| What actions can we do as a system to address the recommendations | How can all partners including anchor institutions address the actions |
|---|---|
| • Address barriers to employment through cross-sector collaboration | • Anchor institutions model inclusive recruitment and health-promoting workplaces |
| • Improve educational attainment and skills of young people | • Employers and business leaders collaborate with education providers to align skills with labour market needs |
| • Employers, educational organisations and community and voluntary sector promote volunteering and apprenticeships |
Chapter 7: Recommendations
Chapter 7: Recommendations
The recommendations below are call for all partners who have a stake in the health and wellbeing of working aged adults to work together to support the future health and prosperity of the communities in Derbyshire: employers, business leaders, anchor institutions, health care providers and community leaders.
Click through the tabs to see the different recommendations for ensuring work is good for health and health is good for business.
In the next section, there are details of services and resources which can support partners to deliver these recommendations.
Work together to ensure Derbyshire residents are ready for work
Enable people to enter or return to work
| What actions can we do as a system to address the recommendations | How can all partners including anchor institutions address the actions |
|---|---|
| • Health organisations and local authorities prioritise support for excluded groups (e.g. neurodiverse, disabled, young people) | • NHS and local authorities deliver Individual Placement and Support and other supported employment schemes for groups likely to be excluded from work |
| • Health organisations, local authorities and education providers expand supported employment programmes | • Scale Youth Guarantee Trailblazer, Connect to Work, and Disability Employment Services |
Support working-aged people to stay healthy
| What actions can we do as a system to address the recommendations | How can all partners including anchor institutions address the actions |
|---|---|
| • Employers promote safe and healthy workplaces, which keep people as well as possible during their working lives. | • Employers apply the principles of good work as defined by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, which includes maintaining health work-life balance policies. |
| • Employers engage with evidence-based programmes to support health and wellbeing (e.g. occupational health, musculoskeletal health, mental health) | • Employers embed health promotion in human resource and occupational health strategies. |
| • Improve retention through good management practices, training and support |
Recruit a workforce that represents the Derbyshire population
| What actions can we do as a system to address the recommendations | How can all partners including anchor institutions address the actions |
|---|---|
| • All partners target opportunities to ensure that underrepresented groups are included in the workforce | • All partners to adopt age-positive and disability-confident practices |
| • All partners support and develop inclusive recruitment and retention strategies | • All partners to promote inclusive hiring and utilise local and national funding opportunities to support this. |
Share and learn from each other’s experience of work and health
| What actions can we do as a system to address the recommendations | How can all partners including anchor institutions address the actions |
|---|---|
| • All partners actively share success stories and lessons learned to improve the health of working aged adults through work. | • All partners to share case studies and good practice examples |