JobAccess has useful fact sheets that can help you prepare and assist job seekers planning a return to work. The pages on our web site all print out in a user friendly format so that you can hand them to job seekers in hard copy:
The way that you support a job seeker planning a return to work will also depend on whether or not they have disclosed information on their disability to their employer. The following fact sheet can help the employee decide whether or not to disclose information about their disability:
If you do have contact with the employer, you may want to work with both the job seeker and the employer to plan and manage the return to work. The following fact sheet provides step by step information on supporting and working with the employer during a return to work:
It is also useful to talk to the employee about the incentives that are available to their employer. If they know about these incentives they can discuss them with the employer when planning a return to work. The following page links you to fact sheets for employers about the help and financial incentives that may be available to them: