Vocational Rehabilitation
Combining the skills & philosophy of Occupational Therapy and the relevant principals of Occupational Health to help people with physical, cognitive, psychological or other health problems to engage with work related activity.
CNS are expertly placed to offer practical support with vocational rehabilitation; utilising skills such as task analysis and specialist evaluation of the Person, Occupation and Environment to achieve this. CNS also offer Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) assessments and reports.
CNS always take a holistic view, working with all stake holders including employers, employees and colleagues to ensure achievements are sustainable for all. CNS are expert at demystifying themes for employers and organisations such as ‘graded return to work’ and ‘reasonable adjustments’ – CNS will lead and help disentangle these and explore how they can work for the client or an employee.
CNS offers practical solutions to help clients explore the possibility of returning to a workplace role or achieve sustained employment. Working to have a positive impact on physical and mental wellbeing alongside the ability to contribute to an organisation and a client’s own financial value, ethos and independence, in a workplace environment.
CNS are expert in supporting:
Returns to work after catastrophic injury
Sustaining employment post injury or whilst living with a long-term condition
Consideration and application of reasonable adjustments
Brain injury education for the workplace/employers
Applications to the government Access to Work scheme
Assessment and provision for Fit Notes (Med3) in line with government guidance
Generation of Allied Health Professional (AHP) Fitness for Work Reports
Graded work exposure- specifically tailored to client’s functional ability and circumstances
Employers’ ability to maximise an employee’s work potential, whilst optimising the well-being of the employee and their work colleagues
Employers’ Corporate social responsibility
Enhancing generic treatment goals through engagement in vocational rehabilitation
Exploration of unpaid voluntary work as a meaningful activity
Workforce wellbeing in conjunction with occupational health and HR departments
Functional Capacity Evaluations
