Achieving a successful and sustainable return to the workforce after ABI: A client-centred approach

Abstract

A client-centred approach, combining specialist ABI expertise, skilled assessment and practical workplace-based interventions results in favourable employment outcome rates.

Returning to work after stroke: a review

“…'The stress of unfairness in the workplace can lead to not only higher rates of illness but also longer and less successful recovery' (Shain, 2001, p. 365). Research into TBI has identified that early intervention (O'Brien, 2007) and reasonable accommodations need to be made to ensure a positive return to work (Opperman, 2004;O'Brien, 2007;Gilworth et al, 2008), including the importance of natural supports within the workplace and employee mentoring (O'Brien, 2007). It has been acknowledged that the most significant barriers to employment arise from the environment, not the person (McMahon et al, 2005).…”

Return to work after traumatic brain injury: Cohort comparison and economic evaluation

“…The bootstrapped ICUR was £1731.60 per participant. Both were within NICE recommended guidelines for cost effectiveness [36]. .…”

“…However, despite clear descriptions of the models themselves, a lack of high quality evaluations and dearth of RCTs with robust economic evaluations means evidence to support their effectiveness or cost-effectiveness is weak [29,30]. The strongest evidence favours an individually-tailored, case-coordination approach [31,32] with early intervention to optimize employment outcomes [30,31,[33][34][35][36][37][38].…”

Inter-Professional Clinical Practice Guideline for Vocational Evaluation Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic and Evidence-Based Approach

“…job analysis). This should include identification and/or assessment of the following: [37,38,40,42,44,45,88] 3 B…”

“…• Twelve descriptive articles [21,22,[34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43] and 3 qualitative studies [24,44,45] which focused on the vocational evaluation process. • Eight review articles [46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53] and 30 quantitative studies reporting factors associated with successful employment outcomes [1,2,.…”