Returning people back to work after sickness absence and enabling them to stay at work is challenging, especially where the person is experiencing mental ill health – either as a...
Today, Friday 17 June, we're recognising Employability Day by sharing some great free resources from VRA member RNIB. RNIB have created a great suite of e-learning with options for practitioners,...
Congratulations to Tesco who have been recognised as a Visibly Better Employer. The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) today as part of National Employability Day (Friday 17 June). They...
The UK economy could get a £3.9bn boost over the next five years if the government reforms the 40-year-old Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) system, a landmark report from Unum UK,...
With one in four registered blind or partially sighted people of working age being unemployed (RNIB, 2020), the difficulties faced finding or remaining in work can be incredibly challenging. At...
We asked Mandy Whalley, Associate Specialist Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist at Think Therapy 1st to tell us about the Empowerment Project. The Empowerment Project has been something I have been working on since...
VRA member Lisa Whittleton of Illuminate VR Services Ltd joined the panel at a recent event for Birmingham, Coventry and Warwickshire CIPD branches on mental wellbeing in the workplace. She...
This is a copy of a rapid response published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). It was written by Dr Andrew Frank VRA Trustee and past Chair. Dear Editor...
A biopsychosocial reflection of the impact on sickness absence and the need for vocational rehabilitation. Background In this article, I argue that the importance of psychosocial factors associated to...
The PROWORK project is funded by the Midlands Engine and is part of the Mental Health and Productivity Pilot which aims to support employers across the Midlands Engine to improve...
