Workplace stress

Workplace stress is still a big factor in most companies and employers have a legal obligation to tackle this problem. With 1 in 6 employees suffering with stress and 12.5 million working days lost each year, the task of keeping stress under control is extremely challenging.

Some facts to consider:

Under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 every employer has a general duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health of their employees at work.
The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 states that organisations of greater than 5 people are required to assess the risk of stress related ill health arising from work activities.
Each employee suffering with stress could cost your business an estimated £800-£1,000pa.
1 in 6 people suffer from work related stress, quite often this goes undetected.
Employees suffering with stress underperform by over 30%.
A Labour Force Survey estimates that self-reported work-related stress, depression or anxiety accounted for an estimated 13.5 million lost working days in Britain in 2007/08.
In 2007/08 an estimated 442,000 individuals in Britain believed that they were experiencing work-related stress at a level that was making them ill.

Clients are able to build their own stress management and stress awareness packages. If you know that stress is present but have no idea how widespread or what the overall effect is, we recommend that a stress risk assessment should be undertaken. This will meet the Health and Safety Executive standards and identify where problem areas exist.

At an individual level, our unique personal assessments will enable you to build a picture of your stressors, allowing you to develop a self-help programme to combat the effects of stress in the future. The results may surprise you and will certainly benefit you from both a work and personal perspective.

So, if your company suffers from regular absenteeism, lack of productivity, high staff turnover, low morale and is losing money through any of these problems, talk to us - we have the solutions.

Mind Strengths is accredited by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to provide stress management workshops for the legal profession. We are fully committed to supporting industry professionals and to assist them towards their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) targets.

The following services are available to help you improve the wellbeing of your business and your employees.

Licensed use of our Products & Services

Clients are able to use our complete range of stress management workshop formats and also our stress risk assessments under licence. The annual licence fee includes regular updates of workshop content and any other new information that Mind Strengths chooses to include in the programmes. Full training and support will be given and you will be allocated a dedicated account manager.

Stress Management & Improving Wellbeing Workshops (1 Day or Half Day)

for senior managers, directors, partners and business owners.
for all other employees.

Stress Risk Assessments

to identify where the real risks of stress are in your business.

Client Support Days

a qualified stress consultant or counsellor on site on a regular basis for your employees.

1-1 Coaching

confidential 60-90 minute sessions with employees.

Corporate Bespoke Stress Policies

a tailor-made Stress Policy designed for your business to ensure that you have adequate measures in place.

Please call or email us for more details on how we can reduce stress for you and your company.