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About Keshia SchipperOccupational health, absence & workforce transformation
I help organisations reduce long-term absence, improve reintegration outcomes and build scalable people processes that support both employees and business performance.
A specialist who joins up health, change and process
Wellspring Consultancy is my practice. I'm a specialist in occupational health, sickness absence management and workforce transformation. My work combines three things that are usually kept apart: case management, organisational change and process improvement. Long-term absence sits exactly where those three meet — which is why treating them separately so rarely works.
I work with leaders, HR teams and managers to identify root causes, strengthen accountability and create sustainable solutions. My approach is deliberately practical: early intervention, operational excellence and real implementation — not another policy that sits in a drawer.
Three principles behind every engagement
Early intervention
The earlier a case is caught and given structure, the better the outcome and the lower the cost. Most of the value is in acting before problems become entrenched.
Operational excellence
Good intentions need good systems. Clear processes, ownership and reporting are what make improvements consistent and repeatable rather than one-off.
Practical implementation
Strategy only counts when it's implemented. I focus on solutions managers can actually run, and hand them over to work without me.
Root causes, accountability, sustainable solutions
My focus is on identifying the root causes of absence and disengagement, strengthening accountability across leaders, HR and managers, and putting solutions in place that last. That means looking past the symptoms to the management capability, process gaps and change pressures that actually drive the numbers.
- Root-cause focus — diagnosing the real drivers before recommending anything
- Accountability — clear, fair ownership across the whole people system
- Sustainability — solutions designed to run long after the engagement ends
Where I can help
Four connected disciplines — each explored in depth on its own page.
Occupational Health & Absence Management
Long-term absence reduction, reintegration strategy, case management oversight and OH governance.
Change & Transformation
Organisational change support, workforce impact assessments, change-related absence risk and stakeholder alignment.
Process Improvement
Process audits, operating model design, workflow optimisation and KPI & reporting frameworks.
Leadership & Manager Enablement
Manager training, reintegration coaching, difficult conversations and accountability frameworks.
I build people processes that support employees and business performance at the same time — because the two were never really in conflict.