Links
to resources:
Rethink
This section of the website explains the term
‘reasonable adjustment’ and includes links to specific guides for
employees and also line managers.
The guide for employees includes examples of
adjustments that Rethink has identified from its work based on
experiences of people with a mental health condition.
SHiFT
The ‘Talking
to your manager about stress and distress’
section includes issues to think about before approaching your
manager.
‘Managing
an ongoing illness whilst at work’ has examples
of coping strategies and ensuring that you are more likely to spot
when your condition is posing difficulties to your life and
work.
‘Examples
of reasonable adjustments’. This part of the
website is from the section aimed at employers, but it includes
useful examples of changes to work and work patterns.
Employers’ Forum on Disability
Employers' Forum on Disability is an
employers' organisation focused on disability as it affects
business. The forum includes employers from multinational
corporations, Small and Medium sized Enterprises and the public
sector.
This 'Tailored adjustment agreement' template
is intended to be a living record of reasonable adjustments agreed
between a disabled employee and their line manager.
The purpose of this agreement is to:
- Ensure that both parties, the individual and the employer, have
an accurate record of what has been agreed.
- Minimise the need to re-negotiate reasonable adjustments every
time the employee changes jobs, is re-located or assigned a new
manager within the organisation.
- Provide employees and their line managers with the basis for
discussions about reasonable adjustments at future
meetings.
This is a live document and should be
reviewed regularly by both the employee and manager and amended as
appropriate.
Realising
ambitions: Better employment support for people with a mental
health condition
Rachel Perkins, Paul
Farmer and Paul Litchfield
Department for Work and Pensions, December
2009
This review was commissioned by the Secretary
of State for Work and Pensions to look at mental health and
employment and to identify how Government could help people with
mental health conditions fulfil their employment ambitions.
Chapter 4 includes examples of ‘reasonable adjustments’ that
have enabled people with a mental health condition to prosper at
work.
ACAS
This booklet ‘Flexible working and
work-life balance’ includes examples of flexible working such
as term time working, job shares and changes to shift and rota
patterns. It includes advice for employees on how to apply
for flexible working. The booklet includes examples of
flexible working from situations such as returning to work after
maternity leave which might be useful in discussions with employers
who have limited experience or knowledge of mental
ill-health.
MIND
The ‘Staying
in employment’ booklet
by Alison Cobb and Kaaren Cruse, includes sections on recognising
signs of mental distress, making changes to your job, work
environment or working practice. It also includes information
and advice on getting support for putting the adjustments you need
in place.
Work Life
The health conditions part of the website
includes a link to an American publication called ‘Working
with MS’. This includes tips and techniques for
developing adjustments or accommodations or different job
duties. There is a five point plan to help identify the tasks
and activities you can do and those which you may experience
difficulties with and how best to negotiate for the adjustments you
need.
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