Mission
The mission of the Work Health Hub is to empower and support everyone in the workplace to create a culture that promotes positive mental health and wellbeing.
Background
The University of Derby was successful in becoming a partner in the Mental Health and Productivity Pilot (MHPP) in July 2019. The main aim of MHPP is to reduce absence and presenteeism related to poor mental health and reduce the stigma and discrimination around mental health in the workplace.
MHPP has worked with organisations across the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire area (D2N2), Stoke and Staffordshire and the Marches supporting them to integrate effective health and wellbeing interventions into their workplace, influencing culture, employee engagement and productivity.
Through our work with MHPP, we have identified several gaps in existing wellbeing provision, including:
- Ongoing support for Mental Health First Aiders, Managers and HR professionals
- Accessibility to mental health resources
- Awareness and understanding of the variety of wellbeing issues that may impact the workforce and support available
- Connectivity for businesses on their wellbeing journey, and
- Awareness of experts in the field that can support wellbeing provision
The Work Health Hub will draw upon our experience working with organisations across a variety of sectors and provide:
- Up-to-date research and recommendations in the field of mental health in the workplace
- Practical resources for Managers, Leaders, Mental Health First Aiders, and HR Professionals, enabling them to support staff effectively
- An active wellbeing community for businesses to share best practice, common challenges, explore new and emerging initiatives
- Online events throughout the year, presenting a panel of expert speakers, with the aim of raising awareness of different issues that may impact the workforce
- Access to experts/academics in the field through our support directory
- A learning community with practical resources, tools, and information
- The new “Leading Wellbeing at Work” course, and
- Consultancy opportunities for knowledge exchange
Learning Community
A learning community, housing research, resources and practical tools to support you in your quest to build a resilient and engaged workforce.
Online Courses
Access to our new, 10-module, self-led course, 'leading wellbeing at work,' guiding you through a clear process to ensure you keep mental health on your agenda and support your staff in an effective way. Members will also have access to a range of courses that will enhance their knowledge and understanding of mental health and wellbeing.
Events
4 online events during the year, drawing upon the latest research, and hosted by professional guest speakers, focusing on different issues that employees may be presented with, and how you as their employer can support them.
Support directory
Bringing together experts in the field and useful contact details for organisations who can support mental health and wellbeing.
News and research
Presenting the latest news and research in the field of mental health. This will also link our academics and researchers into organisations, acting as a conduit for knowledge exchange.
Solution finder
A solution finder where you can post questions and challenges you may be facing, enabling our online panel of experts in the mental health and wellbeing field, to offer potential solutions, and liaise with you directly to drive this forward.
Membership
- Charities and SME's - £59 (5 accounts)
- Larger organisations (250+ staff) - £99 (10 accounts)
- Additional accounts - £7.50
These prices will be reviewed in January 2024.
Our Consultancy Offer
Part of the offer from the Work Health Hub is to provide consultancy for organisations across the UK. If you are looking to take a strategic and proactive approach to wellbeing, our consultancy offer is a good place to start.
We will work with you to define and plan elements such as objectives, measurements and frameworks, employee engagement, interventions, and communications.
The process involves a set of steps outlined here:
- Deep dive - exploring your culture, values and objectives
- Employee engagement - listening and responding to employee voice
- Strategy - designing and agreeing the approach to move forward
- Communications - supporting you to drive forward an open and transparent culture
- Interventions - implementation of a range of wellbeing interventions
- Collaboration - empowering everyone in the organisation to drive forward positive change
- Impact - continuously evaluate strategy and interventions to ensure effectiveness
This is a model that has been proven over the last 4 years with the team's work with employers across the region as part of the Mental Health Productivity Pilot.
Our consultancy is available in 3 tiers:
| Tier 1 |
Tier 2 |
Tier 3 |
- Deep dive conversation
- Data collection
- Data analysis and report
- 2 x learning sessions
- Recommendations and action plan
- Guidance for initial communications and effective mental health and wellbeing strategy
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- Deep dive conversation
- Data collection
- Data analysis and report
- 4 x learning sessions
- Recommendations and action plan
- Guidance for initial communications and effective mental health and wellbeing strategy
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- Deep dive conversation
- Data collection
- Data analysis and report
- 6 x learning sessions
- Recommendations and action plan
- Guidance for initial communications and effective mental health and wellbeing strategy
- Recruitment and selection of Wellbeing champions
- Training for Wellbeing Champions
- Toolkit and ongoing support for Wellbeing Champions
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| Price: £2160 |
Price: £3600 |
Price: £6000 |
Get involved
If you have an interest in mental health, wellbeing, business growth, productivity and sustainability, and want to get involved, please contact Kate Wood - MHPP and Work Health Hub Manager, k.wood3@derby.ac.uk and Nardia O'Connor - MHPP and Work Health Hub Project Support, n.oconnor@derby.ac.uk
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