IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing

The IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing training course from IOSH puts the focus on employee wellbeing and creating a culture to improve your organisations mental health.

Modern health and safety courses touch on mental health in the workplace, but with more and more research showing just how big an impact mental health issues are having on business success, managers need effective training to allow them to push your culture, and your business performance, forwards. The IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing course will support senior staff in developing and promoting activities and policies that encourage and support healthy behaviours in the workplace.

Why this course?

The IOSH report 'The Healthy Profit' found that sickness absence due to mental ill health alone costs the UK economy more than £8billion per year. This course is a great first step to improving your organisation culture around mental ill health, reducing the cost of mental ill health to your business, while promoting healthier staff.

If you’re looking to get the benefits of a course focussed on improving the health and wellbeing of your staff, choose a course approved by one of the largest health and safety bodies in the world, and developed with help from the Faculty of Occupational Health Nursing Development Group.

Who is it for?

• Anyone in, or about to be in, a management or supervisor role
• Any industry
• No entry requirements

The course isn’t industry-specific; it teaches managers and supervisors about the importance of wellbeing in the workplace, and how to improve health and wellbeing in your organisation.

Courses Include

• 1 day classroom-based tuition, you’ll learn alongside others sharing their own experiences
• IOSH validation
• Moderation and assessment fees
• Certification
• Workbook
• All materials

During the 1 day training you’ll take part in thought provoking discussions and be encouraged to share your own experiences. The course includes typical scenarios you may have experienced or are likely to in the future.

Course Syllabus

The course covers the following:

• Module 1: A Healthy Company
  This module focuses on why it makes good business sense to manage workplace health and wellbeing.
• Module 2: Health Risk Management
  Module 2 gives delegates the knowledge of different health hazard categories and the type of health hazard in each category. In addition, this module covers the causes of these health hazards and their impact on health.
• Module 3: Fitness For Work
  Understand the types of personal or health conditions that affect fitness for work and the importance of managing the fluctuations in people’s health status. Learn how to assess and manage the impact of personal and health conditions on employees.
• Module 4: Wellbeing
  Module 4 explains the aims and benefits of the promotion of a wellbeing programme that can influence and add value to an organisation.

Course Details

Some key details of the IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing course:

• A short but high impact course (five hours and 45 minutes of face-to-face contact)
• First-class content, with technical guidance from leading subject matter experts
• Developed with employers, providing practical business focused tools and techniques
• Flexibility to deliver the course either in-house or as a scheduled public course
• No jargon or off-putting legal language
• Clear scenarios that people can relate to

Benefits for You the Delegate

• Ensures you can manage health risks

Understand health risks beyond the obvious risks to employee’s safety.

• Ensure you understand your own responsibilities for health and wellbeing and why it makes good business sense

Where do you, the manager come in, and how can taking an active interest in your team’s wellbeing bring you better results.

• Manage fluctuations in people’s health status and assess fitness for work

You’ll examine the different types of non-work related conditions and how they can affect performance and fitness for work.

• Empowers you to measure your own performance and the performance of the company as a whole

Put together a health risk assessment across five health hazard categories and come back to work with an action plan to monitor health risks.

Benefits for Your Business

• Practical advice and tools for managers to create a healthy and productive place of work

IOSH courses aim to give delegates some practical skills to take back to the workplace and implement immediately.

• Improved health and wellbeing awareness across the organisation

The knowledge and awareness gained through this wellbeing training course will filter through your organisation.

• Fewer hours lost due to ill-health and reduced presenteeism, resulting in greater productivity

How many hours are staff members at work but not performing their best because of mental health strains they are trying to deal with. Learn how to alleviate these pressures to improve the wellbeing of your team and increase performance.

• Internationally recognised certification for managers and supervisors

IOSH is recognised around the world and is one of the leading bodies working towards advancing the health, safety and wellbeing of people in the workplace.

• Enhanced reputation within the supply chain, with customers and other stakeholders

The last few years has seen a surge in mental health awareness as people start to realise just how big a problem mental ill health can be to people and organisations as a whole. As your supply chain and customers become more aware of this, you as a business need to stay relevant.

Please download the course over view brochure below, easy to print and email if you need to share course information with a manager or colleague. If you would like a brochure sent to you please fill out the form and a brochure will be with you within a couple of working days.

