Outreach talking therapy for exisiting sickness absence
Business Centred Therapy (BCT Ltd) Has been working in an innnovative way with exisitng sickness absence populations. We have designed a methodoly to monitor and mesure value for money in targeted initiavtives. Working from central locations we are liasing with HR to work with those who have slipped through occy health and EAP nets and who are islolated at home presenting repeat sick notes. Our specialism is to be independant neutral and working pyschotherapeutically  to get those staff back helping them to sort out and reframe properly what is stressing them at work, this way we are helping companies to demonstrate that they are absence managing. Gone are the days where line managers tell us that we should take time off and sort it out. This can often leave staff in isolation feeling worse with the added pressure that time is ticking on and that they have to return. This way the organisation is seen to be progressive and proactive and absence managing, demonstrating that they are invested in helping whilst employees are truly off sick. I woulldn t see a work place counsellor would you? But I would see some one who was totally confidential and who did not represent my company.
www.businesscentredtherapy.co.uk
 Do me a favour……. kick things off by telling me what you think? Would you pay for such a service for one or two people? If so why? or if not why not?
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Stress Management » Outreach talking therapy for exisiting sickness absence // Oct 23, 2007 at 12:58 pm
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C Warr // Dec 4, 2007 at 14:34 pm
Often people can become depressed and demotivated at work. This could affect there personal life or it could be as a direct result of their personal life.
I, like most people, want to be happy at work. Particularly as I spend most of my time here.
I would feel uncomfortable talking to a councillor within work. I know confidentiality is always emphasised but the councillors are still your peers and “people talk”. I would feel uncomfortable opening up and explaining what my issues are. As there is such a stigma attached to these problems I would be conscious that word could get around.
Many of my colleagues seem to have issues that must be affecting there health and from a business perspective must be seriously damaging their productivity.
As with most things it is often cheaper to keep using existing materials and resources. The same can be said for people. It is expensive to recruit and retrain new staff. Unhappy staff can also have a ‘domino effect’ and make other staff unhappy. Many people within my business are not working as productively as they can and very few are living up to their true potential. This is such a waste to the persons concerned and to the business.
Over coming years I believe there think there will be a growing need for these sort of services as businesses become more competitive and ever-changing.
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