Local Approaches to Health and Employability

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• SALUS Case Studies - May 2010 - This document provides some background to SALUS as an organisation, and client case studies demonstrating the health and employability work undertaken by SALUS.

• Working Towards Health Client Case Studies - The Working Towards Health programme is designed to support individuals who are experiencing a health condition which prevents them from participating in work, education or training. It is open to any individual living in the Dundee City area with a mild to moderate health condition, who are in receipt of a working age benefit.

• Employability on Prescription - This South East Glasgow based service provides an access route to employability for clients through their local GP / AHP service.   GPs/ AHPs  are not asked to become employability experts but rather follow the three Rs Respond, Raise and Refer.   When a patient raises an issue related to employment  the GP can respond and refer them to a Bridging Service. 

• Developing an Employability Focus within Acute Services  -  Details of an Employability Pilot being developed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Acute Services Division.  

• NHS Tayside Healthcare Academy   -  The NHS Tayside Healthcare Academy is part of a modern, innovative Human Resources and Workforce Development Strategy, which aims to ensure a sustainable quality workforce, which is responsive to local population need. It offers 3 programmes, a 6 week Pre-Employment Programme, Modern Apprenticeships and a 36 week SVQ 2 level Foundation programme. 

• Equally Well in North Lanarkshire  -  Lanarkshire is one of eight Equally Well test sites, each having its own particular theme. In Lanarkshire the theme is employability, driven by a partnership consisting of NHS Lanarkshire, the two local authorities, Jobcentre Plus and Skills Development Scotland. 

• Coping with the Stress of Job Loss  - NHS Lothian and Edinburgh’s Joined Up for Jobs partnership has produced a new leaflet for patients and clients who are affected by job loss caused by the current economic crisis. 

• An interview with Fiona Kennedy, Case Manager, Salus 

• An interview with Sandra McGuire, Health Improvement Lead (Employability), Renfrewshire Community Health Partnership 

• Lanarkshire Occupational Therapy Vocational Assessment Support Project  -  The Occupational Therapy Vocational Assessment and Support Service is currently offered in one Community Mental Health Team, in the rural Clydesdale area of South Lanarkshire. 

• Bridging Service Toolkit - This Glasgow based service provides an important access route to employability for clients who have not previously engaged with employability due to wider health and/or support issues. It brings together employability advisors with specialist support staff (money advice and occupational therapist) who work together from a common base and on an outreach basis within a primary care, community care and social work context. 

• NHS Lanarkshire Mediasite Case Study - Demonstrates NHS Lanarkshire's streamlined approach to medical training.

• Behind the Trolley Service originated from the work of Angus Community Health Partnership and Volunteer Centre Angus. Its intention was to undertaken research leading to an evidence based set of recommendations to radically refocus the role of volunteering in Health. Beyond the trolley service case study