Stress management

What services are available?

Organisational risk assessment Hide

This strategic organisational level assessment seeks indicators which can suggest the presence of stress within an organisation. This can include change, cultural issues and industry or company specific pressures. It also identifies if there are appropriate and adequate systems and procedures in place which will contribute to a safe and healthy workplace. Details are provided by management.

The individual risk assessment Hide

This assessment seeks responses from individuals within an organisation to pinpoint specific causes of pressure in the workplace and their intensity. It is offered to each employee in the organisation to complete voluntarily and anonymously.

Stress management training for employees Hide

Delivered by specialists, our stress management workshops range from two hour introductory sessions to half-day or full-day courses and can include legal considerations, practical guidelines for managers and managing the stress counselling session.

The workshops are designed to give a comprehensive introduction to help employees identify stress in themselves and others, and to manage stress more effectively both at home and in the workplace.

On our ‘Managing the Pace’ training course, employees will learn:

• how to recognise when pressure and stress is getting out of hand
• how to recognise unhelpful mental habits and replace them with helpful ones
• simple lifestyle changes to make a real difference to productivity
• the impact of emotions on performance and ‘emotional intelligence’ skills
• key resilience-builders, such as relaxation and focusing techniques, getting maximum support and increasing calm energy levels,
• how to remain calm when dealing with ‘difficult’ people
• time management through ‘personal management’ and simple, practical tips to avoid the tasks that aren’t important

Price

Full-day workshop - £1,500 plus VAT

Half-day workshop - £1,000 plus VAT

Ideal group size is 8 to 15, however the workshop can be adapted for groups of any size.

Stress management training for managers Hide

Delivered by specialists, our stress management workshops range from two-hour introductory sessions to half-day or full-day courses, which can include legal considerations, practical guidelines for managers and managing the stress counselling session. The workshops are designed to give a comprehensive introduction to help employees identify stress in themselves and others, and to manage stress more effectively both at home and in the workplace.

The “Managing the Pace for Managers” course also includes additional modules which focus on aspects essential to the role as manager, including:

• identifying the stressed employee
• HSE management standards|
• legal responsibilities of managers, with up-to-date tribunal and legal case studies
• counselling skills for approaching a stressed employee
• key procedures for dealing with stress-related illness and absence

Price

Full-day workshop - £1,500 plus VAT

Half-day workshop - £1,000 plus VAT

Ideal group size is 8 to 15, however the workshop can be adapted for groups of any size.

Multimedia stress management training Hide

“Under Pressure” is an engaging multimedia course, designed to equip your staff with the knowledge needed to cope effectively with the pressures associated with work. It is also a very cost-effective way of tackling an issue that is widely accepted to be the most common cause of absence amongst non-manual workers.

It is available as a boxed set of two interactive CD-ROMs and a booklet. It can also be provided for integration as part of your company intranet. The author Professor Cooper CBE is widely acknowledged as a world-leading authority on workplace stress.

Some of the topics covered include understanding stress, its effects and symptoms, the impact of personality, work-life balance and stress in others. Self-assessment tests are provided so that the individual can gauge how much of the material has been absorbed.

The key features include:

• a blend of media including audio, graphics and video
• questionnaires to help assess vulnerability to stress
• learn how to adopt the ‘mindset’ that underpins the ability to control and manage pressure
• gain essential information about how fitness, diet and lifestyle can affect susceptibility to stress
• learn stress-busting relaxation techniques
• learn to manage heavy workloads
• an accompanying booklet that gives a concise guide, which should be used in conjunction with the course.

The modular design of Under Pressure means that individuals can select which parts are of most benefit, either working through the whole course or picking the sections that are most relevant to their needs.

In order for every person in your organisation to benefit from this resilience management package, a company wide licence is available. The resource can be delivered by intranet or by the provision of multiple CD-ROM copies.

Price

Box set single user - £100

Box set multiple user - £600

Intranet version - price varies. Please call to discuss your requirements.

Consultancy from an occupational psychologist Hide

An occupational psychologist can give guidance and recommendations based on the individual risk assessment, or they can visit your site to design and deliver policy and procedural changes, workplace restructures and management training.

Initial measuring

The first step is to measure the prevalence of stress and to identify ‘hotspots’ which need to be addressed. From this assessment Bupa can provide a report benchmarking your organisation against HSE standards, as well as other organisations including guidance on where initiatives and budget should focus in order to address any issues which are highlighted.

A comprehensive suite of training and organisational consultancy can be used to design and deliver initiatives that address issues that are identified. This consultancy can include tailored stress management workshops for employees and managers, changes to policy and procedures, workplace restructuring, management training and development.