Managing Resilience, Stress and Wellbeing

The effective management of resilience, stress and wellbeing is an important factor for schools to consider in their overall management of health and safety in the workplace.

Effective management commitment and support promotes the importance of health and wellbeing and for preventing/reducing the incidence and impact of work-related stress.

 The following guidance information is available to help support schools:

• The WCC Managing Resilience, Stress and Wellbeing Policy and supporting guidance documentation (for schools where WCC is the employer)
• The HSE management standards approach to identifying and managing the causes of work-related stress
• Health and Safety Executive website http://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/index.htm
• WCC ‘five ways to wellbeing in Warwickshire’ information http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/5ways

In addition, managing resilience and personal resilience training is available to schools where WCC is the employer.

For further information and guidance, contact the WCC Corporate Health, Safety & Wellbeing Service on 01926 476803 email healthandsafety@warwickshire.gov.uk