Absent employees put a huge burden on an organisation. But sometimes it isn’t easy to see how that burden is affecting your other employees, and how you can manage it more effectively.

FirstAssist’s unique sickness absence service can help tackle this problem by

• reducing absence levels,
• reducing health risk,
• improving intellectual capital,
• limiting the direct and indirect costs to business and
• promoting employee health and wellbeing.

The principal behind the FirstAssist Sickness Absence Service is an early return to health and work. To achieve this requires a multi-disciplinary approach in which we work in partnership with your organisation’s HR, Health and Safety and other personnel-related teams. This approach is offered within the framework of focused case management, led by occupational health professionals. We also refer employees to our own specialists to provide an employee with advice, support and treatment to achieve the earliest return to health, and work.

Our sickness absence service combines immediate access to Occupational Health Advisors, together with leading edge technology, to provide:

• a positive health culture for enhanced employee productivity
• effective recording and monitoring of sickness absence levels
• active case management and timely intervention by Occupational Health Advisors
• a health and wellbeing model that addresses the causes, not just the symptoms, of sickness absence
• vital support for employees through advice, counselling, rehabilitation and physiotherapy

Our services go beyond simply managing the process of absence. Providing an effective solution for a quick return to work, as well as identifying the potential risks and causes of sickness absence, are integral to our sickness absence service. To support these solutions, we can deploy a number of specialist resources, such as:

• Pre-employment Health Screening
• Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy
• Occupational Health Advice Line
• Occupational Health Physician Referral and Medicals
• Training Programmes
• Health Screening and Health Awareness Programmes

People are the principal asset of every business. Acting positively about the health of your organisation will improve your business performance.

For further information on Sickness Absence Management contact 08000 721 197 or email corporate@firstassist.co.uk

Sickness Absence Management is provided by FirstAssist Services Limited