Angela Garry

Should I stay or should I go? Angela Garry

"Should I stay or should I go?" is for anyone struggling to remain in employment whilst living with illness, injury, disability or mental health issues. Its aim is to enable you towards making an informed decision on whether you can continue in your own job, change something about your role, work with adaptations, leave your job entirely, use your skills in another role, re-train for something else, set up your own business, take early retirement, or anything in between. Inside are several hundred questions designed to help you think about in depth before making any decisions on your future employment possibilities. Questions are themed relating to: -About your illness / injury / disability -How well are you dealing with your condition? -How is your job affected by your illness/ disability? -Is your condition a result of your job? -What could help you continue in your job? -What do you need / want? -Accessing appropriate mental health services -The actual costs of continuing in your role -The financial implications of leaving -If you leave, what next? -Weighing up your reasons to stay or go -Case studies: personal decisions from the author's colleagues and connections - plus a number of cases from the UK's Employment Advisors in Increasing Access to Psychological Therapy (EA in IAPT) programme. Also included are some commonly used screening tools used by UK clinicians to determine levels of Anxiety, Depression and Alcohol Dependency, plus information on what to expect when entering counselling / psychotherapy, and notes and information on suicide prevention. "Should I stay or should I go?" is a resource book for individuals to work through by themselves as well as for Employment Advisors to work through with clients.