Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education – Live Well Work Well

Grimsby Institute’s approach to health and wellbeing is determined by their desire to provide customers (students and others) with the best possible service.  To achieve this, they look to employ excellent staff who perform each day to their best. 

Grimsby Institute’s approach comprises:

• Health and Wellbeing Policy aligned with the organisation’s mission, values and business plan and with the HR Strategy.
• Staffing policies and procedures are aligned with the health and wellbeing policy, as are key business processes (eg: the Institute’s Annual Operating Plan has an absence rate target and the applicant’s attendance record is a criterion for approval of costly staff training).
• Regular management training (e.g. managing stress).
• Extensive employee communication (from their expectations of staff to reporting progress made on particular initiatives) through monthly staff newsletters, Staff Council meetings etc.
• Proactive Health and Wellbeing Team (HR, Health & Safety, Occupational Health and Physiotherapist) who work with other Institute and external experts.
• Speedy and supportive interventions to keep people at work and to accelerate returns to work.
• Alignment of health and wellbeing strategy with employee benefits, onsite catering, charity fund raising activity, sport, internal communications and health and safety.