Please download the course over view brochure below, easy to print and email if you need to share course information with a manager or colleague. If you would like a brochure sent to you please fill out the form and a brochure will be with you within a couple of working days.

IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing is now available via elearning from Project Skills Solutions.

Complete the IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing certificate at your own pace in your own time through our elearning platform. Access online through your web browser on multiple devices – you can even learn on the go using your smart phone.

You can read all about our elearning course in detail here.

How does the elearning work?

Once you purchase your course, you’ll gain instant access to it. Follow the instructions in your registration email to set a password then log in and you can get started!

Follow the modules through, completing mini assessments, knowledge checks and activities as you progress.

If you ever need support you can use the online chat 9-5 or leave a message out of hours and our team will respond within 1 working day.

What does the course include?

Everything you need to gain the IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing certificate is included in your course price.

• All certificate and registration fees
• Full access to the elearning course content and system (for 6 months)
• Full support throughout your course via phone, email and online chat
• Access to the final online assessment via our platform

Who should complete IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing?

The IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing course is aimed at managers, supervisors, and Human Resource staff to name a few. Anyone with responsible for people would benefit from taking this course. Staff are a company’s most important asset. Learn how to manage occupational health and wellbeing for the benefit of everyone. If you have already completed the IOSH Managing Safely course, this training complements it by going into more detail about occupational health, implementing and devising whole staff wellbeing strategies and runs through step-by-step best practice for talking to staff about health and wellbeing issues as well as staff returning to work from illness.

Why choose IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing?

Opting for the IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing course is a smart choice. This training course will equip you with valuable knowledge and skills for looking after the health and well-being of employees in the workplace. It’s not just about following rules; it’s about creating a safe and healthy work environment for everyone. Demonstrating a commitment to employee well-being can boost employee morale and retention, creating a positive work culture that contributes to the long-term success of your organisation.

Elearning IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing Course Content

The IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing elearning course follows the same syllabus as the classroom course and is fully approved and audited by IOSH themselves.

The course modules follow the same structure and the content has been updated and adapted to suit the elearning delivery. Throughout your course, you’ll complete activities to reinforce learning, take part in scenarios and knowledge checks throughout to prepare yourself for the multiple-choice assessment at the end.

The IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing eLearning course is split into four modules:

• Module 1: A Healthy Company
  This module focuses on why it makes good business sense to manage workplace health and wellbeing.
• Module 2: Health Risk Management
  Module 2 gives delegates the knowledge of different health hazard categories and the type of health hazard in each category. In addition, this module covers the causes of these health hazards and their impact on health.
• Module 3: Fitness For Work
  Understand the types of personal or health conditions that affect fitness for work and the importance of managing the fluctuations in people’s health status. Learn how to assess and manage the impact of personal and health conditions on employees.
• Module 4: Wellbeing
  Module 4 explains the aims and benefits of the promotion of a wellbeing programme that can influence and add value to an organisation.

Save money and improve your company culture and performance with an onsite IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbing course.

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Use the calculator below to get an instant estimate of your onsite course, we'll come to you and deliver your IOSH course using examples from your organisation and industry. Managers and supervisors can learn together and all buy in to the improvements your business is looking for.

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Use our tool without entering personal details, you are under no obligation to book your course. If you would like to confirm your price and get your course booked at a convenient date send your estimate off to our team. Our team of trainers can accommodate most dates even at short notice with no extra charge.
Our calculator works a price based on a maximum of 12 delegates per course, if you would like to put more than 12 delegates on a single session please contact us and we can make arrangements.

Tailored IOSH Course

Content throughout the course can be tailored towards your company and industry, we can even use real case studies from your business. Your delegates still earn the same internationally recognised qualification.

• Save over £500
• Train with your colleagues
• Train at a time and date that suits you
• Flexible content targeted towards your organisation
• Delegates experience applying skills in a familiar environment
• No extra travel costs for staff
• Confidentiality – company examples can be used during training

Please download the course over view brochure below, easy to print and email if you need to share course information with a manager or colleague. If you would like a brochure sent to you please fill out the form and a brochure will be with you within a couple of working days.