Our Well-Being Programmes - creating a healthy working environment

The Well-Being Programme helps staff in schools and other organisations to work collaboratively to create a positive working environment

By addressing organisational wellbeing, the Programme supports the health and wellbeing of all staff, boosts effectiveness and efficiency and improves motivation and staff job satisfaction. The programme can also have a positive effect on pupil outcomes.

We recognise that it is not always enough to offer support to individual employees - this can treat the symptoms rather than the cause. The organisation, and everyone in it, also needs to work together to create the best possible working environment.

At the heart of the Well-Being Programme lies a tried-and-tested ethos of collaborative development. Every employee helps identify and enhance the workplace issues (such as communication, relationships and control) that impact on staff wellbeing. Read more about the process.

Aims of the Well-Being Programme

Our purpose is to help schools secure the wellbeing and effectiveness of their workforce in order to create the best possible conditions for the development and achievement of children and young people. The Well-Being Programme does this by:

• Helping schools develop and sustain a healthy, supportive working environment that brings out the best in people
• Enabling individuals to pro-actively manage their own wellbeing and personal effectiveness
• Developing a solutions-focused culture that engages everyone in positive change
• Facilitating colleagues at vulnerable times to access early and appropriate support
• Providing a means of sharing best practice across schools

Amongst other benefits, our Well-Being Programmes are a cost-effective way of employers demonstrating they have undertaken a suitable and sufficient risk-assessment for work-related stress and are meeting their duty of care.

"The Well-Being Programme from Worklife Support is broadly equivalent to the HSE Management Standards approach. Participation in the programme will enable organisations to demonstrate they have met their duty of care under Health and Safety legislation”
Health & Safety Executive

Some feedback

"I would wholeheartedly recommend the Well-Being Programme… it has served as a timely reminder of the importance of investing in the wellbeing of the staff, who represent our most valuable resource"
Manager

"I don't see Well-Being as a project, but as part of the ethos of the school. I would recommend every school in the country to take part. It isn't about whether they can afford to, it's about whether they can afford not to"
Headteacher

"I think the programme gives people a personal responsibility… helps people to think about how they can improve their situation within the constraints of the working environment, and gets them to take more responsibility rather than just moaning and groaning"
Well-Being Team member