Staff Wellbeing

Organisations have a responsibility to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff in the workplace; however this is a shared responsibility with employees.

This half day course aims to ensure that all parties understand their responsibilities regarding well being at work according to legislative and good practice guidelines; supported by policy. Learners will also examine how they can promote their own well being at work in a practical way.

Learning objectives:

By the end of the course learners should have understood:

• What is meant by wellbeing
• The responsibility of the employer
• The responsibility of the employee
• How the conditions of service impact on wellbeing
• The importance of accurate job descriptions and the need for review
• The need for feedback, supervision and appraisal
• Common organisational factors that tend to impact on staff wellbeing. To include:
        -the environment
        -the organisation culture
        -inaccurate job descriptions
        -inadequate or inappropriate resources
        -lack of support
        -lack of appreciation
        -poor staff morale
        -poor team work
        -bullying and harassment
        -inappropriate demands
        -lack of training
        -poor leadership etc.
• Common individual factors that tend to impact on staff wellbeing. To include:
        -lack of commitment
        -lack of skills and knowledge
        -poor time management
        -poor prioritising
        -interpersonal conflict
        -competing personal demands
        -stress
        -poor boundaries
        -other lifestyle issues e.g. diet, smoking lack of exercise etc.
• Stress:
        -a brief overview of what is stress
        -factors that lead to stress
        -symptoms of stress and burnout*
• What we mean by Mental Health
        –the relationship between stress and Mental Health
• What the individual can do to promote their own Mental Health and wellbeing
• What the organisation through its managers needs to do to ensure staff wellbeing

*Please note that there is insufficient time on this half day course to examine this issue in any detail

Training methods:

• Tutor presentation
• OHP/PowerPoint
• Discussion
• Work in pairs
• Handouts

CP259/8.9