What We Do

For the Employee

We ensure that individual disability needs are met through recommendation of reasonable adjustments for existing staff, new entrants, job candidates and sickness returners.

Our team carry out work-based assessments and propose advice and solutions, working in co-operation with Occupational Health and HR departments.

We offer everyday "coping" strategies for employees, together with cost-effective hints and tips to improve performance.

We are able to identify disability issues in both appraisal and capability scenarios.

Our team follow up and support the individual to ensure the adjustments made are working, and we advise if any further help or alterations to existing adjustments are needed.

 

For the Organisation

By ensuring the disability needs of the individual are met, morale amd motivation across the workplace are improved, and stress and sickness absence are reduced.

We advise the Employer on reasonable adjustments to be put in place to maximise the potential of staff and improve productivity.

We aim to help help the Employer retain the services of valuable staff who becoe disabled during their career.

Our team can assist in the development of policies and procdures rto ensure identification and proper adjustment for disabled staff and appicants, whilst meeting the needs and legal obligations of the business.

We can provide helpsheets and information for In House knowledge raising, together with cost effective strategies to improve productivity.

Our team can provide training and awareness raising sessions for individuals, colleagues and line managers, which will encourage imroved morale, hep to reduce sikness absence of disabled staff, and alleviate stress on line managers and colleagues through a better understanding of the issues surrounding and arising from the disability.

For further information on the Access to Work scheme please click here.