Clinical Interest areas
These are based on the main interest areas of the membership as stated on the membership forms - if you would like links to other clinical areas, please contact the Website Coordinator. Thank you.
Vocational Rehabilitation
National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
www.vocationalrehabilitationassociation.org.uk
Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation (USA). This site allows you view abstracts only, but is very handy none the less. www.iospress.nl/html/10522263.html
Work placements
support4learning explains all about work experience and placements. It also has a large links page to other relevant websites for disabled people and work.
www.support4learning.org.uk
Lifelong Learning has a document that is a guide to work placements for disabled students.
www.lifelonglearning.co.uk/placements/
Ergonomics
The Ergonomics Society
www.ergonomics.org.uk
Cornell University Ergonomic information
ergo.human.cornell.edu
Work / life
The Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) website has a number of documents to download related to work life balance.
www.dti.gov.uk
Employers for work-life balance: This is a UK organisation for employers and it deals with the whole topic of work life balance with lots of information in one place.
www.employersforwork-lifebalance.org.uk
Statutory Services
Education
Further Education Colleges (disabled students section)
www.direct.gov.uk
Learning and Skills Council
www.lsc.gov.uk
DWP
Sickness Absence HSE guidance
COTSS Work are proud to be associated with the HSE in providing information for their website on the occupational therapist's role in helping to manage sickness absence. The committee were consulted to provide details on the OT's role, as well as provide several case studies to explore aspects of the role in more detail.
The website can be viewed at: http://www.hse.gov.uk/sicknessabsence/step4.htm
Research that the DWP is involved in related to work. The link covers both analytical and social types of research.
www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/resprog04-05_let.asp
Job Centre Plus
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/cms.asp?Page=/Home
HSE Health and Safety Executive
www.hse.gov.uk
Experiences of the Job Retention and Rehabilitation Project (PDF)
www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2005-2006/rrep339.pdf
Voluntary Services/organisations
Workplace Bullying guidance
Just Fight On! is an organisation in the UK who lobby against workplace bullying. They have recently published their own guidance on workplace bullying, following recent research. This information may be useful for occupational therapists in addressing these sensitive issues with the clients when returning them to the workplace.
Details can be found at: info@jfo.org.uk
Disability Now Schemes for Dreams UK:
Finding a job you enjoy is hard enough without the extra hurdles of disability. But a whole range of schemes exist to help get disabled people into work. Elizabeth Choppin and Priya Kotecha talk to seven people who have benefited.
www.disabilitynow.org.uk
Sheffield Occupational Health and Advisory Service
www.sohas.co.uk
Leeds Occupational Health Advisory Service
www.leedsohas.org.uk
Occupational Health Nursing This website has a wealth of useful links.
www.ohnurse.co.uk
REMPLOY
www.remploy.co.uk
Get back! series of booklets from the RNIB: www.rnib.org.uk/ew/getback.htm
Disability Matters
www.disabilitymatters.com
Unions
Worksmart website with lots of useful information related to working:
www.worksmart.org.uk
UNISON This part of the very large UNISON site deals with disabled people at work. There are lots of very useful bits of information here
www.unison.org.uk/disabled/index.asp
Disability and Work - a Trade Union Guide to the law and good practice (PDF)
www.tuc.org.uk/extras/disabilityandwork.pdf
Business Sector
Occupational Therapists in Independent Practice
www.otip.co.uk
