Peterborough and Cambridgeshire Wellbeing Practitioners Network 9 th June 2016

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1 Peterborough and Cambridgeshire Wellbeing Practitioners Network 9 th June 2016

2 Peterborough and Cambridgeshire Workplace Wellbeing Practitioners Network Debbie Longhurst Head of Business Engagement, Business in the Community and Lead for delivering the Workplace Wellbeing Offer for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Business in the Community

3 Introductions and domestics Our theme today: Understanding Resilience in the Workplace We will look at. BITC work locally in partnership with Public Health and the offer to Peterborough and Cambridgeshire employers BITC national Wellbeing at Work campaign - latest news An overview of workplace resilience and its impact on employers through our BITC trainer, Sue Hazleton, an accredited MHFA practitioner Breakout session - workplace resilience Public Health locally, other key health initiatives through Zoe Cross Public Health lead for workplaces in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire Summary - what s next, date for diary Business in the Community

4 BITC expertise Business in the Community is The Prince's Responsible Business Network. Our members work together to tackle a wide range of issues that are essential to creating a fairer society and a more sustainable future. Business Action on Public Health: a 3 year Department of Health funded project, closed formally on the 31st of March It has been successful in engaging and supporting businesses in delivering employee wellbeing interventions. Over 450 companies have received support to date. 2 years of developing pilot and now delivering to Hertfordshire workplaces in partnership with Public health 56 companies actively engaged, 350 champions trained over 1,000 employees trained in MHFAL Established out of the good practice above: Peterborough and Cambridgeshire Public Health teams are funding BITC to deliver a Wellbeing at Work offer for 2 years starting January 2016 Business in the Community

5 BITC delivery of Wellbeing at Work Going forward For both Peterborough and Cambridgeshire we will facilitate the delivery of funded accredited training including open/onsite sessions: Mental Health First aid lite training Workplace Health Champions NHS Health Checks/mini MOTs where appropriate Green travel Reducing workplace smoking Signposting to other health support - healthy eating, Alcohol, Substance misuse etc. Refer to your packs for more information. Business in the Community

6 Supporting BITC Networks Underpinning the training are the following funded networks to embed wellbeing into workplaces in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire: Wellbeing Practitioners Networks: for the Wellbeing lead of a Peterborough/ Cambridgeshire based company - runs around 3 times per year. These are to share best practice within workplace wellbeing, hear from expert speakers on employer-led subjects and hear about the latest health initiatives Wellbeing Champions Network: for BITC trained RSPH trained Health Champions in Peterborough/Cambridgeshire twice yearly catch ups to understand latest health campaigns, gain new tools and updates; and share best practice with other employers Mental Wellbeing peer Network: for BITC trained MHFA employees. This will enable trained employees to access support and updates on latest best practice Employer Ambassador Groups: for senior leaders in existing Cambridgeshire organisations that strongly support wellbeing in workplaces, act as ambassadors and work with BITC to develop a self-sustaining workplace health model Business in the Community

7 Launching July 1 st BITC Mental Health Peer support Network This Network will support some 1,000+ BITC trained Mental Health First Aid lite employees across the East of England to ensure they are able to keep updated on the latest Mental Health initiatives and share best practice, once launched all BITC MHFA trained employees will be invited to join. Network Members will be able to access: Quarterly newsletter: giving latest updates and signposting to latest tools to support your MH knowledge - launching July 2016 Twice yearly Networking events - launching in Autumn 2016 Online access to accredited MHFA practitioner to share issues - launching Autumn 2016 Business in the Community

8 BITC Wellbeing at Work campaign Employer Champions Workwell model/resilience toolkit Membership offer Mental Health We re ready to talk campaign Business in the Community

9 Just launched online mental health toolkit BITC have developed in partnership with Public Health England our free online toolkit will help organisations support the mental health and wellbeing of its employees, helping to take positive actions to build a culture that champions good mental health and provide a greater understanding of how to help those who need more support. Business in the Community

