Vocational Rehabilitation

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• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Return-to-Work in the UK
• The need for Nationally recognised Training and
  Certification
• BASE Conference
• June 9th, 2006
• joy.reymond_at_unumprovident.co.uk

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Vocational Rehabilitation Defined

• A process which
• enables persons with functional, psychological,
  developmental, cognitive, and emotional
  impairments or health conditions
• to overcome barriers to accessing, maintaining
  or returning to employment or other useful
  occupation.

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Who is Qualified to Deliver VR RTW Services?

• Many Practitioners few with recognised
  qualifications specific to VR
• Purchasers concerned about consistency and
  quality of providers
• No single profession owns this skillset, so no
  recognised best practices

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Disability Management Defined

• North American terminology
• Equivalent to a mix of absence management, VR,
  job retention activities
• Clients not restricted to people covered under
  either the DDA or ADA.

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NIDMAR National Institute of Disability
Management Research

• NIDMAR is a charity, supported by an endowment
  from government and private enterprise
• Headquartered in Canada, but operates
  internationally
• Canada, Australia, Germany, Ireland the UK, US.
  
• Also outreach to Switzerland, Austria, Singapore,
  China
• Created in 1994, it has driven the development of
  professional standards and qualifications for
  disability management in the workplace
• High level of recognition both public and private
  sectors

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NIDMARs Mandate

• DM Education and Training
• Advice to implement DM programmes
• Review of DM programmes
• DM Research and Policy Development
• DM database resource

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Code of Practice for Managing Disability in the
Workplace (2001)

• Provide guidance to public and private sector
  employers, workers organizations and national
  authorities on
• Recruitment of disabled persons
• Promotion and advancement of workers with
  disabilities
• Retention of people who acquire a disability
• Return to work of people who have left
  employment due to disability
• Published by the International Labour
  Organization developed by NIDMAR

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The DM Curriculum - 9 Key Domains

• 1. DM Knowledge - Theory Practice
• 2. Legislation Benefits
• 3. Labour - Management practices
• 4. Communication Problem Solving
• 5. Case Management
• 6. Return-to-work Co-ordination

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the 9 Domains (continued)

• 7.Health, Psycho-social, Prevention, and
  Functional Aspects of Disability
• 8. Program Management and Evaluation
• 9. Ethics and Professional Conduct

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How The Curriculum Works

• It has 25 modules on 25 key topics, which cover
  the 9 Domains
• There are few pre-requisites
• Most can be taken in any order
• In-class or Virtual classroom
• Approximately 12 hours per module

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UnumProvident is partnering with NIDMAR

• to develop NIDMARs DM training programme for
  the UK - adapting it to our circumstances and
  language!
• to deliver this programme through a partnership
  of universities, starting late 2006
• Focusing first on Continuing Education and CPD
• Longer term, aiming at Certification

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What are the Advantages of an Absence Management
Curriculum for the UK?

• A Nationally recognised skill-set
• Preparation for International Certification

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International Certification
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International Certification
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International Certifications
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First Certification Exam for U.K . And Republic
of Ireland

• Scheduled for London and Dublin, November 2006!