Christian Ministry

Challenges with physical health, work-life balance or stress may mean that those in Christian Ministry may be hindered from giving their best.

We provide Occupational Health Services from our central London Clinic to those working in Christian Ministry and in Mission work in the UK.

Through consultations, assessments and medicals, Occupational Health can assist churches and mission organisations to achieve good health and attendance management that helps to prevent and reduce;

Sickness absence
Poor performance
Lost management time
Costs of covering absence
Retraining and replacement costs
Adverse publicity
High insurance premiums and risk of litigation
Ill-health retirement and low morale

The pressures on those in Christian Ministry can be high. Often physical challenges, work-life balance and stress, can hinder a person’s enthusiasm and effectiveness in their ministry, and can result in short term frequent or prolonged long-term sickness absence.

Occupational Health is a specialist field of nursing and medicine that helps to ensure that individuals are fit and safe to do the jobs they are employed for, that their work is not likely to adversely affect their health and that employers meet their legal responsibilities.

Our Occupational Health team support churches by helping to reduce the burden of
work-related ill health and sickness absence, and by helping them to fulfill their responsibilities under health and safety and employment legislation.

We have highlighted a number of Occupational Health Services which may be of interest to churches and those in Christian Ministry.

All of our OH services are developed according to best practice and in accordance with relevant health and safety, and employment legislation.

Occupational Health Consultation

Occupational Health Consultations are an essential service to actively manage ill-health and sickness absence. They may also be appropriate in assisting churches with poor performance and intermittent short-term sickness absence, which may arise from underlying health issues in an individual.

In cases where there are health concerns with a ministry staff member, OH can assist churches by discussing and understanding the underlying issues, providing advice to help develop a reasonable management plan, and by undertaking an OH Consultation to provide a more detailed opinion and advice.

In some cases, an early referral can make a significant difference to the long-term outcome e.g. psychological ill-health (depression, stress etc) and musculoskeletal injury (back pain, upper limb disorder etc). Each consultation takes up to one hour, enabling us to provide a clear report and opinion on fitness for work, limitations, adjustments and rehabilitation to assist the organisation in managing the case.

How we do it
An OH Consultation takes approximately 60 minutes with the individual, enabling OH to provide an opinion on fitness for work, limitations, adjustments and rehabilitation, to assist the organisation in managing an ill-health or sickness absence case effectively.

This includes:

Receipt of Referral Form from HR/ manager
OH contacting Referrer, if required, to discuss case
OH arranging and undertaking employee consultation
Initial case discussion and verbal feedback given to the Referrer as appropriate
A written OH Feedback Report

Hourly rates applicable when referral made but then withdrawn by Referrer. Hourly rates applicable when further OH activity required e.g. OH review, additional advice and support.

Telephone

Subscriber price: £160 Standard price: £256

Face to face*

Subscriber price: £180 Standard price: £288

* Prices may vary for face-to-face appointment held at locations other than InterHealth.

Pre-employment Assessments

Pre-employment Health Assessments (PEHA) help to ensure that those recruited to Christian Ministry are fit and safe to undertake the proposed role, that work activities are not likely to have any adverse effects on existing health conditions and disabilities, and that reasonable adjustments can be considered by the organisation. Based on OH clinical judgement, a telephone assessment is undertaken if necessary to clarify and obtain further information regarding health issues declared.

PEHA includes:

The (prospective) employee completing a questionnaire
Receipt of questionnaire by OH
OH review of the questionnaire
A written OH Feedback Report

In some cases further and more detailed assessment and discussion is required through a face to face consultation. Discussion and verbal feedback to HR or recruiting manager if required.

PEHA questionnaire
Subscriber price: £18 Standard price: £29

PEHA with telephone assessment
Subscriber price: £47 Standard price: £75

PEHA with face to face assessment*
Subscriber price: £68 Standard price: £ 109

*Prices may vary for face-to-face appointment held at locations other than InterHealth.