Post on 28-Jan-2018
Key questions from employers
Rationale behind Fit for Work
Rationale behind Fit for Work
Do I need to prepare for making Fit for Work referrals?
Rationale behind Fit for Work
Do I need to prepare for making Fit for Work referrals?
What support do you have in place?
Rationale behind Fit for Work
Do I need to prepare for making Fit for Work referrals?
What support do you have in place?
Build a Fit for Work referral into your sickness absence
policies.
Rationale behind Fit for Work
Why is there a need for Fit for Work?
Do I need to prepare for making Fit for Work referrals?
Rationale behind Fit for Work
Why is there a need for Fit for Work?
Are able to access occupational health services
Rationale behind Fit for Work
Why is there a need for Fit for Work?
Are able to access occupational health services
Rationale behind Fit for Work
Why is there a need for Fit for Work?
Are able to access occupational health services
Rationale behind Fit for Work
Why is there a need for Fit for Work?
Are able to access occupational health servicesReduce the number of people moving needlessly
away from work because of ill health.
Rationale behind Fit for Work
Why is there a need for Fit for Work?
Are able to access occupational health servicesReduce the number of people moving needlessly
away from work because of ill health.
Rationale behind Fit for Work
Why is there a need for Fit for Work?
Are able to access occupational health servicesReduce the number of people moving needlessly
away from work because of ill health.
Rationale behind Fit for Work
Why is there a need for Fit for Work?
Fit for Work helps to act as a bridge between you and absent employees.
Rationale behind Fit for Work
I’m an SME – will Fit for Work help me?
Do I need to prepare for making Fit for Work referrals?
Why is there a need for Fit for Work?
Rationale behind Fit for Work
I’m an SME – will Fit for Work help me?
Rationale behind Fit for Work
I’m an SME – will Fit for Work help me?
Rationale behind Fit for Work
I’m an SME – will Fit for Work help me?
Rationale behind Fit for Work
I’m an SME – will Fit for Work help me?
Rationale behind Fit for Work
I’m an SME – will Fit for Work help me?
Rationale behind Fit for Work
I’m an SME – will Fit for Work help me?
Do I need to prepare for making Fit for Work referrals?
Why is there a need for Fit for Work?
Why are referrals based on telephone assessments and not face-to-face interviews?
Rationale behind Fit for Work
Why are referrals based on telephone assessments and not face-to-face interviews?
What Fit for Work is …
and isn’t
Fit for Work is…
Fit for Work is…
A free scheme comprising two elements:
Advice
Fit for Work is…
A free scheme comprising two elements:
(Online or through a Freephonetelephone advice line).
Advice
Fit for Work is…
A free scheme comprising two elements:
Referral(Online or through a Freephone
telephone advice line).for an occupational health assessment
Fit for Work is…
A complement to existing occupational health provision.
Fit for Work is…
A complement to existing occupational health provision.
Works alongside existing
occupational health provision.
Fit for Work is…
A complement to existing occupational heath provision.
Works alongside existing
occupational health provision.
Biopsychosocial approach – not focused
solely on clinical factors.
Fit for Work isn’t…
NOT linked to benefit
entitlement or the Work Capability
Assessment.
Fit for Work isn’t…
NOT linked to benefit
entitlement or the Work Capability
Assessment.
NOT about forcing people back to
work.
Making referrals to
Fit for Work
Making referrals to Fit for Work
How do I make a referral?
Making referrals to Fit for Work
How do I make a referral?
Visit fitforwork.org/employer and select ‘refer an employee’
Enter your company details (these will be saved) and information about the employee you wish to refer
Check the information you’ve entered
Click ‘submit’
Want to see a test referral in action? Go to fitforwork.org/webinars and view the webinar entitled ‘Fit for Work – the employer referral process explained’
Making referrals to Fit for Work
Is any training being offered to employers?
Making referrals to Fit for Work
Is any training being offered to employers?
View our webinars (fitforwork.org/webinars)
Visit the employer page of the website (fitforwork.org/employer)
Call our Freephone telephone advice line on 0800 032 6235
Making referrals to Fit for Work
When might a referral to Fit for Work not be appropriate?
Making referrals to Fit for Work
When might a referral to Fit for Work not be appropriate?
Not for individuals with no realistic prospect of returning to work
Not for terminally ill patients (unless otherwise advised by GP)
Not for hospital in-patients
Not for patients in an acute phase of their medical condition
Making referrals to Fit for Work
How long does my employee need to be off sick before
I can make a referral?
Making referrals to Fit for Work
How long does my employee need to be off sick before
I can make a referral?
Four weeks (although a GP may refer before four weeks)
Making referrals to Fit for Work
Why do I have to wait four weeks before referring an employee?
Making referrals to Fit for Work
Why do I have to wait four weeks before referring an employee?
Absence of four weeks or more present a significant risk of a more sustained absence, or a person not returning to work at all
Making referrals to Fit for Work
What if my employee doesn’t want to be referred to Fit for Work?
Making referrals to Fit for Work
What if my employee doesn’t want to be referred to Fit for Work?
Referral is entirely consent-based
Making referrals to Fit for Work
My employee is concerned about who will have access to the
information they provide. What should I tell them?
Making referrals to Fit for Work
My employee is concerned about who will have access to the
information they provide. What should I tell them?
Only case managers working on the Return to Work Plan will have access to the information given
Information will be treated as private and confidential and will meet the Caldicott requirements
The outcomes
of a Fit for Work
assessment
The outcomes of a Fit for Work assessment
What will my employee receive?
The outcomes of a Fit for Work assessment
A Return to Work Plan tailored to the employee’s
needs:
Advice and recommendations for interventions
Signposting to other help
A timetable for progressing interventions and for
returning to work (if applicable)
What will my employee receive?
The outcomes of a Fit for Work assessment
What if I disagree with the advice given in
an employee’s Return to Work Plan?
The outcomes of a Fit for Work assessment
What if I disagree with the advice given in
an employee’s Return to Work Plan?
The Return to Work Plan remains the property of
the employee
Employers can liaise with the Fit for Work case
manager in case of queries
The outcomes of a Fit for Work assessment
What happens if my employee doesn’t
consent to sharing the outcome of an
assessment?
The outcomes of a Fit for Work assessment
What happens if my employee doesn’t
consent to sharing the outcome of an
assessment?
A Return to Work Plan will not be shared with
anyone without the employee’s consent
Consent must be given at various stages of the
process
The outcomes of a Fit for Work assessment
How long will my employee remain on the
Return to Work Plan?
The outcomes of a Fit for Work assessment
How long will my employee remain on the
Return to Work Plan?
The outcomes of a Fit for Work assessment
Not all problems can be tackled through changes to the work
environment. What if interventions are necessary?
The outcomes of a Fit for Work assessment
Not all problems can be tackled through changes to the work
environment. What if interventions are necessary?
The outcomes of a Fit for Work assessment
Who would pay for medical interventions?
The outcomes of a Fit for Work assessment
Who would pay for medical interventions?
Tax exemption of
What now?
If you want to find out more about Fit for Work:
Visit: fitforwork.org/employer
Call the Freephone advice line on 0800 032 6235
To make a referral, visit fitforwork.org/employer
and click on “refer a patient”
Thank you
for listening