WorkWell

What is WorkWell?

WorkWell is a service designed to support anyone with a health condition or disability to either:

• Return/Remain in work

• Find and Access work

• Refer or signpost into various services available in your local area.

This service provides a team of trained Work and Health Coaches who will provide short term, light touch support to help individuals with their support needs to return, remain or succeed in work.

WorkWell will help individuals to build a personalised support plan based off their current needs, health conditions/disabilities and additional support that may be needed and then work together with organisations across the Black Country to provide joined up support for that individual.

What does WorkWell offer?

Following a referral into WorkWell one of our team of trained Work & Health Coaches will complete an initial assessment to identify any and all support needs required and depending on the individuals needs may provide support under any of the three core support categories:

Employment Support

If an individual requires employment support due to health barriers, support may include:

• Create a personalised goals plan

• Access education, training and volunteering support

• Finding available employment opportunities

• Support building a CV, job application and interview techniques

• Confidence building and disclosure techniques

• Understanding reasonable adjustment requests with new employers

In Work Support

If an individual in work requires support to return to work or to stay in their current role due to health barriers, support may include:

• Support to understand individuals rights and laws in the workplace

• Open conversations with employers to discuss health barriers

• Review of reasonable adjustments with employers

• Negotiate and support return to work plans and conversations

How to complete a referral?

We will be working closely with many different organisations across the Black Country.

Individuals can ask any health care professionals they may be attending to fill out a referral for to our team or alternatively individuals can also self-refer into our service.

How to refer? 

You can refer into the service using our eReferral form.

If you have any queries please contact the WorkWell team on bchft.workwellteam@nhs.net

How to contact us?

• Telephone the service on 0800 952 6955

• Email the service on bchft.workwellteam@nhs.net