Employee Health & Wellbeing

Effectively managing your staff absence is vital when ensuring staff wellbeing and positive outcomes for children. Our Occupational Health SLA, in association with TP Health, provides schools and academy trusts with unlimited pre-employment health screenings and management referrals.

The key features of our Occupational Health SLA are:

• A user-friendly portal to manage pre-employment checks and management referrals
• Unlimited processing of pre-employment medical screening questionnaires
• Unlimited management referrals for prognosis and support with cases of short and long-term absence, potential absenteeism, and other health issues
• Recommendations regarding workplace reintegration following absence
• Advice regarding reasonable adjustments and any implications of the Equality Act 2010 for employees with disabilities

Help your staff to take control of personal difficulties with a cost-effective way of promoting staff health and wellbeing. Our Employee Assistance Programme, in partnership with Optima Health, gives your school staff access to expert advice or counselling, as appropriate.

The key features of our Employee Assistance Programme are:

• Expert advice on personal, family, financial and legal issues for employees and their families
• A confidential freephone helpline, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
• Telephone assessment with a trained counsellor, followed by up to six sessions of telephone or face-to-face counselling, or online e-cognitive behaviour therapy (e-cbt) as deemed clinically appropriate
• Access to ‘Optimise’, a wellbeing platform used to aid identification of health and wellbeing risks as well as a wealth of resources on wellbeing related topics

Aligned with the DfE Education Staff Wellbeing Charter, we offer expert support with developing your health and wellbeing strategy to improve the wellbeing of staff in your school.

The key features of the Staff Health & Wellbeing Survey are:

• An easy-to-complete online survey tailored to the education sector with sections covering job satisfaction, communication and working relationships, work-life balance, and health and wellbeing
• A detailed bespoke report containing an analysis of the survey results with recommendations and suggested areas to prioritise
• An alternative Wellbeing Survey Light offering a comprehensive raw data report including charts plus anonymised respondent comments

Mediation is a valuable tool for establishing and developing harmonious working relationships. The involvement of an independent trained mediator can provide an outside perspective and promote fairness, making the process more acceptable to individuals. Effective mediation can help your school or academy trust to reduce staff absence, create better working relationships, increase productivity and improve staff retention.

The key features of our mediation service are:

• A structured approach to help facilitate solutions to a range of workplace conflict situations
• Mutually agreeable outcomes are underpinned by a written agreement, facilitated by impartial professionals
• An effective alternative to formal procedures e.g. grievance, disciplinary or capability and reduces the number of employment tribunal case