Individual Stress Risk Assessment

When a member of staff identifies that they are experiencing work-related mental health difficulties, then you have a legal obligation to respond.

This response needs to be supportive, reassuring, make reasonable adjustments and be recorded. This is where employers should complete the Individual Stress Risk Assessment Tool. This Tool helps you to:

• Identify the hazards that are negatively affecting the individual
• Identify what things they are accessing that is helping them
• Understand what else could help the individual
• Identify other mechanisms for supporting the staff member
• Have a legal record of what workplace support has been put in place.

This course is all about Implementation, taking you through the steps that you need to know to meet your duties as a manager when a member of staff discloses that they are experiencing work-related stress or mental health difficulties.

Who this course is not for

This course is not suitable for Health and Safety Officers or Senior Staff with very little line management responsibility.

Who this course is for

This course is for those who line manage team, department heads, managers, team leaders, HR assistants. Those who work directly with employees and are best placed to make a difference and be able to make the reasonable adjustments that your staff need.

What will I get from this course?

This course will help you to:

• Be more confident with responding to staff mental health
• Give you a structure for supporting a member of staff
• Make you more prepared for having supportive conversations
• Understand what factors affect staff mental health
• Know what you can and can’t do when responding to stress or work-related mental health
• Meet your legal obligations

Course Instructor

Richard Daniel Curtis Author

Richard Daniel Curtis is an internationally recognised mental health disruptor, leading wellbeing expert and mentor. He advises businesses on how they can improve overall performance by reimagining workplace wellbeing and implementing strategies which put their people first. With nearly 20 years’ experience advising government, organisations and individuals on mental health strategy, he works globally. Within the UK alone, he has transformed the lives of more than 12 million people. In 2013, Richard founded The Root Of It; his award-winning training and consultancy business which is now a trusted adviser to thousands of companies. What sets Richard apart is his ability to simplify strategy, challenge conventional thinking and make mental health and wellbeing easier for leaders. Confident in the guidance he provides and its ability to deliver real business impact, he even offers a money back guarantee across all his training courses. He works with the energy, engineering, manufacturing, construction, defence and financial services sectors and has also advised large brands including international food and beverage specialist SSP Group, Coca Cola Europacific Partners, and the Royal College of Nursing. Alongside his work with businesses, Richard co-authored the guidance for the statutory mental health curriculum in England, following a request from the Department for Education.