Working Win team offering support to South Yorkshire people whose health affects their work

A service to support people whose health conditions are causing them issues at work is reopening for referrals.
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Working Win is available to people in South Yorkshire who have a health condition and are off sick or in work but struggling to cope.

The team say they can provide one-to-one support to manage their condition for people who want to continue working or return to work from time off.

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They say they can also work with their clients’ healthcare team to help them manage any difficulties, give advice on debt, benefits and employment law advice and help people to talk to their employer about their needs at work.

Meetings take place over the phone, via video or in person where Covid-19 guidelines allow.

Anyone can refer themselves to the service online at www.workingwinreferrals.co.uk or call 0114 290 0218.

They can also talk about it to their GP or health professional.

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Places are limited and referrals are open from November 1 to January 31.

The programme was set up and run by South Yorkshire Housing Association on a trial basis and supported more than 1,500 people to get back or stay in work.

Employers are encouraged to let staff know about the service if they feel it may help, either by sharing an e-leaflet or inviting someone from the team to give a 15-minute talk to staff.

A spokesman said: “Working Win is free to take part, it’s entirely voluntary and participants can opt in or out of the support at any point.”

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