Is there stress in your workplace – or risk of it? Are you responding appropriately – and as required by law? Whether you are an employer or an employee – or want guidance for tacking stress at home – it is important that you know the causes of stress, its consequences, and what actions you can take to control, manage and minimise it.

About this course

The course explains the sources of stress in the workplace and our body’s responses to it – emotional, behavioural and physical.

It looks in detail at how stress is covered in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, and the HSE’s risk assessments and management standards. And you get tips for how to minimise stress both at work and at home.

You will automatically get a course certificate on course completion – with your name, the CPD hours, the date and learning objectives.

Audience

This course is suitable for all employees and employers in the UK. Although work related stress can be experienced by anyone, in any industry, studies have shown that people in public service industries show higher levels of stress. These are people such as:

• Healthcare workers
• Teaching professionals
• Those in business
• Media professionals
• And other public service professionals

Objectives

Once you’ve completed this course, you’ll have a knowledge of:

• What work related stress is
• The six primary sources of workplace stress and methods for managing them
• The emotional, behavioural and physical responses to stress
• How stress is covered in The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• HSE Management Standards and risk assessments
• How to prevent stress in relation to The Working Time Regulations 1998
• Managing your own stress and how to build resilience

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