Transcript Powerpoint template - Employability in Scotland

Employability & Health
(Awareness Session)
Co-facilitated by:
Maggie Vooght
Working Health Services
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
Anne McGuire
Employer & Partnership Manager
Department for Work & Pensions
Welcome
Introduction
‘Housekeeping’
Ground Rules
Introductions
Please briefly state:
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Your name
Role
Experience of Employability/Work Issues
Reason for attending session
Aims
• WHY – should anyone talk about work & health?
• WHAT – information could be given?
• WHO – should do it?
• WHEN – is the ‘right’ time to talk about it?
• HOW – is the best way to do it?
Outcomes
• An awareness of the important links between
work and health
• Increased confidence and ability to discuss
work/employability
• Awareness of the potential barriers facing
clients seeking employment/return to work
and how they may be overcome
• Access to information about appropriate
support and services
WHY ?
HOW WELL /
READY TO COME TO WORK
DID YOU FEEL THIS MORNING?
“I'll count my health my greatest wealth,
Sae lang as I'll enjoy it:
I'll fear nae scant, I'll bode nae want,
As lang's I get employment”
Robert Burns “Here’s To Thy Health” 1780
What Is Work?
“Applying physical or mental effort using knowledge
and skills with a purpose to accomplish or achieve
something”.
Work Can Be:
Full-time
Part-time
Voluntary
Permitted Work
Temporary / Permanent
What is Employability?
“Employability encompasses all the things that enable
people to increase their chances of getting a job,
staying in, and progressing further in work”.
(Workforce Plus; Scottish Government Employability Framework 2006)
Progressing Towards Employment:
Training
Education
Work Placements
Work Experience
Voluntary Work
Evidence Base
• Is work good for your health and well-being?
Waddell & Burton 2006
• Health Works -The Scottish Govt. 2009
• Marmot Review 2010 – In work Poverty
• Health At Work- an independent review of
sickness absence - Frost & Black 2011
• Scottish Govt. Response to the review 2012
Categories
1. OUT OF WORK
2. EMPLOYED - BUT OFF SICK
3. EMPLOYED - AT WORK BUT STRUGGLING
Worklessness and Health
Evidence shows that (long-term) unemployment is associated
with:
• poorer general health, somatic complaints, long-standing
illness, limiting longstanding illness
• poorer mental health; more psychological distress; minor
psychological/psychiatric morbidity, suicide
• higher medical consultation, medication consumption and
hospital admission rate
(Waddell G, Burton AK. Is work good for your health and well-being?, 2006)
Long-Term Unemployment
Equals the health risk of smoking
10 Packs of cigarettes per DAY
(Ross -1995)
After 6 months on health benefit - 80% chance
of being off work for 5 years
(Waddell and Burton 2006)
After 2 years on health benefit - more likely to
retire or die than to get back into work.
(The Scottish Government)
The Working Day
Leisure
Sleep
Work
The Non-Working Day
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Sleep
Sleep
?
?
Sleep
WHAT ?
The Employability Pipeline
• Stage 1: Referral, Engagement and
Assessment
• Stage 2: Needs Assessment
• Stage 3: Vocational Activity
• Stage 4: Employer engagement and job
matching
• Stage 5: In work support and aftercare
Overcoming Barriers
Welfare
reformUniversal
Credit
Work
Capability
Assessment
Personal
Independence
Payment (PIP)
Access to Work
Work Choice
WORK
Support from
JcP
FIT NOTE
Fit For Work
Scotland
(FFWS)
Fit Note
Equality Act 2010
In employment context disability is defined as:
“A physical or mental impairment which has a
substantial and long-term adverse effect on a
person’s normal day-to-day activities.”
‘protected characteristics’
‘reasonable adjustments’
disclosure required
Overcoming Barriers
Welfare
reformUniversal
Credit
Work
Capability
Assessment
Personal
Independence
Payment (PIP)
Access to Work
Work Choice
WORK
Support from
JcP
Fit Note
Fit For Work
Scotland
(FFWS)
Return to Work Tips
List a breakdown of all work tasks
Meet in advance with HR &/or Manager
Agree RTW plan (in writing)
NOT Monday 9am
Stick to the plan
Review ? Weekly
Problems? – ACAS / didlaw
Overcoming Barriers
Welfare
reformUniversal
Credit
Work
Capability
Assessment
Personal
Independence
Payment (PIP)
Access to Work
Work Choice
WORK
Support from
JcP
Fit Note
Fit For Work
Scotland
(FFWS)
Overcoming Barriers
Welfare
reformUniversal
Credit
Work
Capability
Assessment
Personal
Independence
Payment (PIP)
Access to Work
Work Choice
WORK
Support from
JcP
Fit Note
Fit For Work
Scotland
(FFWS)
Overcoming Barriers
Welfare
reformUniversal
Credit
Work
Capability
Assessment
Personal
Independence
Payment (PIP)
Access to Work
Work Choice
WORK
Support from
JcP
Fit Note
Fit For Work
Scotland
(FFWS)
Access To Work
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Additional support for those whose health or disability affects their job
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Advice to individuals and employers
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Contributes to additional costs employers would not normally be expected to
meet, by up to 100%
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Must be in work or about to start a job or work trial
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Covers:
 Special aids and equipment
 Adaptations to premises and equipment
 Support workers
 Travel to work and within work
 Communication support at interview
Overcoming Barriers
Welfare
reformUniversal
Credit
Work
Capability
Assessment
Personal
Independence
Payment (PIP)
Access to Work
Work Choice
WORK
Support from
JcP
Fit Note
Fit For Work
Scotland
(FFWS)
WHO ?
volunteer
cashier
GP
podiatrist
income adviser
social worker
health visitor
psychologist
occupational therapist
WHEN?
HOW?
HOW ?
• Just have a conversation!!
• Know more about how to deal with someone’s
answers
• Gather information about appropriate
referral/signpost options
• Gain confidence (by being better informed
about services & background)
THE SITUATION INFORMS THE CONVERSATION:
1. OUT OF WORK
2. EMPLOYED - OFF SICK
3. EMPLOYED - AT WORK, BUT STRUGGLING
Have you had to take time off work to come to this
appointment today?
How does your (health/condition/problem) affect your
work?
When do you think you will be ready to return to
work/look for work?
What kind of work have you done previously?
Conclusions?
• Work is vitally important to the health of
individuals.
• To realise an individual’s potential for work
they may need the support of different
services or organisations.
• We have to accept that some individuals will
never be able to work, but should be offered
the opportunity and support to progress and
improve their quality of life.
Employability & Health
Contacts:
Maggie Vooght
[email protected]
Anne McGuire –
[email protected]