Employment Rehabilitation Reports and Services - "Back to Work"
Increasingly we are being asked to provide Claimants
with employment rehabilitation support.
The offer of funded employment rehabilitation
services early in the claim by the Defendants/Insurers may be a mechanism for positive
settlement of the claim for both parties.
In litigation early intervention to help the
Claimant mitigate employment and earnings loss can be seen as a positive approach by
Courts and Tribunals.
Our "Back to Work" service provides a
range of practical support tailored to help them make the transition back into work more
effectively.
The Service Users
The following categories of clients find our
"Back to Work" service helpful:
- Claimant Solicitors who wish to offer their clients a
more holistic approach to the litigation process and added value client care.
- Defendants and Insurers who wish to offer a positive
and constructive approach to the settlement of a claim.
- Claimants who have received a financial settlement to
their claim, but are unprepared for their future employment, and wish to have help and
support to re-enter the labour market in employment or self-employment.
The Purpose of the Service
Many people with health and disability problems who
are not working have received little or no help in preparing for any entry or re-entry
into work. Frequently they lack confidence and motivation and have little knowledge of
services available to them that could provide useful employment rehabilitation. Some have
never undertaken a job search.
The longer employment rehabilitation is delayed, the
more difficult it can be for people to make the transition back into work.
For these reasons Employment Advisory Specialists
offers the "Back to Work" service.
Service Options
Initial Employment Rehabilitation Assessment Report
Assessment reports are prepared following detailed
analysis of the Claimant’s pre-injury employment, educational and training history
profile and relevant medical reports.
Reports cover areas including a diagnosis of
transferable skills, training needs, and training options together with an analysis of the
local labour market and potential occupational profiles and job availability.
Employment Rehabilitation Progress Reports
Subsequent assistance can build on the initial
assessment report and typically can include:
- Career planning and information
- Support in CV writing and written job applications
- Securing access to other local services for
assistance and funding
- Interviewing skills support, including mock
interviews
Case Studies
Examples of past EAS clients include:
Mr A
A highly experienced coachbuilder who was unable to
continue in his post due to an upper limb injury at work. Following involvement with EAS
he began to train in Youth Work and he pursued this as a career.
Mr B
A young man who suffered a brain injury in a road
traffic accident. His pre-injury ambition was to be an electrician. EAS provided careers
counselling and undertook research and business planning to enable him to set up in
business as a self-employed market trader selling electrical goods.
Mr C
A bricklayer whose injury involved the loss of one
arm. Following careers counselling from EAS Mr C re-trained as a Clerk of Works.
Mr D
A young man who lost a hand in an accident at work.
EAS involvement resulted in re-training to become a forklift truck operator.
Mr E
A labourer who suffered a hand injury at work.
Counselling and research by EAS resulted in a business plan for Mr E to become a
self-employed mini cab driver.
Mr F
An engineering machinist with a lower limb injury
with a very long term absence from work.
Following EAS intervention Mr F obtained work as a
driver/storeman.
Mr G
An experienced warehouse operative with ongoing
psychological problems as a consequence of injury. Unemployed for 3 years.
Following EAS intervention Mr G successfully
obtained a part time cleaning job with a major retailer.
Mr H
An experienced warehouse operative with significant
fatigue related problems following a brain injury.
Following EAS involvement Mr H successfully obtained
a part time delivery warehouse persons 5 minutes from his home.
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