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Vocational rehabilitation

NCSI VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROJECT Ed Murphy on behalf of Lyn Bruce, VR Project Manager ) July 2011. Vocational rehabilitation. Vocational Rehabilitation defined as ‘whatever helps someone with a health problem, to stay at, return to and remain in work’. The pilot sites.

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Vocational rehabilitation

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  1. NCSI VOCATIONALREHABILITATION PROJECTEd Murphy on behalf of Lyn Bruce, VR Project Manager )July 2011

  2. Vocational rehabilitation Vocational Rehabilitation defined as ‘whatever helps someone with a health problem, to stay at, return to and remain in work’.

  3. The pilot sites

  4. Some key features of pilots

  5. Early findings • Cancer patients want information about work early • Health professionals give mixed messages • Line managers often lack knowledge & skills to manage staff with cancer • Cancer patients are unaware of their employment rights • Expert VR advisers can predict & pre-empt problems patients are not yet aware of

  6. 2nd Interim Evaluation • Lack of understanding of the term ‘Vocational Rehabilitation’ – Work support is seen as more appropriate or understandable • Identification of VR advisor competencies • Adoption of 3 level model • Importance of other professional groups in providing work support e.g. cancer information centres, government employment advisors Open access to information and support Active self-management Specialist vocational rehabilitation Increasing ‘complexity of need’ National Cancer Survivorship Initiative

  7. Work Support and VR through the three levels

  8. Macmillan work and cancer resources

  9. What will be the VR legacy? • Critical success criteria in establishing VR/Work Support • Competency profile for VR Adviser workforce • Guidance for commissioning of VR/Work Support • A VR services organisational development toolkit • Development of partnership working on VR/Work Support across the four nations

  10. Questions

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