10 National Employee Wellbeing Survey The survey is now open and will run for 11 weeks until Friday 29 July 2016 One in four people will experience a mental health problem in their lifetime. At any one point, one in six of the working age population is suffering from a mental health condition. Last year, stress accounted for 43% of all working days lost due to ill health and for 34% of all work related ill health cases, yet 95% of employees cited a reason other than workplace stress for their absence due to stigma. Through this survey we want to: Hear UK employees experiences of mental wellbeing at work End the stigma still associated with mental wellbeing Identify factors that help or hinder the mental wellbeing of UK employees Understand how employers are responding to mental health issues Identify how equipped employees and line managers are to are to spot the early warning signs of poor mental health Use the findings to improve employee mental wellbeing. Business in the Community

11 Peterborough and Cambridgeshire Employee Wellbeing Practitioners Event Emotional Resilience - Building a Resilient Workforce Sue Hazleton

12 What is Emotional Resilience? The ability with which an individual is able to bounce back after periods of stress and adversity Emotional resilience can be taught and the workplace is an ideal setting to support employees mental health Employers can build and support employees emotional resilience to manage stress levels and reduce sickness absence

13 The Business Case Stress, anxiety and depression are responsible for 70 million days sick leave every year (Centre for Mental Health, 2010) Staff with mental illness not being supported cost UK businesses a total of 30.3 billion per year equivalent to 1,206 for every employee in the UK workforce (Centre for Mental Health, 2010) Companies that take proactive steps to manage and promote employee wellness and engagement can improve their financial performance by as much as 10% (BITC-commissioned research by IPSOS Mori) Organisations with high levels of employee engagement outperform those with below average levels of employee engagement on measures of operating income, net income growth and earnings per share ( 2007 Towers Watson Global Workforce Survey) NICE highlights how employers and employees can work in partnership to improve mental health and wellbeing, including prevention and early identification of problems - average organisations of 1,000 can save estimated 250,000 a year in sickness absenteeism and increased performance

14 Why are some people more resilient than others? Why do people react in different ways? Genetic makeup (psychological / biological) plus experiences - nature / nurture Resilient people: Are more flexible and able to adapt to change Have good relationships with others Feel a sense of control over their work

15 hat s What s in your in your stress Stress bucket? Bucket? Stress flows into the bucket Vulnerability / resilience is shown by the size of the bucket If the bucket overflows, problems develop - snapping Helpful coping strategies = tap working lets the stress out Unhelpful coping strategies = tap blocked so water fills bucket and overflows (Source: Brabban & Turkington, 2002)

16 Protective Factors that make the Life Skills Healthy Lifestyle Community Bucket Bigger Factors _ Social / communication skills _ Self belief _ Confidence _ Good problem solving skills _ Conflict resolution _ Experiences of success and achievement _Physical activity _Good nutrition _Rest and reflection _Alcohol consumption within guidelines _Stopping smoking _Enough sleep _Positive social networks _Meaningful activity (e.g. work) _Tolerant community _ Access to positive opportunities (e.g. training) _ Good housing _ High standard of living _ Participation in community activities _ Arts & culture

17 Five Ways to Wellbeing

18 Building Resilience h9p:// keys- guidebook

19 Mental health first aid Sue Hazleton

20 MHFA Lite Courses Early intervention on dealing with pressure can help slow down or stop signs of stress and lead to a faster recovery Most people who experience mental health problems can recover Listening and talking about emotional difficulties is valuable and supportive Look after your own emotional wellbeing, be proactive and preventative However, most of us know very little about mental health and we often don t spot the signs that someone else or ourselves maybe struggling until very late

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22 Measuring Resilience On-line individual and organisational tools to measure resilience, as a starting point Robertson Cooper have developed a free on-line validated personality questionnaire called i-resilience - The i-resilience report reveals which of four key components users naturally draw on for resilience - confidence, adaptability, purposefulness and the need for social support The report gives examples of how this could impact on users responses to demanding work situations and allows users to build on existing areas of strength, and manage any potential areas of risk

23 Ways forward to improve resilience Buy in from senior managers Workplace health and wellbeing strategy include social & physical activities; train Health Champions Use internal communication channels staff engagement, open communication Train senior managers MHFA Lite Work / life balance lead by example out of hours s, lunch breaks, unrealistic workloads / pressure Signposting to sources of support EAP, HR IAPT, Mind, Mindfulness etc. Campaigns - Mental Health Awareness Week May; World Mental Health Day October; Stress Awareness Day November; On-line resources Time to Change; Big White Wall; self-help websites (CBT etc.), Mental Health Foundation; Five Ways to Wellbeing; Action for Happiness; Mind; Samaritans

