Occupational Health training
Occupational Health offer staff members the opportunity to attend training sessions for:
- Mental Health First Aid
- Suicide First Aid
- Stress Risk Assessments
- First Aid at Work
To register your interest in attending any of the above, please email ohquery@essex.ac.uk
NOTE: First Aid at Work courses are primarily for those who are required to have this training as part of their role, (e.g. patrol officers, field trip leaders, sport staff). If you are unsure if you fall into this group, please get in touch. If you do not fall into this group, we are able to open some courses to all staff on a first-come first-serve basis. We can also aid departments if they wish to book their own courses.
We also have a partnership with Essex Working Well, which is commissioned by Essex County Council to provide workplace health and wellbeing support. This gives Essex staff access to a range of events, webinars and training opportunities, see below for more information.
Essex Working Well
Our partnership with Essex Working Well gives Essex staff access to their range of events, webinars and training opportunities, which are updated every week on their website. To access the newsletter, you will need to provide the password WeeklyUpdate23. To book onto their webinars, you will need to create an account, where you be asked to provide the details of the WHC Lead - please use Occupational Health, ohquery@essex.ac.uk.
The Essex Working Well website has a full list of eLearning available, which should take no longer than 45 minutes each to complete. For access, enter WorkingWell2024.
Essex Working Well provide training sessions specifically aimed at managers, which can help with having difficult conversations and supporting staff.
Stress Risk Assessments
Stress Risk Assessments are a tool to help identify manage and mitigate/control the risks associated with workplace stress. Undertaking a stress risk assessment will involve a manager, an individual or a team, it will give the manager an opportunity to look closely at the identified stressors within the HSE six areas of work design which can affect stress levels to rise. The manager will then be able to implement targeted interventions to control the risks to the individual as far as reasonably practicable.
Training on completing a Stress Risk Assessment (via Moodle, self-enrolment may be required).
We have created training to ensure that managers are able to support their teams in managing stress and using stress risk assessments when needed. The training is comprised of three videos, each approximately 15 mins long, laid out as follows:
- Part 1 covers the Stress Management Policy and your responsibility as a manager to support your team and to prevent and manage workplace stress.
- Part 2 focuses on how to complete the assessment.
- Part 3 addresses frequently asked questions and the additional resources available to you and your team.
Group training sessions can be arranged if needed, please contact ohquery@essex.ac.uk.
