Working To Wellbeing and BW Consulting partner to scale-up vocational rehabilitation
The aim is to help more organisations support employees with chronic conditions to stay in work and manage long-term absence.
Working To Wellbeing has partnered with BW Consulting to widen access to vocational rehabilitation for advisers and their clients.
The aim is to help more organisations support employees with chronic conditions to stay in work and manage long-term absence, either as a standalone offering or through health and risk concierge services.
New research from Working To Wellbeing and Opinium found line manager confidence in supporting staff with long-term health conditions has dropped.
Only 56% of line managers said they felt confident, compared to 70% in 2022.
Barry Waring (pictured), founder of BW Consulting, said: “To date in our industry, Vocational Rehabilitation is primarily introduced to employer clients via Group Income Protection.
“It works well there. But scaling it up in a way that meets Sir Charlie Mayfield’s Keep Britain Working goals necessitates Voc Rehab collaborations with advisers as well as insurers.
“And to ensure adviser and client confidence, such collaborations demand a service provider that’s highly experienced, evidence-based and firmly centred on human-to-human support. Working To Wellbeing meets all these criteria.”
Dr Julie Denning, managing director at Working To Wellbeing, said: “We’re really excited to work with BW Consulting.
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