All of the literature points to the benefits of enabling people to return to work – benefits to employer and employee alike - reducing sickness absence, and increasing overall productivity. AHPs can offer return to work advice widely to people and employers. Next Steps In summary, we are taking the following steps to sustain this work. NHSG is maximising the combined assets of public and third sectors, and increasing our volume to value ratio, by Making every Opportunity Count . This is an ambitious, inclusive, and we believe transformative, approach within which we include issues of work, employability, and much more. Our fundamental aim is to enable people who use our services, and people who provide services to live as well as they can. Enabling people to address work in relation to health and wellbeing, and building workforce capacity and capability are integral to this inclusive, systems approach. We have made the Z card which facilitates signposting to relevant local services available in hard copy and on our website, We are collaborating with Learning and Development colleagues to assess NHSG’s the potential to develop an e - learning module from existing training material. As part of our overall approach to making every opportunity count, we are in discussion with university colleagues with a view to introducing the overall approach within the undergraduate curriculum. As part of investment in promoting healthy working lives, colleagues ensure NHSG’s that the employers with whom they engage are aware of the free support available through NHSG to assist employers and employees to return to work as a fundamental part of recovery and as part of sickness absence reduction.
All of the literature points to the benefits of enabling people to return to work – benefits to employer and employee alike - reducing sickness absence, and increasing overall productivity. AHPs can offer return to work advice widely to people and employers. Next Steps In summary, we are taking the following steps to sustain this work. NHSG is maximising the combined assets of public and third sectors, and increasing our volume to value ratio, by Making every Opportunity Count . This is an ambitious, inclusive, and we believe transformative, approach within which we include issues of work, employability, and much more. Our fundamental aim is to enable people who use our services, and people who provide services to live as well as they can. Enabling people to address work in relation to health and wellbeing, and building workforce capacity and capability are integral to this inclusive, systems approach. We have made the Z card which facilitates signposting to relevant local services available in hard copy and on our website, We are collaborating with NHSG’s Learning and Development colleagues to assess the potential to develop an e - learning module from existing training material. As part of our overall approach to making every opportunity count, we are in discussion with university colleagues with a view to introducing the overall approach within the undergraduate curriculum. As part of NHSG’s investment in promoting healthy working lives, colleagues ensure that the employers with whom they engage are aware of the free support available through NHSG to assist employers and employees to return to work as a fundamental part of recovery and as part of sickness absence reduction.
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