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Staff are supported in-house and encouraged to take part in relevant training and health checking opportunities

How to achieve this:

 

Further Information:

Have specific Health and Wellbeing Champions:

  • Health Champions can take part in multiple trainings on a variety of topics and become the one stop shop for health information for your staff
  • Ensure Health Champions are signed up to Healthy Cornwall Workplace and Training email updates to keep up to date with relevant training and health checking opportunities

Helpful Resources:

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All workforces should have a Mental Health First Aider:

  • It is our vision that all businesses and organisations have someone trained in Mental Health First Aid, the same way they have physical first aiders
  • To support the Towards Zero Suicides vision of public health in Cornwall we recommend all organisations also have someone training in Suicide First Aid
  • Individuals trained in Mental Health or Suicide First Aid can become Orange Button holders as part of the Orange Button Scheme, showing to others that they are available and willing to listen to them in times of crisis

Helpful Resources:

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Regularly review the training needs and wants of your workforce:

  • Send out regular surveys looking at requests from staff and gaps in wellbeing-based knowledge/skills
  • Is training need discussed regularly in manager 1 to 1s, team meetings and yearly reviews?

 

Allow appropriate time for staff to take part in a variety of opportunities:

  • Can staff take part in relevant training during work time
  • Staff can use worktime to attend Health Checks – in-house supported by Healthy Cornwall or with their GP

Helpful Resources:

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Plan regular health and wellbeing events/time:

  • Invite external partners to showcase their services, resources or activities
  • Healthy Cornwall offer a variety health-based workshops that could run as part of the event
  • Could you set up a monthly health and wellbeing workshop?

Helpful Resources:

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