Dear all,
I'm being taken to task somewhat by a manager aggrieved that a new member of
staff who is running into performance difficulties in her work (a library
'assistant) wasn't 'picked up' by OccHealth at pre-employment. She is
over-anxious in her work & defensive when errors are raised with her and has
apparently cited her Turner's Syndrome as the cause. I'm also trying to work
out how to help both manager & member of staff resolve the problem
I confess I was ignorant, until doing a bit of Googling prior to seeing this
person that women with Turner's Syndrome may have difficulties with
performing mathematical calculations (not relevant to this job), spatial
recognition & executive functioning. I suppose the latter two may affect
working relationships through difficulties in recognising & interpreting
body language.
Has anyone experienced a similar problem before.?
Would you call in for assessment/ enquire further someone who declares
Turner's Syndrome, but no other health issues declared on their PE
questionnaire.?
Any other thoughts?
Dr. Alan Swann, BM, AFOM
Director of Occupational Health
Occupational Health Service
Imperial College London
Southside building
South Kensington Campus
London
SW7 1 LU
Tel: +44 (20) 7594 9385
Fax: +44 (20) 7594 9407
http://www.ad.imperial.ac.uk/occ_health/
<http://www.ad.imperial.ac.uk/occ_health/>
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