Purpose of the post
•Review Cyngor Gwynedd’s arrangments on mental well-being and stress in the workplace/musculoskeletal both corporately, and locally within the Services.
•Develop a work stream on the current strategy which is based on the latest research and good practice within the field, with the intention of having a positive impact on the health and well-being of staff and in turn the Council's absence levels.
•Assisting in developing and introducing a new computer system for the Health, Safety and Well-being Team.
•Ensuring that the people of Gwynedd are central to everything we do.
Responsibility for functions
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Main duties
•Research good practice and the latest developments in stress management and mental wellbeing in the workplace.
•Develop a stress management / mental wellbeing programme within the Council, at corporate level, as well as local strategies with individual teams.
•Collaborate with Occupational Health Unit officers to design an evidence-based health promotion programme. Establish a procedure for measuring the impact of that programme, including feedback from the Council's Wellbeing Staff questionnaire.
•Conduct I-Act training sessions and/or workshops with staff and managers on stress / mental wellbeing / health and safety computer system issues.
•Carry out presentations to management teams on stress management / mental wellbeing / health and safety computer system issues.
•Assist managers in interpreting stress illness absence statistics corporately and within individual services, producing reports.
•Produce information packs and resources for staff and managers about stress / mental wellbeing.
•Collaborate with external organisations e.g. Public Health Wales and Mind Cymru on mental wellbeing issues, to identify any good / best practice that can be implemented.
•Contribute to a review of current Council documentation e.g. mental wellbeing policy, stress risk assessment, health and safety computer system instructions.
•Attend and contrinute to relevant meetings for research and/or establish new arrangements.
•Working with the Information Technology Service to create a programme of work to deliver a new computer system across the Council.
•Responsibility for self-development.
•Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council’s Health and Safety Policy.
•Operate within the Council’s policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
•Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council’s information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
•Commitment to reducing the Council’s carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council’s Carbon Footprint.
•Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
•Responsibility to report any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.
Special circumstances
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