Health and wellbeing

There are several reasons an employee may be referred to Occupational Health. For example:

• where the referring manager has concerns about the impact of the employee’s health on their work or concerns about the impact of work on their health, and wishes to seek advice
• the employee has been off work sick for four weeks or more. This is normally considered long-term sickness absence and a referral of the employee to Occupational Health is advisable
• the employee is due to return to work soon after a period of sickness absence

In all such cases Occupational Health advice can help identify specific areas of support or adjustments an employee may require to allow them to perform their role. Sometimes restrictions on the type of activity they should be performing may be identified.

The Report and support tool has detailed information about the support available both within and outside the University, and can be used to report instances of misconduct.

Health Assured offers you independent, free and completely confidential telephone support, online resources and, where appropriate, face-to-face counselling.

Counsellors are available to talk through any problem, no matter how big or small, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The University of York is committed to supporting disabled staff and has developed a Disability in employment: policy, procedure and guidance and the Disability Inclusion Framework.

For coping with and tackling stress. If relevant, please also see refer to our flexible working information on the changes to contract wiki page.