Achievements
We have introduced this Wakefield Health and Care Hub Website. This can be accessed by partners across Wakefield District. It is a repository for system wide Health and Wellbeing resources. It publicises and sign-posts partners to services, events and information
We run a series of West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Looking After our People Alliance funded programmes, including;
– Staff Health and Wellbeing checks
– Preventing and managing staff ‘burn out’ and stress related absence webinars
– Integrated Place based Schwartz rounds
MYHT Occupational Health and Psychology team have played a key leadership role in establishing the West Yorkshire Mental Health Hub. Partner organisations have successfully developed Mental Health First Aiders, Psychological First Aiders and Wellbeing Champions. There had also been growth in the number of Working Carers passports and support groups.
The Wakefield system has addressed the risk of COVID to vulnerable groups by carrying out risk assessments with staff from the BAME community and staff who Clinically Extremely vulnerable. There have been a wide range of wellbeing support initiatives including; wellbeing coaching, self-referral to Occupational Health, digital guides, masterclasses on resilience, support for the menopause, self-care management, pastoral care and spiritual care services
A number of partners have introduced Workplace Behaviour Ambassadors and staff wellbeing and support groups. We have introduced proactive policies to reduce sickness absence and continued to hold staff recognition events
