Tackling workplace stress
Stress is the number one cause of ill health at work. Knowing what it is and what causes it is the first step to tackilng it successfully!
Introduction
This BECTU course is based on the idea that there is such a thing as stress (many employers are in denial) and that the way many people work contributes to the stress they are under - and can make them ill!
This is not a course about how to cope with stress or manage it - there are many courses that offer these. This course is dedicated to identifying what causes workplace stress and what can be done about it. In particular, the course will examine in detail how to use health and safety legislation to tackle stress. You will also, learn how to involve colleagues in campaigning to reduce and eliminate the causes of stress.
Key Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will:
- Understand contemporary definitions of stress
- Understand the causes of stress including those at work
- Be aware of the signs and symptoms of stress
- Improve your knowledge of health and safety legislation as it relates to stress
- Know how risk assessment relates to stress
- Develop team working and problem solving skills
- Be more confident organising with colleagues to tackle the causes of workplace stress
Resources
Course flyer 
Application form
Letter to employer
Course reader
Links
Health & Safety Executive (HSE) guide to stress
HSE guide to the standards to be met managing the risk of stress at work
The 'Whitehall Study' into the causes of workplace stress
Next course
The current timetable of courses can be found here