Educational programmes provided to employees responsible for return-to-work services are of a high level, cover all topic areas related to job retention and the return to work, and participants are provided with the essential knowledge and skills to provide optimum return-to-work services for persons with disabilities. These programmes are promoted to all partners and stakeholder organizations, including employers, trade unions and service providers.
Guideline code
RTW_03700
Mechanism
Mechanism
- The management should provide incentives to those responsible for providing return-to-work services within the institution, and in partner and stakeholder organizations, to engage in education, training and continuing professional development in the return-to-work field.
- The management should ensure that employees responsible for return-to-work services have adequate opportunities to participate in relevant education and professional development activities, including time for professional development and study, mentoring and access to learning resources.
- The management should ensure that those responsible for return-to-work services who access return-to-work education, training and professional development programmes acquire and regularly update their competence in the return-to-work field.
Structure
Structure
- The board and management should ensure that those responsible for return-to-work services are provided access to high quality educational, training and continuing professional development programmes in the return-to-work field.
- The board and management should ensure that the training and continuing professional development programmes provided to those responsible for return-to-work services cover all topic areas related to job retention and the return to work and impart the essential knowledge and skills necessary to meet internationally recognized occupational standards.
- The board and management should ensure that educational training and continuing professional development programmes available to those responsible for return-to-work services conform to a recognized international educational standards framework.
- The board and management should ensure that appropriate training and continuing professional development programmes for those responsible for return-to-work services are promoted to all partners and stakeholder organizations, including employers, trade unions and service providers.
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Guideline 27. Education and continuing professional development of return-to-work professionals
Type
Guideline_1
Weight
41