“Early intervention is key. The sooner action is taken, the better the chances are of an employee making a full and speedy return to work” - Health and Safety Executive

Workplace absence places excessive pressure on both the organisation and its employees. FirstAssist is an industry recognised innovator in absence management solutions, providing services to some of the UK’s premier blue-chip organisations, across a breadth of industries.

At FirstAssist we believe that significant benefits can be achieved through the early detection and intervention of physical and psychological health problems, which have an impact on the workplace.

Working in partnership with FirstAssist you can evaluate, proactively intervene and resolve issues at the earliest instance, ensuring a healthier workforce, organisation and bottom line.

Our approach is to provide a unique combination of proactive health solutions that help tackle absence issues through a range of either modular or integrated support services, whilst effectively promoting the positive health and wellbeing of your employees.

With the principal focus on the facilitation of a safe and timely return to work, our solutions combine immediate access to our multi-disciplinary absence management team, consisting of health coaches, clinical and specialist absence managers, occupational health professionals, disability managers and rehabilitation experts.

Finding a Solution that Fits
FirstAssist has built a reputation for delivering high quality absence management services. The focus has been on establishing excellent communication channels with our customers and their employees and by delivering a service that has an effect on aspects of absence and the bottom line.

We have a range of services, resources and experts available to provide the support that’s right for each organisation’s specific requirements – whether it’s a one off service required to address a single issue or an integrated solution.

Why Manage Absence?
FirstAssist’s leading absence management solutions provide an array of benefits to organisations including:

• Reductions in organisation absence levels
• Early active support for employees where there is an impact on the workplace
• Active support and training for line managers
• HR and Health and Safety
• Accurate absence data and invaluable management information identifying trends and causative factors of absence
• Management of litigation risks
• Increased productivity and morale

For more information on the elements of our Absence Management, please download our brochure here or click on the links on the right.