Maintaining the Vision

Academy Network Conference

5th May 2011

Presented by :
Fran Kirke
Managing Director, Worklife Support
0845 873 5680 – www.worklifesupport.com
Improving and maintaining the
educational outcomes for your
students through focussing on the
wellbeing of your staff
Objectives

1. Answer the question of “What is wellbeing ?”

2. To review the factors contributing to
wellbeing. (Causes)
3. To consider wellbeing outcomes in
education.
4. To consider strategies using practical
examples.
Consider your best ever working
environment and share 2 aspects
of the job that made you jump out
of bed in the morning .....
Consider your worst ever working
environment and share 2 aspects of
the job that made you want to stay
in bed in the morning .....
What is wellbeing ?
Definition of Wellbeing ...

Wellbeing refers to positive and

sustainable characteristics which
enable individuals and organisations
to flourish.

Wellbeing Institute, Cambridge University

Dimensions of Wellbeing

Individual Workgroup
Morale Morale

Individual Workgroup
Distress Distress

Dr Peter Cotton: The prevention and

management of psychological injuries.
Individual drivers for motivation and
wellbeing

Autonomy
Relatedness
What are the causes of wellbeing?

Research shows that the elements

of well-being (Morale & Distress) are
85% determined by the immediate
workgroup or environment in which
each employee works .
What are the environmental causes
of wellbeing?

Demands
Control
Support
Relationships
HSE
Management Change
Standards Role
 Outcomes
Research shows that in terms of outcomes, better
wellbeing delivers :

• Higher staff retention

• Lower absenteeism
• Higher levels of discretionary effort and therefore
increased productivity
• Higher levels of evidence of harmony and absence of
negative behaviours – bullying, harassment etc
 Outcomes Contd ...
• Around 309,000 teachers in England took sickness
absence in 2009 (56% of workforce) National Office for
Statistics
• Stress is the predominant cause of work-related illness
in the education sector: 45% of all absence in education
is stress related (HSE)
• A survey, from the ATL , suggests 25% of teachers have
been bullied by another member of staff. (2011)
• 60% of teachers leave after their 4th year, most citing
the reason that it was simply too exhausting. (NUT
2006)
• Teacher absence costs over £500 million annually.
(Audit Commission)
Where organisations have
succeeded
Original Objectives

1. Answer the question of “What is wellbeing ?”

2. To review the factors contributing to
wellbeing. (Causes)
3. To consider wellbeing outcomes in
education.
4. To consider strategies using practical
examples.
“Nobody cares how much you know,
until they know how much you care. “

Theodore Roosevelt