Schools Occupational Health

Schools Occupational Health Services

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Workplace Occupational Health Services

Schools Occupational Health Services

COPE has considerable experience of providing occupational health services in the education sector. We use this experience to ensure that our customers receive professionally delivered services that meet their organisational and legal needs in all aspects of occupational health.

We count amongst our longstanding clients many FE colleges, multi-school Academy Trusts and Independent Schools. A section of our multi-school Academy Trust customers in the East Midlands include:

LEAD Academy Trust - 25 schools across East Midlands, South Yorkshire & Leicestershire

Diverse Academies – 14 schools across the East Midlands
Greenwood Academies Trust – 39 schools nationwide, one of the UK’s largest MATs

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic MAT – 21 schools in Nottingham & Nottinghamshire
Redhill Academy Trust – 15 schools in Nottingham & Nottinghamshire

Diocese of Hereford Multi-Academy Trust – 14 schools across Hereford and Worcestershire

We are also proud to work with a number of Independent Schools & FE Colleges including:
St Peter’s School, York

Trent College, Nottingham

Winston Churchill School, Woking

Portland College: Further Education for the Disabled, Mansfield

Capital City College Group - a group of large FE colleges in London

United College Group - another group of large FE colleges in London

COPE’s OH service model is an OH Adviser led provision with combined operational and strategic service elements, tailored to the needs and concerns of the customer and designed to ensure the customer can:

o meet their legislative requirements
o reduce business risk in relation to health
o reduce absence and maximise productivity
o create environments to safeguard the health and wellbeing of their employees

Occupational Health Referrals

The principle objectives of COPE’s occupational health advisers when undertaking such consultations with an employee are to :
•   support the employee to understand and manage their health condition
•   provide advice to the referring party on the employee’s fitness to fulfil their role
•   provide appropriate rehabilitation or return to work plans
•   answer any questions specified by the referring party on the referral form
•   identify any potential work-related element to the employees health condition

Our online browser-based referral App is simple, secure and easy to use and we don't tie you into expensive long term contracts. All our qualified OH Professionals are trained and experienced in undertaking telephone consultations and example reports are available on request, to demontrate the clarity and quality of the advice provided following our consultations.

Fitness to Teach Health Assessments

COPE undertakes health assessments for new employees to so we can advise you if:
•   the new employee is fit for their proposed role
•   there is a pre-existing ill health condition which may impact on their ability to fulfil their role
•   there are any implications relating to the Equality Act
•   any baseline health surveillance may be required

Fitness to Teach assessment questionnaires are facilitated via a secure online app. The HR, or recruitment, team input the new employee's name, job role and email address onto a form on our online web portal. The employee will then receive an email containing a unique link to their questionnaire, which is accessed via a standard web browser.

Once completed, the system notifies our OH team and an experienced, qualified Occupational Health Adviser reviews the questionnaire and completes a Fitness to Work certificate. A secure "direct access" link to the fitness certificates is then emailed to a nominated individual (normally a member of the HR team, Administrator, or Business Manager, for the Schools records).

Telephone advice line for HR & Managers

This is included in our standard service. Information can be accessed via: Formats available are:
o Telephone help line (Monday to Friday 09.00 – 17.00)
o Email to a dedicated service email account (Monday to Friday 09.00 - 17.00)
o Via the COPE online portal, which features a large information library for HR and managers, which including:
• comprehensive online guidance relating to health conditions and their impact on work
• information relating to the legal aspects of health at work (eg HSE regulations etc)
• information relating to the referral process
• how to make a referral, when to make a referral, how to get the best results
• how to conduct a return to work interview
• how to address health issues with employees
• frequently asked questions etc

Comments from other Educational Establishments

"The main advantages of COPE’s online customer portal for the College are the speed and simplicity of making a referral.
The information in the resources section is also extremely valuable to myself and my HR colleagues.
The system is very user friendly and I would highly recommend it."
HR Adviser
A large FE college

"We have been very pleased with the service provided, and in particular the turnaround times of reports and new starter screening means that issues can be dealt with very quickly."
HR Director

The Two Counties Trust

"The quality of advice has been very good as has the level of customer service and I pleased to recommend their overall service."
HR Manager
A large Multi Academy Trust

"We use COPE for our OH referrals and new starters. We are very happy with the service they provide and the clarity of the advice they provide. We have a good working partnership with COPE to ultimately ensure the continuous well-being of our employees."
HR & Payroll Manager
Redhill Academy Trust

Contact us today for more details on how our Occupational Health expertise can help your business.