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Norfolk/Suffolk Wellbeing Practitioner Network10th December 2015

Business in the Community www.bitc.org.uk

Norfolk/Suffolk Workplace Wellbeing Practitioner Network

Debbie LonghurstHead of Business Engagement,

Business in the Community and

Lead for delivering the Workplace Wellbeing Offer

in the East of England


Introductions and domestics

Our theme today:

Building Mental Health Resilience in the Workplace

We will look at…

• BITC work locally through Business Action on Public Health and its

legacy

• BITC national Wellbeing at Work campaign

• Mental Health and its impact on workplaces through our BITC trainer:

Jo Dray, accredited by MHFA

• Breakout session – what is the Mental Health challenge for

workplaces

• Sharing best practice in managing workplace mental ill-health

• Public Health locally, how they support workplaces in both Norfolk and

Suffolk


The Business Case


A Critical Business Issue

• Mental health costs the UK £70bn per year, equivalent to

4.5% of GDP

• Mental ill-health costs each employer £1,035 per

employee, per year

• 15.2 million sick days per year due to stress, anxiety or

depression

• Failure to unlock discretionary effort costs UK business

£6bn

• Only 2 in 5 employees working at peak performance


The Moral Case

Fewer than half of those people who are affected by mental

ill-health feel confident to speak up about their condition,

fearing a negative response


Business Action on Public Health

Background…

• Business Action on Public Health (BAOPH) for the last 3 years. A

Department of Health funded project, which closed formally on the

31st of March 2015. It has been successful in engaging and

supporting businesses in delivering employee wellbeing interventions.

Over 450 companies have received support to date.

• Established out of the good practice above, Hertfordshire County

Council Public Health directorate funded BITC for the last 18 months

(September 2013 – June 2015 new contract pending) to deliver an

Employer Wellbeing at Work Offer. This has exceeded targets to

date with 56 organisations engaged and supported, 650 employees

trained in mental health, 250 Workplace Health Champions and an

Employer Ambassador Group established to promote the work.


BITC delivery of Wellbeing at Work

Going forward…

We will continue to support Practitioner Networks in Hertfordshire,

Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.

We will encourage Public Health directorates (we already work with

Herts, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough) to access our model of good

practice through all or some of the following health interventions.

Direct accredited training delivery of employer-led health interventions for

employers at a market entry point in:

• Mental Health First Aid lite training

• Workplace Health Champions

• Health Checks/Mini MOTs


Supporting BITC Networks

Underpinning the training are the following networks:

• Wellbeing Practitioner Networks for the Wellbeing lead within an East of England based

company, runs around 3 times per year. Initial delivery in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire/

Cambridgeshire expanding into Norfolk/Suffolk and Essex in 2016

• Wellbeing Champions Network for RSPH trained Health Champions. Current in

Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, expanded as further funding becomes available

• Mental Wellbeing Peer Network for BITC trained MHFA trained employees. This will be

on line tool with access to support and updates on latest best practice - to be launch

spring 2016

• Employer Ambassador Groups for senior leaders in existing organisations that strongly

support wellbeing in workplaces, currently in Hertfordshire with future development for a

Cambridgeshire Group

• Establishment of a broader partnership of employers to ensure longer term sustainability

based on the strength of the established Networks above


BITC Wellbeing at Work campaignwww.bitc.org.uk/programmes/wellbeing

• Employer Champions

• Workwell model/Resilience toolkit

• Membership offer

• Mental Health – We’re ready to talk campaign

http://www.bitc.org.uk/programmes/wellbeing

Norfolk/Suffolk Wellbeing Practitioner Event

Jo DrayMental Health Promotion Training &

Consultancy10/12/15

Jo Dray Mental Health Promotion Training & Consultancy


Introduction/Background

• Mental Health Promotion, Training and Consultancy – Work with BITC

• Previous role, Public Mental Health Specialist, Department of Public Health, North Lincolnshire

• Previously Mental Health Services –Voluntary sector


• One in six workers are likely to experience anxiety, depression or stress-related problems at any one time.

• Anxiety, stress and depression were responsible for the most UK sick days from 2001-2008.

• Stress, anxiety & depression accounts for 70 million lost working days a year

• Hidden costs of ‘Presenteeism’

(Centre for Mental Health 2011)

Is Poor Mental Health a Problem in the Workplace?


What do the words Mental Health mean to you?

Stigma

Discrimination


What makes us resilient?

Risk ‘v’ Protection


Some of the learning from Mental Health training in Hertfordshire

• Poor mental health is affecting ALL organisations

• Organisations have different needs and are at different stages,Irrespective of size or sector.

• Training to date has been positively received and has started to make a difference

• Evaluation has captured real development e.g. more openness and willingness to talk, line managers feeling better equipped to manage situations, ability to incorporate mental health into physical health reviews and return to work interviews, greater tolerance within workforces and ultimately a reduction in stress related sickness absence.