24 Mindfulness An evidence-based self-management technique using meditation and breathing exercises which focuses users attention on the present and relieves stress-inducing thought processes Empowers employees to prevent mental ill health and self-manage wellbeing - proven to reduce anxiety and depression by 40% Be Mindful 4 week on-line course Elements of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Taster sessions for free then 60 for the course

25 A Brief Mindfulness Meditation

26 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Public Health Update Zoë Cross Health Improvement Advisor (Workplaces) Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council

27 Psychological Wellbeing Service IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Founda>on Trust GP referral and also self referral Offers short term psychological treatments for common mental health difficul>es such as depression, anxiety and stress

28 Diabetes Awareness Week June 12 th 18 th million people diagnosed in U.K and 549,000 who have the condi>on and don t know it yet In Cambridgeshire there are above the na>onal average rates of recorded diabetes in the Fenland area The leading cause of blindness in people of working age in the UK is diabe>c re>nopathy, a complica>on of diabetes that damages the re>na

29 Diabetes Awareness Week Theme for 2016 is Seang the Record Straight Aims to counter misconcep>ons and myths about diabetes Posters are available from h9ps:// Diabetes- Week Support groups in Hunts and Wisbech

30 One You Public Health England behavioural change campaign Encourage people to take the How Are You quiz and signpost them to support services Download employer toolkit resources: h9ps://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/ 44- adult- health- brand/resources Hard copy of pack (1 per organisa>on) online order form using password oneyou (case sensi>ve) One You Day: 7 th July 2016

31 7-12 th September 2016 Suicide Prevention Week Evidence suggests that a small improvement in wellbeing can help to decrease some mental health problems and help people to flourish Five Ways to Wellbeing Used to help people take ac>on to improve their wellbeing

32 Five Ways to Wellbeing

33 Five Ways to Wellbeing

34 Mental Health New website for children and young people your- head.com

35 Know Your Numbers (blood pressure) Week 12 th 18 th September 2016 High blood pressure (hypertension) rarely has no>ceable symptoms but if untreated increases risk of heart a9ack, heart failure, kidney disease, stroke or demen>a Over 5 million people in England are unaware they have high blood pressure yet it affects 1 in 4 adults

36 Know Your Numbers (blood pressure) Week Blood pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury (mmhg) and is recorded as two figures: systolic pressure the pressure of the blood when your heart beats to pump blood out diastolic pressure the pressure of the blood when your heart rests in between beats, which reflects how strongly your arteries are resis>ng blood flow For example, if your GP says your blood pressure is "140 over 90", or 140/90mmHg, it means you have a systolic pressure of 140mmHg and a diastolic pressure of 90mmHg. A reading over 140/90mmHg indicates high blood pressure which should be confirmed by tests on separate occasions to reach a diagnosis. A blood pressure reading below 120/80mmHg is considered to be ideal.

37 NHS Health Checks Know Your Numbers week is a good opportunity to offer NHS health Checks for staff Free to anyone age without a pre- exis>ng condi>on In Cambridgeshire provided by everyonehealth (contact Zoë for details) Coming soon in Peterborough

38 Other Campaigns Healthy Peterborough Campaign June Alcohol/Change for Life July Change for life (be9er start for children) August/September Physical Ac>vity

39 Zoë Cross Health Improvement Advisor (Workplaces) Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council

40 Summary and way forward BITC support - what next? Look at your packs ideas and free training on offer Download information from BITC website - you should already have toolkit. What support do you need from us - note on your feedback sheet to influence the next events theme. Can you host a training event for us?...let me know! We can sign post you to free support - refer to Public Health s slides and can offer the accredited training/networks, including: MHFA Mental Health lite training Open session Thursday 14 th July 1pm - 4pm - Sue Hazleton, MHFA trainer RSPH Health Champions training Open session Thursday 30 th June pm Practitioner Event theme to follow September/October pm RSPH Champions Network - Thursday 28 th September pm Or contact Debbie.Longhurst@bitc.org.uk Business in the Community

41 Summary and way forward Thanks to the presenters for their contribution and to you for joining in and giving your feedback Any questions for your presenters? The slides from today will be available on the web page in the next 10 days we will send you the link Safe journey home Business in the Community

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