Using HSE's Management Standards

HSL is holding a number of one-day training courses on Managing Work-Related Stress.

The course will be held at the Health and Safety Laboratory, Harpur Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire on the following date:

Date
Thursday 9 October 2008
Wednesday 25 February 2009

The course will cover:
• HSE’s risk assessment approach: HSE Management Standards for work related stress;
• Methodology of the Management Standards;
• Guidance on interventions for work-related stress at individual and organisational levels;
• Legal aspects of work-related stress and HSE’s enforcement policy.

Introduction
Work-related stress is a major problem for businesses and organisations across the UK. According to research commissioned by the HSE, about half a million people in the UK experience work-related stress and at a level that they believe is making them ill. In addition, up to 5 million people in the UK feel their work is 'very' or 'extremely' stressful, and in 2004/5 12.8 million working days were lost to stress, depression or anxiety. Stress has also overtaken musculoskeletal disorders as the biggest contributor to working days lost as a result of work-related stress illnesses. This can have major impacts on other elements of business such as productivity, organisational image, health and safety and morale.

In 2004, HSE launched the Management Standards for stress, which are a risk assessment approach to tackling and managing the risks of work-related stress. HSL has been intensely involved with HSE in developing and implementing this approach in organisations and therefore is in a unique position to offer a course on this topic. The standards reflect an organisational level approach. This helps organisations to assess the risk of work-related stress in their organisation and develop interventions, in consultation with their staff, to minimise those risks. HSE are pursuing the implementation of this approach in organisations, particularly focusing initially on those in high-risk sectors for work-related stress sickness absence. Using this approach will help meet legal obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and minimise the implications of this problem for businesses.

Who should attend?
This course is suitable for managers, health and safety or HR professionals who will be in a position to apply this approach in their organisation.

What can you expect from this workshop?
This is a comprehensive course, which will consider the holistic management of work-related stress. It will outline the key elements of HSE’s Management Standards for Stress and the tools associated with the approach. It will provide guidance on how to use the approach in your organisation and the opportunity to explore its practical application.

The programme will include talks on the legal aspects; HSE's approach; tackling stress at an organisational level; individual considerations and demonstrations of the associated tools. Time has been allocated for workshop sessions to look at issues associated with organisational and individual level stress management, as well as an action planning session to help take the approach forward in your organisation.

The cost of the course is £395 + VAT (includes course notes, lunch, refreshments and a certificate of attendance).

  To register online please click here

For further information email: training@hsl.gov.uk or contact the Training Unit at HSL directly on 01298 218806.

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