Asiakasnäkymä

Vocational and career guidance psychologist services

Guidance and support from a psychologist for choices and challenges related to your career, choice of profession, situation in life, health issues, education and plans for the future. The goal is to support you in making choices for your future.

Service organiser

Kunnat

Language

Finnish

Swedish

English

Charges

The service is free of charge

Implementation

Contact service

Remote or online service

Hybrid service

Individual guidance

This service is intended for you if you wish to receive support and guidance on assessing your personal situation. You can seek these services if you would like to establish a clearer understanding of your strengths, resources, interests or vocational aspirations, if you wish for help with selecting a field of study or processing challenges faced in working life, or if you are considering changing careers, for instance. You can also seek guidance if your health issues, situation in life or learning difficulties limit your options.

Who is the service for?

Municipality of residence

Helsinki

Vantaa

Kerava

Sipoo

Raseborg

Hanko

Ingå

Age

All people of working age

Situation

Person with higher education

Lacking upper secondary education

Active jobseeker

Immigrant (integration period ongoing)

Immigrant (integration period over)

In need of additional training

Challenges with work and functional capacity

Lacking comprehensive education

You can receive guidance from the psychologists of your local employment services. If you are interested in participating in the service, please contact your local employment services by visiting a service point or submitting a contact request through Job Market Finland’s E-servicesexternal link, opens in a new tab, for instance.

Benefits of participating in the service

You will receive clarity on your direction in life and career path as well as more information about your options. Your skills will be identified, and, through this, your chances of finding a job will improve.

Conditions for participating in the service

Participating in psychologist services requires you to be interested in participating in the services in order to consider your situation together with a psychologist.

How can I participate in the service?

The guidance from a psychologist provides you with an opportunity to stop and think about your situation and wishes together with the psychologist, and to gain new perspectives. The goal of the guidance is to support you in making choices for your future.

Guidance from a psychologist is a confidential service that is provided free of charge. Guidance is available in Finnish, Swedish, English and through an interpreter, depending on the municipality. Clients are served face-to-face and via phone and video connection.

Each guidance session lasts for about an hour. You can participate in one or more sessions. The guidance may also include tasks, tests and guidance to work try-outs or education trials.

Psychologist services are available at all service points of employment services.

How is the service organised?

Service accessibility

Possibility of interpretation

Where and when?

Place

Malminkatu 34, 00100 Helsinki (Helsinki Employment Services, Kampi office)

Accessibility

Accessible by public transport

The building has a lift

The space is physically accessible

Spatial planning takes into account visual impairments

Possibility of barrier-free listening

You can visit the advice services during our opening hours. You will not need an appointment. If you have not booked an appointment in advance, take a queue number and sit in the waiting room. Please note that the advice service may be congested from time to time.

You can use the post box outside the office to drop off any post.

When you arrive for your booked appointment, you can take the lift or the stairs directly to the floor indicated in the invitation message and wait there. You do not have to check in separately.

If you are not sure where you should go, you can ask the advisory services workers on the street level or a security guard for help.

Time

The time of the service is agreed upon separately.

Place

Viipurinkatu 2, 00510 Helsinki (Helsinki Employment Services, Viipurinkatu office)

Accessibility

The building has a lift

Accessible by public transport

On arrival, please check in with the guard in the street-level lobby. If there is no guard present and you have booked an appointment, you can take the lift or the stairs directly to the 6th floor. When you reach the 6th floor, check in with the guard again. The guard will direct you to the waiting room, where our specialist will pick you up for your appointment.
The entrance is difficult to discern but illuminated. The entrance doors are difficult to see. There is enough free space outside the door to accommodate assistive devices, such as a wheelchair. The door is heavy or otherwise difficult to open.

The facilities have a lift with wheelchair access and an automatic door opening mechanism. The floor numbers of the lift cannot be felt with your fingers. The exit level button stands out from the rest.
There are thresholds over 2 cm high at the entrance and at the service point. There are seats in the waiting area.

Time

The time of the service is agreed upon separately.

Place

Asiakkaankatu 3 A, 00930 Helsinki (Helsinki Employment Services, Itäkeskus office)

Accessibility

Accessible by public transport

The building has a lift

The space is physically accessible

If you have not booked an appointment in advance, take a queue number, have a seat in the waiting room and you will be called for your appointment.

If possible, come in the morning to avoid the afternoon rush. The busiest time is typically between 11.00 and 15.00. You can use the post box in the 4th floor staircase to drop off any post. The staircase can be accessed on weekdays from 6.00 to 20.00 and on Saturdays from 7.30 to 16.00.

On most days, there is a security guard at our door to guide you. If you are unsure how to proceed, you can ask the guard for advice.

The entrance is located on the Lyypekinkuja side. Drop-off traffic can stop right in front of the entrance. There is no accessible parking in the immediate vicinity of the entrance, but there is a large parking area in front of the building with three accessible parking spaces fairly close to the entrance of Employment Services. There are two consecutive steps at the entrance, with handrails on one side. The entrance has a steep ramp less than 6 m long with handrails on both sides. The entrance doors are clearly discernible. There is enough free space outside the door to accommodate assistive devices, such as a wheelchair. The door opens automatically with the push of a button. The service point is located on floor 4. The facilities have a lift with wheelchair access and an automatic door opening mechanism. The floor numbers of the lift can be felt with your fingers.

Time

The time of the service is agreed upon separately.

Place

Kultasepänkatu 7 (1st floor), 04250 Kerava (Sampola Service Centre)

Accessibility

The space is physically accessible

The building has a lift

Accessible by public transport

Arrival by car and disabled parking taken into account

You can visit the advice services during our opening hours. You will not need an appointment. You do not have to check in separately. Come in and tell our staff what kind of advice you need. Please note that the advice service may be congested from time to time.

You can use the post box outside the office to drop off any post.

If you are not sure where you should go, you can ask the workers of the street-level information point for help.

Time

The time of the service is agreed upon separately.

Place

Amiraalintie 2 ( 2nd floor), 01150 Söderkulla (Söderkulla service point)

Accessibility

The space is physically accessible

The building has a lift

Possibility of barrier-free listening

You do not have to check in separately.

Time

The time of the service is agreed upon separately.

Place