This training will teach you everything you need to know to set up and manage a workplace wellness programme.
The course programme has six modules including mental health.
Why is it important?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has defined the workplace as the optimum place to promote health through collaboration and use of continual improvement processes to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of all workers. Companies of all sizes have an opportunity and responsibility to embed a credible wellbeing programme into the workplace culture that will improve society.
How can it help our organisation?
Statistics show that keeping employees happy can not only improve their quality of life – but it can significantly impact your bottom line with reduced healthcare costs and absenteeism rates along with improved employee morale and productivity. Work as an important determinant of health Working adults spend 60% of their waking hours at work and about 65% of the adult population are in the labour force.
Positive Effects
- Having work
- Having a supportive working environment
Negative Effects
- Particular working conditions
Complex Relationships
- Two way interaction / person & workplace
- Three way interaction / manager, person & workplace
Current Programme
- Current health trends the role of the wellness champion and manager
- Background to the concepts and principles of health promotion
- Determinants of physical, mental and social wellbeing
- Mental health at work
- Activity initiatives at work
- Behaviour change in the workplace