Transcript Tristi Brownett - Tilmanstone Salads

Tilmanstone Salads
‘A great place to work’
Tristi Brownett
Occupational Health Advisor
22nd January 2014
Vision
Core business objective
Focus on employee wellbeing
Desire for engagement
“As employers, we have an ethical and moral obligation to
see our people for who they are; human beings not
employee numbers. What we do at Tilmanstone isn’t just
about compliance; it’s about doing the right thing, for the
right reasons, for our people. After all, they are the heart
of our business”
Sandra Ní Artaigh - Site HR Manager
Understanding needs
Partnerships with our people
Range of surveys
Wellbeing survey highlighted our people’s
wellbeing needs:
• access to education
• health-promoting initiatives and advice
• improved career prospects
• enhanced communication opportunities
• consistency in their management
3- year Strategy
Supporting our people in poor health
Preventing future ill health
Promoting good health through good work
Taking challenges and making them
opportunities
Finding innovative ways to involve our
employees
Valuing our people
Themes throughout our HR People Plan, H&S Plan and
specific Wellbeing Plan
First steps… Year 1
Languages and communication
Employee Assistance Programme
Migrant Help clinics
Mental health strategy
Access to physiotherapy
Valuing diversity programme
Maths and English lessons
Training for managers
HR Round-table and Celebrate success
Health promotion campaigns
Dedicated to Diversity
Our People
Testimonials
“The maths lessons have helped me a lot at
home, I can use what I have learnt when I go
shopping and to help pay bills. I am always at
my lessons early and if more lessons were
available I would attend them. Today I took
an exam and passed”
“Skills for life is helping me every day at work
and private life. It will help me in the future”
Next steps…
Maintenance of existing programmes
Proactive strategy for musculoskeletal health
Promoting physical health
Nutritional awareness
Engagement with government responsibility deal
Engagement with KCC health workplaces
programme
Diversity accreditation
Roll out to our agency staff
Summary… what we did
Listened to our people
Worked as a team
Partnerships with trusted experts
30 integrated initiatives
Commitment
Integrity
Authentic approach
Passion
Tenacity
Our Partners
Results
Better control of sickness absence
Reduced staff turnover rates
Increasing levels of employee engagement
A number of prestigious awards
Customer recognition for our approach and
progress
Culture Shift
Transferable life skills
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Thank you for listening