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Health and Safety Executive launches myth-busting campaign

The Health and Safety Executive has launched a new initiative on the ‘sensible’ application of Health and Safety regulations. Fourteen local authorities have signed up to the initiative, the ‘Ten Principles of Sensible Risk Management’, launched at the Local Government Association’s annual conference earlier this month.  The initiative aims to dispel myths around health and safety regulation.

 

As part of the campaign, HSE has also launched the ‘myth of the month’ cartoon. Each month the HSE website carries a cartoon exposing the various myths about ‘health and safety’.

 

Some of the HSE’s examples of sensible risk management include:

 

• Ensuring that workers and the public are properly protected
• Enabling individuals to understand that as well as the right to protection, they also have to exercise responsibility
• Enabling innovation and learning

 

A solid understanding of what is and is not required of staff and managers is central to an effective health and safety culture. EduCare’s Health and Safety programme is a simple, easy and cost-effective method of ensuring your staff and managers are aware of their responsibilities.

 

The programme consists of 6 short learning modules, followed by questionnaires to test understanding. On successful completion of the programme participants receive a personalised IOSH certificate.

 

For more information on the EduCare Health and Safety Programme, click here. Alternatively, call Cara on 01926 436232, Laura on 01926 436226 or Andrea on 01926 436242, or email us at webenquiries@educare.co.uk

 

The Health and Safety Executive’s web site is http://www.hse.gov.uk, and their Myth of the Month cartoon can be found at www.hse.gov.uk/myth

 

Fight Stress and the Credit Crunch with EduCare

It has been reported that stress levels of our UK work-force are increasingly affected by the current global credit crisis. Money worries at home are leading to less productivity in the workplace and unmotivated teams, which in turn has both a negative impact on the economy and raises further health issues for staff.

 

In a study by Travelodge it was found that 38% of workers can’t leave their work behind them when they go home, and 75% admit to not getting the recommended 8 hours of sleep a night. Not surprisingly, professions most affected by economic pressures are the worst sufferers.  Estate agents top the list of stress related sleep deprived workers, with a current average of less than six hours sleep a night.

 

In a time of economic decline, we know that the first area in the budget to be cut is training and staff development.  However, it is essential that in these difficult times we as employers look to maintain the HSE Management Standards and implement procedures to support and encourage the positive welfare of our staff.  A happy team makes for happy customers and increased productivity which can only mean a quicker route to economic up turn!

 

To help you meet the HSE Standards we have developed in partnership with the Samaritans ‘EduCare WorkLife Stress Management’.  The programme is also a useful tool to issue to staff who you are concerned maybe suffering from stress. And to help with the credit crunch we have launched this programme at only £44.50 +VAT, per person.

 Click here for more information about the EduCare WorkLife Stress Management Programme. Alternatively, call Cara on 01926 436232, Laura on 01926 436226 or Andrea on 01926 436242, or email us at webenquiries@educare.co.uk

 

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

The 15^th of June, was World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, and this week sees dozens of events taking place to mark the occasion. Co-ordinated by Action against Elder Abuse (AEA), events like Garden Parties, bric-a-brac sales, and even a Zimmerthon are being held to raise awareness across the country.

 

A recent study showed that 227,000 people over the age of 66 experience mistreatment every year. Abuse often goes unreported, so this figure probably doesn't represent the true scale of the problem.

 

“Thousands of elderly people suffer from abuse and it’s everybody’s responsibility to do what they can to prevent it from happening”, says Candice McDonald, Business Development Manager at EduCare, “Our programme 'Protecting Vulnerable Adults'  was designed to raise awareness of the need to know safeguarding information and best practice guidance those working with the vulnerable must have and should implement to protect those within their care.

 

The programme was written in partnership with MENCAP, The Royal College of Nursing, St John Ambulance, The British Paramedics Association, Spirehealth and Unite the Union and carries the ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers) Secured by Design mark. 

 

Click here to order 'Protecting Vulnerable Adults and play your part in preventing elder abuse today. Or to order multiple copies for your organisation, or for more information on our offers and products, call us now on 01926 436200.

 

Is email stress ruining your day?

“Re: downstairs toilet rolls running out”, “Fwd: Bob’s birthday drinks this Friday”, “40% off Mini Eggs” – Any of those sound familiar? They’re just some of the 2 million emails that are sent every minute in the UK.

 

A third of workers suffer from email stress, making email a major factor in the 14 million stress-related sick days taken every year.

 

With the deluge of emails most of us have flooding into our inbox every day, it’s easy to see how we might get distracted from the really important work we have to do.

 

The EduCare WorkLife Stress Management Programme, written with Samaritans, has this handy tip for reducing your email stress:

 

“Remove distractions.

If your work includes working with a computer, turn off your automatic email notifications and if you can, only check your inbox three times a day – first thing in the morning, before lunch and prior to leaving work. Emails have become a major source of distraction with people being copied in ‘for information only’.”

 

Click here for more information about the EduCare WorkLife Stress Management Programme.

 

Alternatively, call Cara on 01926 436246, Laura on 01926 436226 or Andrea on 01926 436242, or email us at webenquiries@educare.co.uk

 

A New Website For A New Year

As 2008 begins, EduCare is launching a major facelift for its website. The new website retains all the essential functionality of the old, incorporating a contemporary design and new features.

 

If you are one of the over a million EduCare programme participants, and need to log in to your learning account, you will find the new log-in area in the upper left hand of the screen.

 

If you have any difficulty accessing the EduCare website, programmes or evaluation form, please feel free to contact our customer service team on 01926 436209 between 8.30am and 5.00pm, Monday to Friday. Alternatively, you can e-mail our team at webenquiries@educare.co.uk