We like to be able to help people as soon as they need it. Our clinically-led and evidence based work support service is designed to enable individuals to self-manage their symptoms, remain in or return to work when ready. We focus on physical, cognitive, psychological and emotional components of illness.  We provide health coaching support with a strong vocational bias to help people restore their day-to-day functioning and quality of life and return to work when ready. We believe that good work is an important part of the recovery pathway and is an outcome that we work towards.

In June 2020 we noticed the emergence of a new condition following covid-19 infection. People were labelling their symptoms as ‘Long Covid’ and were struggling to manage them let alone return to work. Given our prior experience supporting people with long term conditions, most notably cancer and fatigue, we were able to design a service that would meet the needs of long covid sufferers even though there was no research evidence available at the time given the newness of the condition. We keep up to speed on the latest developments of the condition and are one of the largest providers of long covid support in the UK. 

What is the goal of the service? 

To help people to recover, improve their day to day functioning and quality of life and support them with their return to work plans.   

Who is the service for? 

The service is for anyone who is experiencing Long Covid. We focus on physical, cognitive and psychological symptoms and woven throughout our support is a focus on work and helping people to recover and return when possible. We have worked with a significant number of people with Long Covid and have large bank of knowledge to draw on when supporting people to recover and improve their functioning.

Do we help employers? 

Yes! We liaise with their employers and occupational health if needed and provide input beyond the first day at work to ensure that they remain at work for the long term.   We support line managers to implement return to work plans and help them to make reasonable adjustments for their employee.  

Who provides it? 

Our clinical team consist of Occupational Psychologists, Health Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists.  The clinical health coach may come from any of these professions.  We provide specialist training for all our clinical team to work as a clinical health coach and they also work as a team to support each individual person with expert skills to thrive again.