SCHEDULE 33- STRESS AND MENTAL WELLBEING AT WORK POLICY
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ABOUT THIS POLICY
1.1
We are committed to protecting the health, safety and wellbeing of our staff. We recognise the importance of identifying and tackling the causes of work-related stress. We also recognise that personal stress, while unrelated to the workplace, can adversely affect the wellbeing of staff at work. We want to support the mental wellbeing of all our staff and will provide appropriate support for staff who are suffering from stress or mental ill health, on a confidential basis where appropriate, regardless of its source.
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We will:
(a) Promote a culture of open communication. We want staff to feel confident that any concerns they raise about their work or working environment will be addressed. We will provide both formal and informal means for them to raise concerns.
(b) Provide training for managers in good management practices.
(c) Take account of stress and mental wellbeing when planning and allocating workloads. We will provide opportunities to discuss these through our appraisal processes.
(d) Monitor working hours and overtime to ensure that staff are not overworking and monitor holidays to ensure that staff are using their entitlement.
(e) Ensure risk assessments include or specifically address work-related stress.
(f) Facilitate requests for flexible working where reasonably practicable.
(g) Ensure that in any workplace reorganisation our change management processes are designed to minimise uncertainty and stress.
(h) Implement policies and procedures to address factors that can cause stress at work, or add to personal stress, in particular so that we can:
(i) provide a workplace free from harassment, bullying and victimisation; and
(ii)
address inappropriate behaviour through disciplinary action.
(i) Provide training to help all staff understand and recognise the causes of work- related stress and mental ill health, the impact of stress from factors in everyday life and the steps they can take to protect and enhance their own mental wellbeing and that of their colleagues.
(j) Provide support services such as occupational health, an employee assistance programme for staff affected by or absent by reason of stress.
1.3
This policy covers all employees, officers, consultants, contractors, casual workers and agency workers.
1.4
This policy does not form part of any employee's contract of employment and we may amend it at any time.
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LEGAL OBLIGATIONS
2.1
We have a legal duty to take reasonable care to ensure that your health is not put at risk by excessive pressures or demands arising from the way work is organised.
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