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Wellbeing.
This year we’ve introduced lots of new benefits and initiatives that prioritise the health and wellbeing of our colleagues – including access to a free online GP service when people need it, continued access to anonymous 24/7 counselling services and a tech scheme to purchase new home goods and electronics, spreading the cost across the year.
Consensus Academy.
At Consensus, we never stop learning. It’s essential to ensuring we provide the best possible care for those we support. In 2023, we redesigned the way in which we train and mentor our colleagues to succeed personally and professionally, launching the Consensus Academy.
Mental Health First Aiders. Over the last year, we’ve recruited and trained 53 Mental Health First Aiders in services across the UK. These volunteers complete regular training and reviews to make sure they can provide the best mental health support and advice to any of their colleagues who need it – whether it’s just a chat, finding the service you need or a bit of advice on wellbeing and work.
Here are some of the highlights from it’s first year:
In 2023-24, we...
Leadership Academy.
Inducted 805 new colleagues and delivered 112,953 hours’ of training
• Revamped and launched a new Service Manager Induction – Supporting 8 new managers.
Digitalised the Care Certificate
• Launched Manager Masterclasses training 365 colleagues across 2 programmes.
Launched training to support the reduction of restrictive practices
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• Delivered the Area Director Development Programme – Supporting 12 Area Directors.
Launched new Epilepsy eLearning
Developed shift leading training
Focus on Menopause.
• Introduced formal Coaching for our leaders – working with 11 managers across Consensus.
Partnered with a new Apprenticeship Provider, currently supporting 95 colleagues with apprenticeships Delivered the Reach Standards training to 20 colleagues , a set of nine voluntary standards to ensure people are supported to live the life they choose
We’ve committed to making sure anyone going through Menopause at work has the support they need.
Learning Disabilities & Autism Academy.
• Our regular Menopause Meet-Ups offer a place to get advice and tips or just a friendly ear from other colleagues going through the same experience.
This year we were proud to launch the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training, resulting in:
• Our Wellbeing Coach offers 1-on-1 sessions to help colleagues navigate working through the Menopause, or to be a sounding board when you need it. • This year, we celebrated our first World Menopause Day at our Central Support Office with webinars, activities and games to get everyone together and talking about menopause. • We’ve also dedicated ourselves to creating a new Menopause Policy detailing how and when we will support our colleagues, and look forward to its launch.
• 99% of colleagues completed the eLearning module.
• Recruitment of 17 Experts by Experience , and full training of 8 to deliver our Tier 2 Training.
• Training all Regional Trainers to deliver Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training Tier 2.
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