Health and Well Being

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Human Resources
Health and Well Being
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Is Health Well Being an Issue?

• How many have mental health problems?
• Who has these problems?
• Happy, Healthy and Here.

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The Starting Point

• What was in place
• Written Procedures/Policies
• Stress Risk Assessments
• Occupational Health Involvement
• Training
• Management Information

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Drivers for Change

• Corporate recognition need to do more
• Change in personnel
• HSE visit 2007
• HWB Steering Group established
• Wanted Stress/ Health and Well Being Guidance
• Wanted better understanding of Management
  Information

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HSE Advice

• Six areas that need to be managed
• Demands
• Control
• Support
• Relationships
• Role
• Change

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• European Week of Safety and Health
• Health and Well Being Initiative
• Stress Management Workshops
• Alternative Therapies
• Body MOTs
• Walk in the Park
• Free Healthy Lunch

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• Training course established
• Occupational Health Guidance
• Health and Well Being Guidance

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• Recommendation from HWB Steering Group
• Working party to arrange survey
• 5 companies invited
• Specification sent to HWB group
• Schools not included

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• Marketing and publicity Web site
• Data Protection Issues Non-Disclosure Agreement
• Union involvement

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Getting Responses

• Daily update to Chief Officers
• Encouraged competition between service areas
• Rough sample of results at end of third week
• Final cut 6 weeks after start date

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Scoring system
Each question relates to one stressor I have to
work very intensively Demands Each response
scored 1-5 Average score then generates your
result Doing very well (80) Good (50-80) Need
for improvement (20-50) Urgent action needed
(below 20)
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Survey Findings

• Overall results very good
• Some hot spots

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Overall score
4 categories Very good 3 categories - Good
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Benchmarked against other Organisations
3 categories Above average 4 categories -
Average
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Benchmarked against other Councils
6 categories Above Council average Peer support
Below Council average
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Post survey actions

• Comprehensive Area Assessment
• 3.3 Does the organisation plan, organise and
  develop its workforce effectively
• Productive and Skilled workforce
• Encourages and supports staff in organisational
  change

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Pros .

• Compared to the HSE method quick and easy
• Efficient use of resources
• Confidentiality
• Benchmarking
• Stakeholder involvement

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.and Cons

• Marketing and publicity
• Getting the Headcounts right
• IT interface (NDA)
• Publicising the outcomes

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Lessons learnt

• Senior management commitment
• Specify what you want at the start
• Decide who to leave out
• More than one approach
• Marketing and Publicity
• Stick to the HSE inspection pack

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• Any questions?