What works to support people to remain in work, or once on sick leave, to return to work? Who is best placed to deliver this support?
Background
We want to better understand transitions and fluctuations in health and disability over people’s lives and how they affect people’s employment, wellbeing and the support they need. We want to improve our understanding of the challenges disabled people and those with health conditions face in finding and/or sustaining employment. We also want to learn more about what roles different partners should play in providing an integrated approach to improving health and work outcomes, including employers and health professionals. We would like to better understand how we can best identify and support those who are unable, temporarily or permanently, to work
Next steps
Send correspondence and further questions to evidence.strategyteam@dwp.gov.uk.
Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Topics
Related UKRI funded projects
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MICA: Supporting Older People into Employment (SOPIE): Identifying factors influencing return to work in the over 50s.
This research will be undertaken by a unique partnership between Ingeus, a welfare-to-work provider, and an academic team led by the University of Glasgow and will study the Ingeus workless clients including those with h...
Funded by: MRC
Why might this be relevant?
This project specifically focuses on supporting older people, including those with health problems, to return to work and sustain employment, which directly addresses the question.
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Tackling health inequalities and extending working lives (THRIVE)
The policy issue: In Europe and Canada, policymakers are facing particular challenges related to rising life expectancy, a shift in the age profile of the population and the consequent increase in the prevalence of chron...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
This project aims to understand the impacts of health inequalities on the opportunity to work later in life and develop strategies and policies for extending working life, which partially addresses the question.
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Impact of interventions and policies on prolonging working life in good health: an international study
European governments have developed policies to keep workers stay in employment until older age, yet many workers leave work earlier than expected due to illness, disability or poor health. Despite the societal implicati...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
This project aims to identify policies and interventions that can help workers maintain employment and improve overall health, which partially addresses the question.