Guidance Notes and Best Practice Guides

DWP: One in four people will personally experience a mental condition in their life, but more than half are too embarrassed to tell their employer, a new survey reveals. Mental illness is increasing in the UK and is the fastest growing cause of sick leave and the economic cost is vast; some 13 million working days are lost every year due to stress, depression and anxiety, costing businesses £3bn.
 
Work and Pensions Minister Lord McKenzie and Health Minister Ivan Lewis have called on businesses to tackle the stigma attached to mental health conditions in the workplace and launched a practical managers' guide containing advice on how to support their staff.
 
The handbook has been developed by Shift, the Government's programme to reduce the stigma & discrimination directed towards people with mental health problems.
Press release ~ Line Managers' Resource ~ Stress: Why tackle work-related stress? ~ Management standards for work-related stress ~ Health Work Wellbeing - Working for Health ~ SHIFT ~ Health Work and Well-being strategy ~ Is Work good for your Patient's Health and Wellbeing?
 
IfL: To support the effective implementation of the new continuing professional development (CPD) requirements, the Institute for Learning (IfL) will be hosting a series of seminars at regional centres around England during November and December.
 
The seminars, which are free of charge, are for staff development managers, teacher trainers, HR managers and other staff with responsibility for CPD in their organisations.  They have been designed to update participants about IfL's CPD guidelines, the CPD planning cycle, CPD resources & support available and the latest developments on the IfL CPD portal.

Press release ~ Details & booking form for the Making Your CPD Count ~ LLUK - FE workforce reforms

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