Workplace Trauma Support
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Recent Posts
- work life balance article in e-book on the job seeking journey
- Interesting article on Andy Murray and his own experience of trauma
- Looking forward to speaking on trauma, suicide and management
- Employee Assistance Provider (EAP) full guideline document published within UK
- Video on remote working including the hazards and preventative measures
Published Articles
Media Contributions
- Guardian – Redundancy
- Independent – Stress and the City
- Informaworld – The Costs of Suicide and Sudden Death Within an Organization (Abstract)
- London Evening Standard – Stress
- Money – Britons lying about their finances
- People Management – Alcohol Policy
- Personnel Today – HR in the IT Sector
- Personnel Today – Mindful Approach
- The Gulf Times – Survival of the luckiest
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Alcohol and drugs policy
If you are developing an alcohol and drugs policy, this could be of some help: www.cwunwdivision.com/Alcohol-DrugsPolicy-Guidance.pdf
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Can you get talking therapies quickly on the NHS?
I guess the answer is here – essentially provision is at best patchy. Can still be 6 months wait for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. This highlights the need for employers to provide therapy direct to their staff I think (what do … Continue reading
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Stressed out Britain – report on 1,000 plus managers
Interesting report which shows that ‘stress’ is on the increase and females are slightly better at managing this. Have a look: http://www.orghealth.co.uk/uploads/articles/Managing%20stress%20in%20the%20workplace%20-%20OPP.pdf
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Mind – a good organisation and worth a visit to their site
Mind carry out some important campaigning about workplace stress and mental health issues. In the link below they go into how employers can increase the wellbeing of their staff. Worth a try? http://www.mind.org.uk/employment/mind_week_2011/employees/five_ways_to_wellbeing
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New free resource from EAPA – Buyers Guide
The Employee Assistance Professionals Association has published this guide which outlines how to purchase an Employee Assistance Programme and how to get the most out of them. http://www.eapa.org.uk/page–eap-buyers-guide.html
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Employee Engagement – what is it and does it work?
Some interesting ideas here: http://www.bis.gov.uk/files/file52215.pdf
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An interesting up to date book on workplace counselling
So this is more of a look at how EAPs and workplace counselling relate to Human Resources (HR). Is bang up to date – 2010. Worth a read….. http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/john+berridge/cary+l-+cooper/employee+assistance+and+workplace+counselling/7379942/
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A newer study on the effectiveness of workplace counselling
OK, so this is up to date – June 2010 – and is a review of the evidence around whether workplace counselling is effective. The conclusion is that, yes, it is but also that more research is needed: “Taken as … Continue reading
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An old study on workplace counselling/EAPs
Although published in the 1990s this is a full copy of the ground breaking study on workplace counselling and employee assistance programmes. It is written for the Health and Safety Executive and a lot of the discussion in terms of … Continue reading
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Need a presentation on stress at work?
This is a good summary of the issues on stress in the workplace. It is a powerpoint presentation which talks around the evidence and is worth a look: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/millward/files/slides/Chapter6_slide_1.ppt
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