Stress Awareness Training

The aim of this training is to give Managers awareness of stress in the workplace so they know how to recognise and prevent it. There is a legal requirement placed on employers to ensure that stress in the workplace is properly managed and that a risk assessment is undertaken.

Arinite’s Stress Awareness for Managers and Supervisors aims to provide Managers with a better understanding of the causes of stress, the positive actions that can be taken to manage stress and their responsibilities as a Manager.

The course has been developed for Managers and Supervisors at all levels in the organisation to ensure they have the necessary underpinning knowledge to be able to manage stress successfully in their area of responsibility.

Arinite’s Stress Awareness training can help Managers and Supervisors recognise the common causes of stress.

It also informs them of the positive actions they can take to better manage stress, by using a risk assessment approach. The training uses a best practice approach and the latest guidance concerning management competencies and behaviours.

At the end of the training trainees will be able to:

• Describe the difference between stress and pressure.
• Legal requirements and definitions.
• Appreciate the common causes of stress in the workplace and causes outside of work.
• The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Stress Management Standards.
• Appreciate that there are six headings in the stress management standards which should form part of a stress risk assessment.
• Recognise the common signs and symptoms of stress in both themselves and others.
• Appreciate that stress can affect people in different ways.
• Recognise the actions and strategies that can be applied to manage stress.
• Appreciate that Line Managers are the primary point for effective stress management.
• Strategies for managing workplace stress.
• Describe the management competencies outlined in the CIPD and HSE joint publication