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HR news

Staff support mechanisms Employee assistance programme The Trust’s employee assistance programme providers, Health Assured, were on site for our staff support day held in December where they were able to speak to staff and raise awareness of the support available via the Employee Assistance Programme. The Health Assured employee assistance programme is an employee benefit designed to help staff deal with personal and professional problems which could be affecting their home or work life, health and general wellbeing. For further information about how you can access the employee assistance programme, please visit the pages on HIVE: https://hive.xchristie.nhs.uk/Interact/Pages/ Content/Document.aspx?id=9692

Salary Finance Also onsite at our staff support day were Salary Finance, an employee benefit, providing access to low cost loans, simple savings and financial education. Being in control of your money is key to being able to enjoy the best that life has to offer. Everyone has money worries at some time in their lives, and it's important to have access to the tools and information that can really make a difference to financial stress in both your home and work lives. For further information about how you can find out more about Salary Finance, please visit the pages on HIVE: https://hive.xchristie.nhs.uk/Interact/Pages/Content/ Document.aspx?id=9781&SearchId=423930

Managing stress in the workplace guidance

A new guide has been created to help staff identify stress and it explains how to access the support available. Stress can show itself in many different ways from a cognitive, emotional, physical and behavioural symptom perspective. Often there are early warning signs that individuals may be under some form of stress and if you can spot these signs and take appropriate action you can

reduce the chance of the stress turning into a period of absence. For more information about the symptoms of stress, the

conversations that you can have and what support options are available, please read the Managing Stress in the Workplace Guide: https://view.pagetiger.com/ managing-stress

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