Description
When you recruit someone new, how can you make sure they have what they need to stay fit and healthy in the role?
If ill health limits a person’s ability to work, or if work adversely impacts their health, the harm it causes can ripple out in many ways. For the individual, it can lead to upset and frustration. For the workplace, it can impact morale. And for the organisation, it can have financial and reputational costs. But if, from day one, you seek to understand the person and how their health and their role might impact on each other, then you can put plans in place to help them stay well. A Work Health Assessment will help you do this.
HOW IT WORKS
1️⃣ The new employee fills in an online form to help us understand their health (e.g. pre-existing conditions or disabilities) and how this might interact with their new job (e.g. if a particular work activity could make an existing condition worse or put them at risk of illness or injury)
2️⃣ A clinician will then review the form and produce a certificate for the employer with any recommended adjustments that should be made for the employee
3️⃣ If further information is required we will request a telephone consultation with the individual
AT A GLANCE
📍 Location: Online
⏰ Duration: Up to 20 minutes
👥 Suitable for: any employer who wants to offer new employees the best possible start
FURTHER READING
📖 Inside an Occupational Health Assessment
📖 Learn more about managing sickness absence
Options
Enhanced Work Health Assessment: A form and Zoom call based screening service completed once an offer of employment has been made. It will highlight any pre-existing health conditions and disabilities to the employing organisation, ensuring the suitability of the prospective employee for the role that they are about to start. It provides a report that includes any recommended adjustments that should be made in the workplace for the employee. The Zoom call allows the clinician to review the form with the individual, clarify any issues or concerns that might have been identified, explore areas of uncertainty and answer any questions. It allows for a fuller assessment on an individual’s suitability for the role and a more informed opinion on any recommendations of support for the specific roles they are to undertake rather than from just the form alone.
Ministry Health Assessment: This is tailored specifically for organisations appointing individuals to church ministry roles. The individual completes an online questionnaire which is reviewed by a member of our Occupational Health team [who will produce a certificate for the employer with any recommended adjustments that should be made for the employee. If further information is required we will request a telephone consultation with the individual].
Enhanced Ministry Health Assessment: As above but with an online 30-minute session enabling a more in-depth assessment, again a short report is then provided outlining any relevant health conditions that may need to be taken into account as well as recommendations in terms of adjustments and other measures to support them carrying out their role. This could be considered when an individual is at a significant point of change in their ministry e.g. a new role in a different organisation or region, starting their first church leadership position, or they themselves have indicated they have significant health issues which needs to be taken into account.
