Reducing risks and costs when people are returning to work
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The process of returning to work after absence due to serious illness or injury calls for careful assement, planning and co-ordination. Right demands not only fall on the individual employee and health and safety professionals but also on the individual's line management and collagues. How much more cost-effective it is to adopt a holistic ergonomic framework that takes into account adjustments to tasks as ell as to learning by the person. |
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Designing physical adjustments for necessary compaibility
Whether it is furniture, equipment or handtools in a laboratory, workshop or office or the seating and controls in a vehicle, we are experienced in providing ergonomic assessments necessary for the best possible fit between an individual and his or her physical work setting. This includes specifying very clearly the adaptations or procurement you need to make as well as how to test them out before you make a firm commitment.
Assessing psychological impairments
Sometimes, the pace or even the viability of a successful return to work requires sensitive assessment of the mental or emotional state of the individual.
We are experienced in carrying out psychometric assessment for this purpose. This includes profiling current strengths and limitations of the individual as well as immediate support they may need or the career adaptations and retraining theat may be necessary./p>
Coaching to facilitate self-awareness and optimal communication
Unless local management and colleagues provide reasonable support necesary for a successful return to work process, the effort may be jeopardised. A spoilt process could face you with the risk of a protracted, distracting and potentially expensive difficulty.
The introduction of coaching of management and the team or workgroups with whom the individual returning from illness or injury is expected to work can go a fair way to resolve barriers to the most satisfactory return possible.
