Transcript Health issues - Employability in Scotland

Health & Employability
A Training Pack for
Health Professionals
Employment & Health
Employment could arguably be the
most important public health issue in
the UK and the largest determinant of
ill health in the workless population.
Policy Context
• Healthy Working Lives a plan for action
Scottish Government 2004
• Workforce Plus
Scottish Government 2006
• Better Health Better Care
Scottish Government 2007
• Health works
Scottish Government 2009
Background
Scottish Government Lifelong Learning
Directorate Employability Team
• Identified need for training for health staff
• Existing resources
- varying contents approaches & materials
• Duplication of effort
• Non-standardised
Development
• Expert group formed
• Wide representation
• Drawing from good practice
– cross sector approaches
• Focus on health staff
Employability for Health Professionals…...
or
……Health & Employability
Health & Employability
AIM
To raise awareness of the links between health
and employability and explore with healthcare
staff ways to consider incorporating this into
practice for the benefit of their patients / clients
– Promotes concept
– Half day
– Participatory learning
– KSF
Employability
“Employability encompasses all the things that
enable people to increase their chances of
getting a job, staying in, and progressing further,
in work”.
“for
each
individual,
there
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be different
.. ... .for
each
individual,
there
will be
reasons
why they
theyare
arenot
notachieving
achieving
what they
reasons why
good
would like in employment – perhaps their
health – perhaps
confidence
confidence
and their
motivation,
theirand
skills, their
motivation,
their skills,
or where
health,
or where
they their
live job,
compared
tothey
where
the
are available”.
live jobs
compared
to where healthcare is available.
(Workforce Plus: Scottish Government Employability Framework 2006)
Fit for Work?
Consider your overall health today on a
scale of 1-10, with 10 the absolute best
and 1 the worst it could be
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The Evidence
Is work good for your health and wellbeing?
(Waddell G, Burton AK.2006)
In a nutshell:
– work is good for health
– long-term unemployment is bad for health
But….
What does this mean (real world)
Barriers & Support
• Barriers
– impact on health
• NHS Role
– positive & negative
• Employability Pathway
– insight not experts
• Health Improvement
– change perspective
Role of Health Professionals
When and how should health staff
discuss employability with their patients?
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Addressing similar barriers
Not fixing everything
Influencing perception
Skills and rapport
….. What Next?
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Pack with NES
Flying start programme
Online resource
Train the trainers
Roll out……
http://www.employabilityinscotland.com/