Neurodivergent Occupational Health

To support those with neurodivergent conditions, an occupational health company may refer to the specialist intervention of a neurological occupational therapy company.

How Can OH Support Individuals with Neurodivergent Conditions?

When a HR professional encounters an employee who has a diagnosed or suspected neurodivergent condition, they often seek support from their occupational health team.

These clinicians - occupational health physicians and nurses - can provide generalised advice and workplace adjustments that allow the individual to meet expectations. Professional vocational services such as neurological occupational therapy will come after, with the OH team referring the individual to OT companies such as Krysalis.

We can provide services that help employers understand the work capacity of employees impacted by a neurodivergent condition. We offer vocational rehabilitation and specialist occupational therapy assessments of function and work capacity using a biopsychosocial model of function.

An occupational health professional can work with occupational therapists to give an individual the best support possible.

A Neurodivergent Example

If an employee is currently suffering from a suspected autism diagnosis and is finding it hard to meet expectations in their role, accompanied with feelings of distress at work, the employee may want a diagnostic assessment.

Unfortunately, employers tend not to fund such assessments, so the occupational health team may offer the employee workplace coaching, cognitive behavioural therapy, or talking therapy. Without specialist help however, the practical or functional challenges that the employee is experiencing in the workplace will not be addressed. These issues may ease, but the root of the problem has not been assessed.

When an OH company contacts a neurological occupational therapy company for support, the outcome will be different.

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Do you work for an occupational health company looking to collaborate with an award-winning neurological occupational therapy company who provides vocational rehabilitation? Then you're in the right place.

Contact us today and we can see how Krysalis can support you, and the individual looking to return to or stay in work.

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Stories Behind the Cases

Meet Gordon, a commercial planner in his 40s who was experiencing neurodivergent burnout at work, and was struggling with his dyspraxia and ADHD.

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