Health @ Work have established a wide-range of support packages which have been designed to assist employers to improve and promote positive health and wellbeing in the workplace. 

Employers who have accessed our services have seen a decrease in sickness absence levels, improved employee morale and reduced financial costs. 

All support packages are flexible and designed to ensure there is mimimum impact on the day to day running of the business.  We will work with you at times that suit and understand your business needs, demands and priorities.

Our services include:

• Workplace Wellbeing Charter
• Health & Safety Services
• Health and Wellbeing
• Training / Workshops

Have You Signed Up To The Workplace Wellbeing Charter...

The Charter is an initiative by Liverpool Primary Care Trust (PCT), designed to get organisations to think about the health of their staff. It provides a simple framework to follow and acknowledges the effort of businesses that promote a healthy working environment

Health @ Work is accrediting this programme advising businesses on how they can create healthy workplaces.

The benefits of having the charter and what it enables you to do moving forward:

Having gained the Charter shows that your organisation demonstrates best practice in health safety and wellbeing

Ensures that all policies and procedures are up to a high standard.

Demonstrates compliance with current laws and regulations.

Shows that you have a commitment to the health and wellbeing of your staff.

Enables you to record this information on bids for future funding.

The Charter focuses on three key areas – leadership, culture and communication. Having gained this accreditation, you demonstrate a commitment to your employees and the productivity of your organisation.

Your Charter Award will be valid for two years, following that re-assessment will be necessary – but you can also use this time to further develop your Health and Wellbeing programme, and even look at moving on to the next stage of accreditation.  Although it is about much more than reducing sickness and absenteeism, the statistics reflect how important the health of the workforce is to the economy. Nationally, the annual cost of sickness and worklessness is more than £100bn. In the Liverpool City Region alone, it amounts to approximately £2bn.

Simple steps can vastly reduce the way your organisation is affected by sickness and absenteeism. They can also help you retain staff more effectively, attract better staff, and maintain the health of staff as they grow older – a key concern in an ageing population, where almost 50% of the population is predicted to be 50+ by 2024.  By addressing issues such as the working environment, work-life balance, healthy living and good communication, you can improve the wellbeing of your workforce. In return, you will see a culture where individual skills are allowed to flourish, increased productivity, loyalty and yes, a reduction in absence. A healthier workforce makes for a healthier bottom line. As well as making good commercial sense, investing in the health and wellbeing of staff is seen by many as part of your responsibilities as an employer.

There is a growing body of evidence to back up the claim that improving health and wellbeing makes good business sense.

Accreditations:

Commitment
Your organisation has addressed each area and provides employees with the tools to help themselves to improve their health and wellbeing. This level demonstrates a real commitment by small organisations (1–50 employees).

Achievement
Having put the building blocks in place, steps are being taken to actively encourage employees to improve their lifestyle and some basic interventions are in place to identify serious health issues. This is a good achievement for medium-sized businesses (51–250 employees).

Excellent
Not only is information easily accessible and well publicised, but the leadership of the organisation fully engage in wellbeing and employees have a range of intervention programmes and support mechanisms to help them prevent ill-health, stay in work or return to work as soon as they are able too.

For further information please email info@healthatworkcentre.org.uk and a Health@Work advisor will contact you.