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Maintaining the Vision

Academy Network Conference5th May 2011

Presented by :Fran KirkeManaging Director, Worklife Support0845 873 5680 www.worklifesupport.com

http://www.worklifesupport.com/http://www.worklifesupport.com/

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Improving and maintaining theeducational outcomes for your

students through focussing on thewellbeing of your staff

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Objectives

1. Answer the question of What is wellbeing ?

2. To review the factors contributing towellbeing. (Causes)

3. To consider wellbeing outcomes in

education.4. To consider strategies using practical

examples.

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Consider your best ever working

environment and share 2 aspectsof the job that made you jump outof bed in the morning .....

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Consider your worst ever working

environment and share 2 aspects ofthe job that made you want to stayin bed in the morning .....

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What is wellbeing ?

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Wellbeing refers to positive andsustainable characteristics which

enable individuals and organisationsto flourish.

Wellbeing Institute, Cambridge University

Definition of Wellbeing ...

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Dimensions of Wellbeing

IndividualMorale

WorkgroupMorale

Individual

Distress

Workgroup

Distress

Dr Peter Cotton: The prevention and

management of psychological injuries.

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Individual drivers for motivation andwellbeing

Autonomy

Relatedness

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What are the causes of wellbeing?

Research shows that the elementsof well-being (Morale & Distress) are

85% determined by the immediateworkgroup or environment in whicheach employee works .

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Demands

Control

Support

Relationships

Role

ChangeHSE

ManagementStandards

What are the environmental causesof wellbeing?

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Outcomes

Research shows that in terms of outcomes, betterwellbeing delivers :

Higher staff retention Lower absenteeism Higher levels of discretionary effort and therefore

increased productivity Higher levels of evidence of harmony and absence of

negative behaviours bullying, harassment etc

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Outcomes Contd ... Around 309,000 teachers in England took sickness

absence in 2009 (56% of workforce) National Office forStatistics

Stress is the predominant cause of work-related illnessin the education sector: 45% of all absence in education

is stress related (HSE) A survey, from the ATL , suggests 25% of teachers have

been bullied by another member of staff. (2011)

60% of teachers leave after their 4th year, most citing

the reason that it was simply too exhausting. (NUT2006)

Teacher absence costs over 500 million annually.

(Audit Commission)

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Where organisations havesucceeded

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Original Objectives

1. Answer the question of What is wellbeing ?

2. To review the factors contributing towellbeing. (Causes)

3. To consider wellbeing outcomes in

education.4. To consider strategies using practical

examples.

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Nobody cares how much you know,until they know how much you care.

Theodore Roosevelt