Sustaining your wellbeing strategy by engaging your staff

1. Sustaining your wellbeing strategy by engaging your staff 26th March 2014

2. Hertfordshire Workplace Pilot • Have been supporting the Hertfordshire Public Health Workplace Pilot since 2013 • To date, 60 employees have been trained to become Workplace Health Champions in Hertfordshire.

3. Hertfordshire Workplace Pilot • All face to face training events for Workplace Health Champions are bespoke to meet the individual requirements of workplaces • Take into account specific health and wellbeing priorities within individual workplaces.

4. The Role of the Workplace Health Champion • Support workplace wellbeing strategy • Identify health improvement needs • Provide brief advice • Signpost people into health improvement services.

5. Responsibilities • Point of contact • Provide regular up to date information • Participate in local and national health campaigns • Create a dedicated health area or notice board • Liaise with BITC and Public Health • Provide information when requested.

6. Workplace Health Champion Training • One day training session covering: • Public health challenges • The role of the Health Champion • Key messages when promoting health and wellbeing • Overcoming barriers to communication and behavioural change • Action planning • Short assessment to achieve the RSPH Level 2 Award in Understanding Health Improvement.

7. Agenda

8. RSPH Qualification • Assessment consists of 30 multiple choice questions – pass mark is 20 out of 30 • Level 2 Award in Understanding Health Improvement • Gold standard for Health Champions .

9. Key benefits seen by organisations so far ... • Engagement of key staff • Spreading the word • Inspiring others from different areas within an organisation.

10. What organisations thought about the training ... • Helped get HR on board, which was a key objective • Getting the word out about the organisation’s health and wellbeing strategy ‘The Champions training has really helped give our wellbeing programme more life’

11. What the Workplace Champions thought ... • Informative and very well delivered, lots of information and idea sharing • Provided great ideas on how to promote and communicate messages • Really enjoyed the event, found it engaging and great that we get a qualification from it.

12. What the Workplace Champions thought ... • Very knowledgeable session, a good introduction to workplace wellbeing • Excellent, gave me great ideas and the motivation to go back into my workplace to promote healthier lifestyles and support people

13. What are Workplace Health Champions doing? • Supporting national health promotion campaigns • Dedicated healthy living notice boards • Encouraging staff to become more active • Promoting healthier eating and increasing the availability of healthier food options in workplaces.

14. Workplace Health Champion Training 23rd April 2014 • Free training funded through Public Health Hertfordshire • 9.30am – 4.00pm • Beales Hotel, Hatfield • For more information or to book a place, email: debbie.longhurst@bitc.org.uk