People Connected To Purpose
Over the past 9 months we have been keeping busy with an incredible range of clients. We reported on our outcomes and the value we bring to the industry back in March, and I thought it was timely to update us all on what we have been focused on and how we have been making a difference to the lives of our clients. Over the past 3 months we have helped people living with: Mood disorders Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease, Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Multiple … [Read more...]
‘Planning is everything. Plans are nothing’ Field Marshal Helmuth Graf von Moltke Action Plans, Rehab plans, RTW plans, prevocational plans, independent living plans, socialisation plans, living skills plans - the world of recovery rehabilitation and RTW is a planning nation. Who doesn't love a good plan? Estimating and planning are crucial to recovery and RTW success. How else do we take all the “needs” of all the “players” and help the client arrive at the end goal - the goal that meets … [Read more...]
I still remember the moment I was on the phone to my Mum some 8 years ago when we were tossing around possible names for this new business. At the time I did not know that Purple Co was going to become the consulting service it is, nor did I understand the influence we would have. What Mum helped me to understand is that I loved people, and I really enjoyed helping people to reconnect to purpose. And so Purple Co was born: the Purpose for People Company. (Many people think that Purple Co is … [Read more...]
If you boil down all the different ways we can help our clients as Rehab and Return to Work Professionals, it comes down to one ultimate goal: help that person get back to work. Receiving a referral for job seeking support (i.e. help this client secure a new job) is commonplace. In fact, it's one of the core competencies that we, as rehabilitation counsellors, are required to develop as part of our profession. So if job seeking and placement is one of the core tenets of the rehab process, … [Read more...]
At Purple Co, we are often sent referral requests to “engage” a client in recovery, rehabilitation and RTW. Now, most of us hear that phrase and think – OK this means the client isn’t engaged, and that can mean a couple of things: - The client is resistant to being engaged. - The client is going to be difficult. - The client has no understanding of what rehabilitation can offer. When the referral is coming from an insurer, an employer or a regulatory authority … [Read more...]
Having delivered training to Rehabilitation Consultants in this industry for many years, I continue to be amazed at the seemingly simple things that get missed in the pursuit of doing the job at hand. One of those things that appears to get missed is actually understanding the referral and what's really being asked of us as consultants. Things like... · Why is this person being referred? · What does this person know about why they are being referred? · What has … [Read more...]
In preparing to meet my brand new client, I had read through all of the documentation that the insurer had sent me; I was clear on their brief – help this man get back to work in a new job. I understood, from paper what his illness experience has been to date, and had some idea of what his skills for new employment might look like. He was pleasant to speak to on the phone; he appeared motivated and interested in meeting with me and asked what he could bring. Of course, I suggested he bring a … [Read more...]
Following on from my post last week about defining good rehab – I want to start a conversation this week about how good rehab can look and feel different. Good rehab requires many things, but at the core we learned that good rehab requires: · Doing the right thing at the right time · Collaboration with all key parties throughout the process · Building of trust When these core elements are present we have the foundation for creating a process of transformation with our clients. … [Read more...]
I have recently finished working with a rehabilitation client. After 2 years of sickness and fatigue she is now back at work in a variety of freelance capacities. However, when she first came to me, she was fraught with difficulties: she had very little understanding of her conditions, of her functional capacity and seemed unwilling to accept that she had a 2 year benefit period that was fast approaching its end. We had a musculoskeletal diagnosis, a mental health diagnosis and a fatigue … [Read more...]
Over the past 6 months we've been keeping busy with an incredible range of clients. Here's just a handful of people we've helped... A young man with Bipolar Disorder A financial services professional with PTSD A gentleman with Adjustment Disorder Clients with Bowel and Breast Cancer (in remission) And clients with... Sigmoid Colitis Basilar Migraine Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Depression & Substance Dependence Somatoform Disorder And here's a … [Read more...]
