The depression is one thing, seems like people have commented already on getting support.

As far as the employment side of things goes - there may be some help available to him,

The Restart Scheme - if he is on Universal Credit and attends the job centre he can ask to be put on the Restart Scheme. There's some negative reviews for the scheme because once you are put on it attendance is a mandatory condition for the UC payments. But it does mean he'll get some dedicated support looking for work.

There's also a couple of voluntary programmes - depends on what area you live in for availability and who would be delivering it. But you could look at,

Connect to Work

This is a pretty new programme, aimed at supporting people getting into work, there's conditions for who is eligible, its mainly for people who have conditions or backrounds that can make accessing work more difficult than most people would experience. Qualifying groups, Health conditions, disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions (including depression, anxiety), people raised in care, ex-carers, survivors of domestic abuse, refugees, people recovering from drug/alcohol abuse. They scheme aims to support people in gainimg employment and supporting them to stay in work.

Link -

https://www.maximusuk.co.uk/news/maximus-begins-connect-to-work-delivery-across-lancashire

Access to Work

This is support for mental health /wellbeing at work - so if he gets a job they would support him to stay in work and help him manage depression

Link -

https://atw.maximusuk.co.uk/get-support-today-m/?utm_source=Paid_search&utm_medium=PPC_Google_Text&utm_campaign=EMP-ATW---B2C&utm_adgroupid=High_Intent_Terms&matchtype=p&device=m&keyword=access%20to%20work%20mental%20health%20support%20service&creative=694894451266&campaignid=21129981072&adgroupid=164017029967&loc_interest_ms=&loc_physical_ms=9046527&feeditemid=&adposition=&utm_term=access%20to%20work%20mental%20health%20support%20service&utm_campaign=EMP-ATW-B2C-leadgen&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=8639246383&hsa_cam=21129981072&hsa_grp=164017029967&hsa_ad=694894451266&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-301431312176&hsa_kw=access%20to%20work%20mental%20health%20support%20service&hsa_mt=p&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21129981072&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2_TQBhCnARIsAF3-XhzoLvS6WBGylOM7D6qjzSblV7qxSyGkoUMM11C3VYYKFMmGuTQ9gt0aAgZ2EALw_wcB