Participants will be made fully aware of their legal and moral obligation (Including their Common Law duty of care) with regard to Health and Safety under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and General Applications Regulations 2007. They will be made aware of what stress is, what stressors are, how to develop a Stress Prevention and Management Policy and how to identify and effectively manage stress.
After the training Managers will have a good understanding of the key principl
Course Information
Programme Objectives
Participants will be made fully aware of their legal and moral obligation (Including their Common Law duty of care) with regard to Health and Safety under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and General Applications Regulations 2007. They will be made aware of what stress is, what stressors are, how to develop a Stress Prevention and Management Policy and how to identify and effectively manage stress.
After the training Managers will have a good understanding of the key principles of stress prevention and management and of the key issues they need to address in their own workplaces. The course finishes with the development of an Action plan for next 3-6 months so that the principles learned can be applied.
Training Approach
The training approach in this course is through a combination of:
Lecture - to impart information (particularly about health and safety law)
Exercises - to enable participants to work on an exercise re costs to demonstrate that stress is very costly
Specific Case Law - to clearly discuss real cases and their outcomes
Scenarios - to tease out the issues with the participants
Development of an Action Plan - to encourage participants to apply the learning back at their workplaces
Opportunity for Questions - questions and queries are welcomed throughout the day. It is extremely important that the information is "internalised" by the participants they need to clarify issues and scenarios for themselves.
Outline Training Plan
9.00 - 11.00 What is stress
Causes - (stressors)
- demand, control, support, relationships, role and change
Symptoms - how to recognise it
Effects on individual
Effects on organisation
Costs
Costs Exercise
11.00 - 11.15 Break for Tea/Coffee
11.15 - 1.00 Legal position
Employer's duties and responsibilities (Common Law and 2005 Act.)
Cases
Developing a policy
Risk Assessment
Implementing Control measures
(a) Organisational primary level
Risk Assessment, Stress Audit, organisation restructuring, job re-design,
Improved communications
Scenario 1
1.00 - 2.00 Break for Lunch
2.00 - 5.00 (b) Secondary level
Stress Mgt Training for all
Symptom recognition
Health promotion
Working hours/Time Management
Scenario 2
Role Clarity
Support
Relationships
Relaxation techniques
Other Coping strategies - counselling etc
Mainstreaming Stress Prevention and Management
Action plan for next 3-6 months
Questions and Answer
Call me today for further details: Peter Finnegan, Business Development Manager on 01 8839212 or email peter@europa-academy.com.