Supporting people with long term conditions through flexible working

E-learning on demand

Nowadays, workplace flexibility is nearly as important as salary for attracting top talent to business. But did you know that for people with long term health conditions and disabilities, flexible working is not just a perk, but is critical for finding and thriving in work?

At Astriid we connect individuals with long term conditions like fibromyalgia and Long Covid with flexible working opportunities.

But 86% of our candidates say that line managers and hiring managers have insufficient insight into how these invisible, energy-limiting conditions impact on working life. Sadly, this means that opportunities for inclusion through workplace flexibility are too often missed.  

30% of the workforce will develop a long term condition by 2030. This is why, together with our partners at Advanced, we  have launched a unique, accessible and affordable training solution that can equip your teams to deliver effective support to this key talent pool.

 

a white female working at a desk and looking at her laptop, wearing headphones, to symbolise long-term conditions at work

About the training

A 40-minute self-paced online learning resource that teaches the foundations of understanding and supporting people with long term conditions at work through different flexible working strategies.

The learning applies to energy limiting conditions like fibromyalgia, cancer and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as other invisible illnesses and disabilities. It is based on key principles of workplace adjustments and disability inclusion.

This module will help you

  • Gain awareness of energy-limiting and other long term health conditions and insight into their impact on working life.
  • Identify different types of flexible working and their potential for managing symptoms and removing barriers to work.
  • Implement effective and personalised support to enable individuals with long-term conditions and other disabilities to thrive in work
  • Correctly apply legal duties to make reasonable adjustments for disabled employees.

By the end of this course, you will have gained awareness of energy-limiting and other long term health conditions and insight into their impact on working life.  You will have the knowledge and confidence to:

  • Identify different types of flexible working and their potential for managing symptoms and removing barriers to work.
  • Implement effective and personalised support to enable individuals with long-term conditions and other disabilities to thrive in work
  • Correctly apply legal duties to make reasonable adjustments for disabled employees.
 

As a result you will be equipped to:

  • Understand the lived experience of a long term condition,
  • empathise with health-related barriers to thriving at work,
  • create trusting relationships that foster communication and prevent masking and burnout among employees with long term and invisible disabilities
  • implement effective support without the need for costly workplace adjustments.
 
Cost £100 per learner. Licence includes 12 months unlimited access to the training and a certificate for successful completion of the module.

Who our e-learning is for

  • Line managers
  • HR managers
  • Hiring managers

Based on expertise and lived experience

This learning is based on research about what people with long term conditions would like employers and line managers to know when they enter a job. It draws on our expertise in supporting people with long term conditions into work.   

During the training you will hear from lived experience experts, in their own words, about how flexible working helps them to succeed at work.

Accessible and interactive

This module combines video, interactive screens, and knowledge checks, providing a fully interactive learning experience. The associated audio will auto-play when the course is started, and every video is accompanied by Closed Captions. There is also a Dyslexia filter which can be applied to ensure that the learning is truly accessible.

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