Transferable Skills Analysis (TSA)
A desktop or tele-conference assessment that identifies the skills an individual can carry into alternative work and recommends suitable occupations, with the rationale for each. Delivered by vocational rehabilitation and occupational psychology professionals.
What it is
A transferable skills analysis (TSA) identifies the skills, abilities and experience an individual could carry into a different role or industry. It considers work history, training and education alongside current interests, abilities and functional capability, then recommends suitable alternative occupations with the reasoning behind each.
The analysis is completed as a desktop review where the referrer can supply sufficient information, or by tele-conference with the individual where more detail is needed. It is most valuable where physical or cognitive limitations mean a return to the previous occupation is unlikely.
Every TSA is carried out by a professional from the vocational rehabilitation or occupational psychology field, each with significant experience of assessment within vocational rehabilitation. Form Health has provided occupational assessments since 1999.
Who it is for
The assessment serves insurers, insurance brokers, occupational health providers and employers. It is typically commissioned when an individual cannot return to their previous occupation because of physical or cognitive limitations and alternative employment needs to be considered on a realistic, evidenced basis.
For insurers, it is also relevant where a claimant no longer meets the definition of their policy and needs support to identify suited alternative occupations.
What is involved
A referral starts with background information: medical summaries or reports, career history, previous education and the individual's current interests. Recent medical evidence and the results of a functional evaluation are particularly helpful, because they allow the analysis to focus on roles the individual can currently perform.
Where the information provided is sufficient, the assessment is completed entirely as a desktop review. Where further information is required, the assessor holds a tele-conference with the individual alongside the desktop work, so no travel is involved for anyone.
The assessor cross-references the individual's skills against career databases and websites to identify potential alternative occupations. Each candidate role is then weighed against the skills, education and experience it requires, its salary, and its functional demands.
What the referrer receives
You receive a written report suggesting suitable alternative roles, with the rationale for each recommendation. It sets out how each role matches the individual's skills, education and experience, and how it compares on salary and functional demands.
The report gives you a documented basis for the next decision, whether that is a redeployment conversation, retraining or further vocational rehabilitation support.
Questions referrers ask
Does the individual need to attend an appointment?
Not necessarily. Where the referrer supplies sufficient information, the TSA is completed as a desktop review. A tele-conference with the individual is added only when further information is required, so there is no clinic visit or travel at any stage.
Do we need a functional capacity evaluation first?
No, but it helps. The results of a functional evaluation and recent medical evidence are particularly useful in formulating the list of roles the individual can currently perform. Form Health also provides functional capacity evaluations where one is needed.
What happens after the analysis?
That is the referrer's decision. Where the individual will need ongoing help to secure an alternative role, the TSA findings can lead into our vocational redirection case management service, which uses local labour market information and one-to-one support such as CV development and interview preparation.
What happens after you refer
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