About the scheme
Wellbeing at work is about promoting and managing the health and wellbeing of staff, implementing health interventions within the workplace to address health issues staff face.
By taking the necessary steps to gain this accreditation, you will possess a much better chance of both attracting and retaining employees.
Why is wellbeing at work important to employees in Nottinghamshire?
Promoting health and wellbeing in the workplace is an opportunity to increase awareness of the health benefits and how to improve health and encouraging healthy lifestyle choices for employees.
Employees who experience a supportive work environment where health and wellbeing are important and experience a good work-life balance are more likely to feel happier in work with improved levels of mental health and wellbeing, feel valued and appreciated by their employers.
Employees are more likely to remain in jobs for longer therefore improving prosperity, increased sense of self value and motivation and feel better equipped to handle workplace and personal stress.
What can you do?
There are some actions all employers can take to promote the health and wellbeing of their workforce, regardless of the size of your organisation or the sector in which it lies.
These actions include ensuring workplace health is prioritised by senior managers and line management staff and encouraging healthy behaviours in the workplace such as taking regular breaks and eating well.
The wellbeing at work scheme
The free Nottinghamshire Wellbeing at Work programme is an effective ‘community development’ model, where the workplace promotes health and wellbeing providing small, medium and large sized organisations with the tools and knowledge to promote and enable better health and wellbeing in the workplace.
The scheme is completely free and is flexible to suit all organisations whilst offering a structured approach to support people in improving their own health and wellbeing.
The benefits of the programme include an aligned model with public health commissioned services bringing functions together to address:
- obesity and nutrition
- physical inactivity
- mental wellbeing
- alcohol and substance use
- smoking
The programme is open to all organisations in Nottinghamshire regardless of industry or sector.
You can get four different levels of accreditation on the scheme, depending on the steps you're able to take to improve the wellbeing of your employees at work.
The Nottinghamshire wellbeing at work programme is in line with the national ‘Change for Life’ and “One You” programmes and delivers locally Public Heath England’s evidence and recommendations to engage a key sector of the adult working age population.
Promoting and supporting employee well-being is at the heart of the Nottinghamshire Wellbeing at Work programme. We believe in promoting better working lives because an effective workplace well-being programme can deliver mutual benefit to people, organisations, economies and communities.
Additional support is available from our Wellbeing at Work Team if required. If you need any assistance or have any further questions, please contact our team via wellbeing.workenquiries@nottscc.gov.uk.
