

  • We will help you understand your motivators and needs from work.

  • We can provide you with a framework to make career choices.

  • We can complete a transferable skills analysis.

  • We then identify next steps supported by labour market information.

What’s included ?

  • Three 1 hour sessions with our expert

  • Three hours for research and report writing

  • A comprehensive report which identifies a vocational goal, suitable career options and detailed information about job role, salary, training requirements/costs and a local labour market analysis.

  • The report includes costed recommendations for any additional assistance required such as support, training, vocational counselling/coaching, CV development, interview preparation etc. to address any barriers and facilitate a sustained return to work into alternative employment.

  • Total cost £750

Who will you work with?

Amanda Mason - Career and Employment Consultant

DipCG, PGCertEd (Guidance), MCDI

Amanda is our Career and Employment Consultant, who for over twenty years has supported people to identify their career goals and work towards them in a positive, solution-focused way. She has worked in a wide range of settings including the voluntary sector and statutory services.

She has a passion for supporting people with persistent symptoms find and sustain work that not only matches their knowledge skills and experience but is also good for their health.

  • “In moving forward professionally Amanda has helped me to recognise which aspects of my career have been positive and areas that I could build on in the future, ideally in areas that ‘make my heart sing’. Reposition my CV and job search accordingly.”

  • “In moving forward professionally Amanda has helped me to consider what is realistic and sustainable and that it may be about ‘stepping stones’.”

  • “In moving forward professionally Amanda has helped me to re-frame my inner dialogue and prepare for conversations about working with energy-limiting health conditions using terminology such as: ‘I can offer you….’ Or ‘I’m not available until…’”

  • “Amanda has been a rock in regards to her career support and making me feel like a valued and deserving person who CAN have a job that is both rewarding, accommodating and supportive.”