Kent Healthy Businesses -improving economic

performance through people and environment

National Charter for Health & Wellbeing

Kent’s ResponseThe Kent Healthy Business Awards

Leadership

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The organisation has assessed its needs and priorities around health and work.

Health needs assessment survey results Staff survey – reports and results to senior

managers

Equality guidance and legislation is in place, and are known and adhered to by all staff.

Inclusion in induction materials Posters/leaflets in workplace Notes of equality group/ staff meetings

Evidence of consistent and positive approach to employee well-being at senior level of business.

Sickness absence monitoring reports at senior manager meetings (meeting minutes)

E-mails /printed communication with details of HWWB Board champion

Copies of finance reports with details of HWWB expenditure/budget

Evidence that Health & Work values are embedded in the business systems and processes, eg a statement of intent and principle

Management demonstrate that they understand the importance of effective communication with staff.

Evidence of response to staff survey – reports or action plans

Staff consultative group minutes E-mails or bulletins asking for staff

suggestions Management training on effective

communication

Smoking (and Tobacco-related ill health)

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Promotes a smoke free environment and smoking cessation

Photo evidence of smoking signs in vehicles and front entrance

Define the smoking breaks offered to those who insist on smoking, both in numbers and time for the break

Offer free smoking cessation interventions in the workplace, giving up the ‘smoking break’ time to services coming into the workplace to deliver smoking cessation

http://www.smokefreekent.co.uk/ Ask all staff to make a list of what could be

bought using savings from tobacco products: eg electronic goods, meals out, short breaks, clothes, shoes, bags ~ make a chart or database of ideas and populate it with £’s saved by either individuals or teams of people quitting

A robust smoke free policy annually reviewed

Evidence of a robust periodic review process of your smoke-free policy [ eg scorecard review provided free as part of the Kent Smoke-free Business Awards scheme – [link to follow]

Achievement Smoking contd.

A robust smoke free policy annually reviewed

Policy statement on e-cigarettes: a guide for developing your organisations’ position can be found here –

http://www.cieh.org/assets/0/72/970/90cc6244-cee0-496c-ac45-9334d1b4479c.pdf

Evidence that Smoke-free Policy includes a statement regarding trading of illicit tobacco Illegal Tobacco South West - Resource Centre

Attendance Management

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Absence trends are monitored across the organisation and specific programs are designed and implemented to address these issues to prevent further absence.

Statistical reports showing the causes of absence

Identification of who (anonymised but identity of where management level) that interventions have occurred to reduce these issues and detailing actions taken

The organisation’s return to work policies are designed to support rehabilitation and early return to work with adjustments made to accommodate this when necessary.

Within the return to work procedure, it states the possibility of acquiring further support from other disciplines to aid the staff member in returning to work at the earliest opportunity. This may include the possibility of workplace adjustments or the relocation of an individual to a different role

Evidence of using specialist intervention eg Occupational Health; Counselling Services

The organisation raises awareness of, and supports staff to manage, long-term conditions in the workplace.

Evidence this is included in absence policy/ return to work policy; also Induction documents

Evidence of campaigns, training events, or awareness raising around cancer, diabetes, arthritis, asthma, mental health

Evidence of staff up to date training on impending changes around the Fit Note

Evidence of up to date knowledge of Government’s proposed free occupational health ‘Health And Work Scheme’

Return On Investment• Latest: Sheffield Hallam University for NHS in

Sheffield, savings of £3 for every £1 spent• 2010 – 2012 CIPD, Price Waterhouse, Work Foundation

~ anything between £3 and £8 per £1 spent• However: Kent Mindful Employer network analysis

shows that it depends on• a) how many staff• b) average earnings• c) the intervention• Only then can YOU, for YOUR business, say what the

ROI will be

Trend: the latest CIPD & ‘Simply Health’ Sickness Absence Report (Autumn 2013) shows more and more companies are going to invest in wellbeing

programmes this year

All Manufacturing Private sector Public Non-profitorganisations and production services services organisations

Compared with the Increase 19 21 22 9 26last financial year, did Decrease 6 3 6 9 4your organisation's Stay the same 45 52 42 39 54well-being spend this year? Don't know 30 24 31 42 16

In 2014, do you predict Increase 21 24 24 11 26that your organisation's Decrease 6 6 5 12 1well-being spend will……? Stay the same 47 53 46 38 57

Don't know 25 17 25 39 16

Base: 602Source: CIPD Investment in Wellbeing

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Table 32: Changes to well-being spend this year and next (% of respondents)

What next

• ASSESSMENT• Set up a Steering Group• Advisor• Verifier• This may change depending on how the

National Charter is developed