Managers Advice and Guidance

This section of the site will give you information and advice on how to many different health conditions that your staff may have along with information on sickness policies and procedures. Our aim is to equip you with the knowledge and resources to help you manage health conditions effectively. Every member of staff should be treated individually and different health conditions will need managing on a case by case basis.

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As a line manager, you play a crucial role in promoting positive employee well-being. The CMI Quality of Working Life Report shows that sickness absence rates, nationally are increasing particularly due to mental ill health, therefore, it is imperative that you are equipped with the knowledge of how to manage ill health, whether this is physical or mental. This section of the site should give you the information you need to understand how to promote positive well-being but if you are still unsure, you can speak to your HR Business Partner.

As a line manager, you have a duty of care towards your employees to prevent physical and psychological harm to staff and this includes managing stress. Our Managing Mental Well-being section will give you more information on this. As a manager this can mean being able to flexibly support a wide range of mental health concerns, to enhance understanding of mental health and increase visibility across campus and amongst colleagues to further embed our open culture at the College.

Whilst you cannot make anyone look after their mental and physical well-being, encouraging a healthy team and embedding an open culture, you can potentially prevent sickness absence occurring. Remember, prevention is always better than a cure!

Training and Development

If you would like to develop your knowledge of understanding how to manage well-being and welfare at work, then why not try Future Learns online course below. This is a 4 week course which is free to sign up to. The course has been developed by The Open University Business School and is triple accredited by AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB and the Charter Management Institution who are the leading authority on management and leadership in the UK. The course will demonstrate your continuous professional development and you will go on to achieve a CMI Level 5 Award as part of the Management and Leadership: Personal Development Programme.

If you would like to access this course, please click on the picture below.