Mental Health First Aid Delivery in Hertfordshire (to April 15)

• 33 organisations engaged from private, statutory and voluntary sectors

• 4 open sessions from April 2014 to December 2014, 93 participants

• 14 ‘in-house’ sessions, 5 organisations having a further session e.g. NGK Spark Plugs, Hertfordshire Constabulary, Morrisons Utilites etc. In total 550 candidates trained

What is the Mental Health Challenge?

Let’s talk

How do we develop a more positive culture in our organisations? How do we encourage people to talk and do we feel equipped to respond appropriately or manage positively? What are the challenges?

How do we build resilience?

What do our staff need? What do we need? How can we influence others? What are our strengths and weaknesses?

Planning a way forward……

What, who, how and when?

Comfort break

10.55 - 11.15

Wellbeing at Work National Campaign

Mental health resources


Expert Partners


Workwell Model


Tools to support workplaces


Time to Change campaignwww.time-to-change.org.uk

The total cost to employers of mental health problems among their staff is estimated at nearly £26 billion each year, equivalent to £1,035 for every employee in the UK workforce

Facts- Since signing the pledge organisations have seen a 14% rise in

number of people about Mental health problems at work

83801 people have pledged to end mental health stigma

It’s Time to Change

Led by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness

we're England's biggest programme to

challenge mental health stigma and

discrimination.

http://www.time-to-change.org.uk/


Mental Health First Aid Lite –cost around £600 for ½

day session for up to 25 delegates

3 Hour Introductory course, accredited by Mental Health

First Aid

Raises awareness, upskills, boosts line management

confidence

De-stigmatises/demystifies subject - teaches facts

Enables individuals to look after themselves, prevent

mental illness, reduce sickness absence and improve

organisational health

Participants receive certificate of attendance and manual

BITC Support with Mental Wellbeing.

Mental Health First Aid lite

MHFA accredited and the initial training is for workplaces. The training is a half-day session

and is delivered by an accredited Mental Health First Aid Trainer.

Target audience Available to workplaces, aimed at Workplace Health Champions, Line Managers, Health & Safety and HR

professionals.

Course aims To give you and others within your organisation a wider understanding of some of the issues associated with

mental health; to help you work more effectively with people living with mental health issues; to understand

the aims of the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course; and allow you to experience a taste of the content of

the full 2-day MHFA course.

Course outputs Participants should be able to: • Identify the discrimination surrounding mental health problems

• Define mental health and some mental health problems

• Relate to other people’s experience

• Help support people with mental health problems

• Look after their own mental health

• A point of contact for people who want to engage in wellbeing activities (health issues, involvement in health campaigns

etc.)

For more information or book your place please email: [email protected]

Find out more about Business in the Community at: www.bitc.org.uk/business-action-public-health

Public Health Michele Taylor

Public Health Officer – Workplace Health

Norfolk County Council

10.12.15

Who are Public Health?

Department in Norfolk County Council since 2013.

Responsibility to improve and protect the health of people in Norfolk, reduce health inequalities and improve the health of the poorest fastest.

Four Areas of Public Health Work

• Health Improvement e.g.• Workplace Health• Physical Activity• Smoking cessation services

• Health Intelligence• Information and

data analysis• Health Needs

Assessments

• Health ProtectionProtection from infectious

diseases eg MRSA

• Health CareExpertise and

advice

What are Health Inequalities?

• Health inequalities are preventable and unjust differences in health status experienced by certain population groups.

• People in lower socio-economic groups are more likely to experience chronic ill-health and die earlier than those who are more advantaged

• NCC priority – Re-imagining Norfolk – Vulnerable populations

Why does inequality matter?

Male life expectancy in Norfolk 2010-12 gap is about 7 years and 8 months

Female life expectancy in Norfolk 2010-12 gap is about 2 years and 11 months

Where are the most deprived in Norfolk?

How do health inequalities affect different occupational groups?

Age standardised mortality rates by socioeconomic classification in the North-East and South-West regions, men aged 25-64years, 2001-2003

What are determinants of Health?

What are the health problems in Norfolk for working age adults -

obesity

• 2/3 adults in Norfolk are overweight or obese

Physical Inactivity

• 27.8% Adults Physically Inactive in Norfolk (< 30 mins/week)

• 42.3% Adults not active enough (150 mins/week)

• Physically active employees take 27% fewer sick

ASH Ready Reckoner May 2015

Smoking - 127,000 Adult smokers in NorfolkGY 24.3% Norwich 22.8% linked to deprivation and routine and manual workers

Main Causes of Ill health in the workplace

• Work-related ill health was responsible for estimated 22.1 million working days lost in 2010/11

• Mental illness

• musculoskeletal disorders

• Cardio-respiratory conditions

• Account for two-thirds of sickness absence

( Dame Carol Black 2008 Working for a Healthier Tomorrow)

Mental Health

• Five million people of working age have a common mental health disorder and just under a million a severe condition

• Mental health conditions are often undiagnosed, or diagnosed only when they have become severe enough that an individual may have to be absent from work for a substantial period

• Fear of stigma and discrimination, reluctant to ask for time off for therapies

• Line managers are often ill-equipped to recognise early signs of mental illness

Work can have a big impact on reducing health inequalities

• Good work is good for you.

