If you are having trouble adding a Workplace Wellbeing shortcut to your home screen, take a look at some further instructions here.

Occupational Health Policy Guidance and access to the HMPPS OH User Guide can be found on HMPPS MyHub.

Workplace Adjustment Passports contain a record of adjustments agreed with your manager and are used across the Civil Service. Sharing a Workplace Adjustment Passport makes it easier to have a conversation about adjustments with your manager, or when you are changing teams, job roles or even employer.

We recognise that staff will all be facing wellbeing challenges which will come in all shapes and sizes. To support staff, we have put together a collection of wellbeing pages to provide some support and guidance on a range of issues around keeping well.

A carer’s passport is essentially a conversation about the flexibility needed to combine work and care. This conversation involves balancing the needs of the employee with the needs of the business, within existing departmental policies.

HMPPS is committed to ensuring that staff are treated with dignity and respect to help create and maintain good and effective working relationships based on mutual trust. An inclusive workplace is one that provides everyone with a sense of belonging, allows everyone to be their authentic selves, and ensures they have a voice in their teams and the organisation. All transgender, non-binary and intersex employees should expect to be treated fairly, have equality of opportunity, and be protected from any form of bullying, harassment, discrimination and victimisation within our shared workplace. Find out more here.

All managers have a duty of care to their employees. The purpose of this toolkit is to raise awareness of menopause transition and assist managers in supporting employees going through the menopause in the workplace.

Our Employee Assistance Programme is provided by PAM Assist. To contact the 24/7 EAP Helpline and for access to confidential counselling, call 0800 019 8988.

Occupational health looks at all aspects of the health of employees and ways to improve and maintain the health of the workforce. It helps identify and prevent illness at work, and provides impartial advice on the fitness of an employee to do their job.

Optima Health Online is an online portal within the Workplace Wellbeing website for managers that’s accessible 24/7 via computer, phone or tablet.

It features training videos, podcasts and a suite of guidance notes for common health issues (including mental health issues such as depression and anxiety) and routine surgical procedures. It also includes best practice on making a referral, and information on how occupational health can support manager’s in their role.

The OH Service is access to an online portal that allows managers to log and track referrals and appointments relating to their staff. It allows managers to:

• Make referrals to occupational health for advice
• Schedule appointments for a variety of interventions
• View previous referrals made through the portal
• Submit and track referral documents
• View referral progress and history
• View real-time updates to referrals
• Instant access to download interim and outcome summary reports as soon as they are produced
• Access FAQs and guidance on how to use the portal

Click here to access the portal.

The manager’s toolkit contains a range of podcasts, videos and articles specifically created to help managers handle workplace health and wellbeing issues effectively.

The Wellbeing Calendar is where you can find information and content relating to awareness days and topics of interest for each month.

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