What is WorkWell?
WorkWell is a programme that supports disabled people and people with health conditions to start, stay or succeed in work. WorkWell can offer a range of support, including:
- a personal assessment of your needs to understand what support might work best for your circumstances
- personalised, goal-based plans to address your physical, mental wellbeing, and social needs to help you return to and/or thrive in work
- access and referral to local and community-based work and health support services, including:
- musculoskeletal (MSK) assessments and treatment support for conditions which affect all areas of the body including the spine, arms, legs, hands and feet
- support to access non-medical wellbeing support, services and activities, for example volunteering, arts activities, group learning, gardening, befriending, cookery, healthy eating advice and a range of sports
- impartial careers advice, information, guidance and support to access jobs, skills and training, including help to progress in work
- support for employers to understand your needs and advice on how to provide workplace adjustments that support you (employers will only be contacted with your permission)
Ongoing support
Each individual participating in WorkWell will receive ongoing support in the form of low intensity appointments. These will be with a dedicated Health and Work Coach to review progress and recommend further actions and activities related to the personalised action plan. Participants will typically have up to six appointments with their Coach. These will be at a time and frequency agreed with the participant.
Am I eligible for WorkWell?
To be eligible, you will either be:
- Out of work and needing health-related support to return to work:
- Recently become unemployed in the eight weeks prior to referral, and where poor health was a significant contributor to that outcome
Or:
- Employed and either absent through sickness or facing health related barriers at work:
- Employed or self-employed, but at risk of unemployment through a Mental Health need and/or Musculoskeletal (MSK) condition
- Employed or self-employed, but at risk of unemployment through poor health, and are on a community health or elective care waiting list
In addition, individuals must also meet the following criteria:
- Have a home address or address of your GP/local Jobcentre Plus falls within the WorkWell service area, for example Salford, Greater Manchester
- Be aged 16 or above
- Have the right to work in the UK
- Have told the WorkWell service of a health or disability related barrier to work
How do I find out more?
If you would like to make an initial enquiry and/or to find out more about WorkWell, please email workwellsalford@salford.gov.uk or telephone 0800 952 1000 (Option 2). You can self-refer or can be referred by local agencies and professionals.
Once a referral is received, it will be assessed by the team. Eligible residents will be contacted by a member of the WorkWell team within two working days, and an initial appointment will be arranged with a designated Work and Health Coach. This will be at a community venue at the convenience of the participant within ten working days on receipt of an eligible referral.