• The workplace is an important setting for health improvement for both physical and mental health

• Investing in employees wellbeing = businesses benefit

• NCC priority – Re-imagining Norfolk – Real Jobs

• Also employers can develop resilience in workforce

• Reduces burden on NHS and LA’s and can help to address health inequalities

Workplace Health Programmes Supported by Public Health NCC

• Provided by Active Norfolk

• Norfolk wide apart from Great Yarmouth

• Workplace FREE bespoke interventions

• Newsletters, health surveys

• Free training for workplace health champions,

• Signposting to mental health first aid training

• Workplace challenge

• Corporate games

• Workplace competitions

• Funding to support workplace health projects

Workplace Health Promotion Great Yarmouth Area

• Provided by East Coast Community Health Care Trust

• Workplace FREE bespoke interventions

• Newsletters, health surveys

• Training workplace health champions

• Signposting to mental health first aid training

• Workplace wellbeing zone with App

Wellbeing Service

• Wellbeing Service commissioned by NSFT and CCG Norfolk and Waveney – 2 FREE sessions for workplaces

• Wellbeing in the Workplace – helps employers support staff, manage stress and build resilience

• Introduction to Mindfulness – for people with busy minds, focus on present, cope with anxiety and stress

• Please contact service via website:

• www.wellbeingnandw.co.uk/

• Outreach project to improve the health of Fishermen

• First Delivered in 2015• Starting next March and

April 2016• Quayside NHS Health

Checks at Cromer, Wells and Kings Lynn

• Health Trainer support• Men’s health information• Free Goody bag!

Future commissioning of Integrated Healthy Lifestyle Service

• Currently procuring this service due to start October 2016

• Integrated approach

• Flexible service

• Norfolk county border

• Localised

• Current services – Health Trainer Service, Level 3 Stop Smoking, Workplace Health

Contact:

Michele Taylor - Workplace Health

Public Health Officer

Norfolk County Council

[email protected] 01603 638301

mailto:[email protected]

Public Health Suffolk

Lisbeth ThorsenHealth and Wellbeing Project Officer

Suffolk County Council

Harbour is the most deprived area in Suffolk

Areas of deprivation in Suffolk

people in

Suffolk living

each year in

poor health

Life expectancy and years with disability

Underlying risk factors leading to disease

of over 18s in

Suffolk smoke

Smoking

in Barbergh

Districts

smokes

in Waveney

Districts

smokes

Obesity

of adults in

Suffolk are

obese

of adults in

Suffolk are

overweight

have an

unhealthy

weight

are physically

inactive

Physical Activity

Carers

people provide

care in Suffolk

Services available in Suffolk

A toolkit that outlines the

process Suffolk County

Council went through to

implement their workplace

wellbeing Strategy.

It can be found here:

www.workplacechallenge.or

g.uk/uploads/working-well-

for-suffolk-toolkit.pdf

http://www.workplacechallenge.org.uk/uploads/working-well-for-suffolk-toolkit.pdf


A national programme from

County Sports Partnership

Network funded by Sport

England which aims to

engage workplaces in sport

and physical activity.

Further information can be

found here:

www.workplacechallenge.or

g.uk/suffolk/

http://www.workplacechallenge.org.uk/suffolk/


The current Healthy Lifestyle services provider in most of Suffolk.

They offer weight management and stop smoking within the

workplace.

Further information can be found here: www.livewellsuffolk.org.uk

http://www.livewellsuffolk.org.uk/index.php


The current Healthy Lifestyle services provider in Waveney.

They offer mini health checks, stop smoking clinics, stress

management/resilience workshops, pedometer challenges,

activity sessions, assistance to achieve Health and Wellbeing

Business Awards.

Further information can be found here: eastcoastch.co.uk

http://eastcoastch.co.uk/

Suffolk Wellbeing Service


The current mental health services in Suffolk.

They offer stress control and wellbeing workshops as well as

mindfulness taster sessions, which can be delivered in the

workplace.

Further information can be found here:

www.readytochange.org.uk

https://www.readytochange.org.uk/suffolk/pages/Home.aspx


They offer 1-2-1 coaching sessions and training in Effective

Communication; Stress Management; Sleep Well, Work Well;

and Mental Health Awareness.

They can also support you to measure over time, the (improved)

emotional wellbeing of employees through confidential

emotional need surveys.

Further information can be found here: www.suffolkmind.org.uk

http://www.suffolkmind.org.uk/index.asp


Summary and way forward…

BITC support - what next?

We will continue to run Practitioner Networks in Norfolk/Suffolk - next

event will be in April 2016

But we need your help… to host?

And its theme?...please fill in the feedback forms, to influence and ensure

the agenda is employer led.

We can sign post you to free support - refer to Public Health’s slides and

can offer the accredited training at a cost to you, including:

• MHFA Mental Health lite and two day

• RSPH Champions training

• Mini Health Checks

or contact [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


Summary and way forward

Thanks to the presenters for their contribution and to you for joining in and giving your feedback

Any questions for the presenters?

The slides from today will be available on the web site in the next 10 days – we will send you the link

Safe journey home

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