There is commitment to empowerment – a multi-dimensional social process that assists a person to gain control over their own life by acting on issues which they define as important.
It is necessary to empower the person concerned in the return-to-work process to question their condition and/or limitations and to creatively determine what they can do about it with the support of the institution.
Guideline code
RTW_02700
Mechanism
Mechanism
- The return-to-work professional should provide sound advice and support for the person concerned to enable them to confidently make and implement decisions about their care and return to work.
- The return-to-work professional should act as the liaison person between the person concerned and other stakeholders in the return-to-work process, to ensure cooperation and effective coordination of return-to-work interventions and resources.
- The return-to-work professional should develop information systems, including policies, processes, materials and educational and training programmes, to facilitate effective communication of return-to-work information to and among all stakeholders.
Structure
Structure
- The management should collaborate with the institution’s partners and stakeholders to agree on and incorporate into the return-to-work process specific measures to empower the person concerned to actively participate in their personal return-to-work process.
- The management and the institution’s partners should ensure that effective communication systems are established which allow information to be shared in a timely and meaningful manner and encourage the person concerned to provide input to and feedback on their own care and return to work.
- The management and the institution’s partners should task return-to-work professionals to be advocates for the person concerned who is injured or ill.
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Guideline 19. Empowering the individual
Type
Guideline_1
Weight
31