Vocational Assessment and Rehabilitation Service Scotland

23/03/2024

Lynne was delighted to meet the team at RTA LAW LLP this week, sharing information about vocational rehab, Indy and Cooper were a welcomed part of the audience, well behaved and look at them paying attention 🐕😊

14/02/2024

Working in partnership with QMUOT and the next generation of vocational rehab specialists 🤩 Thanks to Anika and Angel for choosing VARSS as your project partner it has been a pleasure working with you both and we are looking forward to more collaborations with Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh in the future 🩵🧡

29/01/2024

📖Training Day✏️ at Eskmills Business Park

It's important that all out our vocational consultants and case managers maintain high standards of professional practice although sometimes we wonder if the best part of a training day is the lunch and networking 😋

17/01/2024

Hope everyone has managed to get through 💙Blue Monday💙this week! We decided to focus on some positive blue sky vibes instead and thought we could share our efforts - can you tell which one isn't Scotland? 🤔⛱

06/12/2023

Work never seems so bad when your facing a Christmas Tree - or is that just me? 🤔🎄

22/11/2023

As the The OT Show kicks off in Birmingham today we wish all the speakers and attendees a great conference while we manage our FOMO reading the excellent programme and make our plans for next year! ✈️🚂🚗

https://cdn.asp.events/CLIENT_CloserSt_D86EA381_5056_B739_5482D50A1A831DDD/sites/OT-2023/media/OT_Showguide-2023_Digital.pdf

08/11/2023

We love our work💜but also understand the importance of a good work life balance so it was a pleasure to let our hair down and be part of the amazing fundraising event last week 🤩💃🕺
https://www.digbybrown.co.uk/news/digby-brown-hits-ps1million-milestone-with-winter-dinner-dance-2023

01/11/2023

*13.7 million working days are lost each year in the UK because of work-related stress, anxiety and depression (NICE)

*23% of adults say that work causes them stress (CIPHR)

Today is National Stress Awareness Day - so a good time to remind ourselves to seek help if we need it.

https://www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/mental-wellbeing/stress/what-to-do-if-you-are-struggling-with-stress

https://www.acas.org.uk/managing-work-related-stress

International Stress Management Association/Founder of Stress Awareness Day

24/10/2023

Two of our vocational case managers were featured in an interview with NRtimes read all about it here!

NR Times hears from Vocational Assessment and Rehabilitation Service Scotland (VARSS) about how they support clients through vocational rehab

27/09/2023

Been a busy few weeks of assessments and now just taking a break from the report writing to share some useful information on working with migraine since its

https://migrainetrust.org/live-with-migraine/reducingtheimpact/managing-migraine-at-work/

VARSS can work with any health condition or disability to support the achievement of work goals 🙂

How you can manage the impact of migraine in the workplace

14/09/2023

Ready to network RCOT Independent Practice Conference in Edinburgh.
Come and see us if you are here - we have sweets 💚🍭🍬🍫😄

07/09/2023

Thoroughly enjoyed our day in Aberdeen with Scottish Head Injury Forum raising the profile of the importance of roles and occupation following brain injury and illness.