Useful links
Useful links and resources for clinical Interest areas
Working for a healthier tomorrow
Carole Black’s review, looking at the health of Britain’s working age population. Presented on 17th March 2008.
Improving health and work: changing lives
The Government’s Response to Dame Carol Black’s Review of the health of Britain’s working age population.
Building the Case for Wellness
The Price Waterhouse Cooper's report considers the wider business and economic case for employers to invest in staff wellness programmes.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists Mental Health and Work report
This report reviews the evidence of mental health and work.
Mental Health at Work: Developing the business case
The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health has published a document that looks at the business case for addressing Mental Health Issues in the work place.
Ready for Work - full employment in our generation
The Department for Work and Pensions sets out the Government's welfare reform, designed to create a society in which as many people as possible can participate in work. Published December 2007.
Consensus Statement signed by Health Professionals recognising the Benefit of Work
Leaders of more than 30 health care professional bodies signed a ground - breaking agreement to advice patients of the important role work plays in health. The consensus statement, developed in partnership with Dame Carol Black, the National Director for Health and Work, came ahead of her review of the health of the working age population.
Vocational Rehabilitation
- National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
- Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation (USA)
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- UK Rehabilitation Council - The UK Rehabilitation Council is a community of rehabilitation associations, rehabilitation providers, clients and other stakeholder groups. Their common goal is to ensure access to high quality medical and vocational rehabilitation services in the UK
Work placements
- support4learning - information on work experience and placements and relevant links for disabled people and work
- Lifelong Learning - includes a guide to work placements for disabled students
Ergonomics
Work / life
- Department for Business Innovation and Skills - includes documents related to work/life balance
- Employers for work-life balance
- Health Work Wellbeing - Government-led initiative to protect and improve the health and well-being of working age people. Founded on a growing evidence base that working is good for health, it brings together employers, unions, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders to promote the positive links between health and work and help more people with health conditions to find and stay in employment
Statutory Services
Education
Department of Work and Pensions (DWP)
- Sickness Absence HSE guidance- information on the occupational therapist's role in helping to manage sickness absence and case studies exploring the OT’s role
- Department for Work and Pensions Research Programme 2004/2005
- Job Centre Plus
- HSE Health and Safety Executive
- Experiences of the Job Retention and Rehabilitation Project
Voluntary Services/organisations
- Just Fight On! - a community project dedicated to victims of workplace abuse. They offer workplace bullying guidance.
- Disability Now - includes details on range of schemes to help get disabled people into work
- Sheffield Occupational Health and Advisory Service
- Leeds Occupational Health Advisory Service
- REMPLOY
Unions
- Worksmart
- UNISON - Disabled members
- Disability and Work - a Trade Union Guide to the law and good practice
Business Sector
