MPG Handout Pack
ENABLING WORKPLACES:
A WORKING PARTY WITHIN THE BRITISH PSYCHOLOGY SOCIETY
NANCY DOYLE C. PSYCHOL. AFBPSS
WHO ARE WE AND WHY DID WE COME TOGETHER? Working group members Nancy Doyle (Convener) Christopher Rossiter Joanna Roberts Shirley Ryall Helen Bartimote Sarah Cleaver Joanna Wilde Tessa Hollingsworth David Mcloughlin
WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR?
Best Practice Guidelines for
Diagnostic Assessments of
adults
CPD for open to all psychologists on diagnosing
adults
Presentations at 3 Occ Health
conferences to raise awareness
Written 4 articles for Psychologist periodicals to
share best practice
Conducted two surveys to
explore stress and health links
with dyslexia
Contributed to the Access to
Work consultation and DWP
employability consultations
BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES
How can we recreate a
diagnostic process that empowers
people to work at their best?
PRINCIPLE 1: TAKING CARE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING DURING ASSESSMENT
“The diagnosis brought about some sort of identity crisis I guess I am now still unsure where my
personality ends and the dyslexia begins... What I believe are characteristics of my personality and
not actually my own, but coping mechanisms (e.g. Keeping lists, the need for tidiness) – it feels like I
am not sure who I am anymore.”Quote from McLoughlin and Leather, 2013
PRINCIPLE 3: REPORTS THAT CAN BE READ, EASILY BY THE PEOPLE THEY ARE WRITTEN ABOUT! (AND THEIR MANAGERS)
PRINCIPLE 5: ADULT APPROPRIATE TERMS
Reading Age? Average? ‘Learning’
difficulties? Medical
phrases?
OCCUPATIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS
WE ARE NOT PERFECT.BUT WE ARE LISTENING.https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=6536615