Stress Management Training by Professionals
There are compelling reasons why employers are looking to target the problem of workplace stress as the number one behavioural risk to manage. It may be in response to the requirement to comply with the Health and Safety Executive's Management Standards, as part of a national strategy aimed at reducing the spiralling costs of stress-related absence, or as a means of improving productivity by creating a healthy work environment.
Our specialist consulting teams are able to customise solutions ranging from online stress audits, stress risk analysis and bespoke policy development and implementation projects to our popular series of stress management programmes for management teams.
Our methodology is robust. It has been developed over 18 years by teams of organisationally focused psychologists who believe in maximising the return on investment through an approach that balances realistic business imperatives with the highest clinical and evidence-based standards.
For optimal effectiveness, these programmes can be integrated into other employee support services such as counselling referral and employee assistance programmes.
Policy Development
The development and implementation of a stress or well-being policy is the first step to a holistic approach to stress management. ICAS works with you to write policies or review and update your existing ones. We also assist you in implementing these policies effectively.
Training Programmes
ICAS has a proven track record of providing practical, down-to-earth training programmes that meet the needs of organisations. All our training programmes are individually designed and can be delivered in a traditional classroom, modular or online format.
Manager Training
ICAS provides managers with a thorough introduction to the subject of stress and how it affects people, together with an understanding of how to carry out a risk assessment for stress within their work area. They will also discover how their own management style may affect stress levels within their department and learn how best to support employees who may be experiencing stress. Managers will learn what they need to do to create a psychologically healthy working environment.
Employee Training
We explain how employees can take steps to protect themselves from unnecessary stress both at work and at home. We help people understand the essential difference between healthy pressure and unhealthy stress. By providing people with range of psychological and physiological strategies for managing pressure we can help them reduce the likelihood of stress occurring.
Stress Audits and Surveys
Organisations need to know who is at risk and what is causing the problem.
The HSE Stress Management Guidelines have prompted the development of a plethora of stress auditing tools. Few of them are flexible enough to provide all the information you require to take action. The ICAS stress audit has been developed with this in mind and will identify:
- Which areas of your business are most at risk
- What causes of stress are most prevalent
- How results compare with external norms
- How to go about improving the situation
We use a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods and tools that are applicable to all types of organisation and which complement HSE Stress Management Guidelines. All our surveys and audits can be carried out online or in a more traditional paper-based format.
Health Promotion
Informative exhibitions and workshops held on your own premises cover key health and lifestyle issues, including drink and drug misuse. They can include a variety of health screening tools and biometric testing and provide employees the opportunity to meet specialists and discuss factors affecting their health.
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