Alcohol, health, wellbeing and work – Getting the balance right

Ensuring effective alcohol awareness and support for employees and managers

Aim

To provide HR, H&S, Health and Wellbeing, and Occ Health leads with practical knowledge and strategies to develop alcohol awareness initiatives, managerial development and alcohol support systems for your workforce.

Areas covered

• Raising alcohol awareness at work – evidence based approaches recommended by NICE
• Supporting managers to identify problems – how to build confidence and openness
• Alcohol and Healthy Workplaces initiatives – examples of workplace alcohol awareness campaigns and events to raise awareness
• Supporting alcohol dependent employees – case example from Transport from London (to be confirmed)

Putting it all together – developing an action plan based on organisational need and culture.

Learning outcome

By the end of the session, attendees will be able to identify the practical steps they can take back to their organisation and will have appraised the best solutions for their workforce.

The workshop will outline a number of free national tools, resources and guides that have been developed on alcohol at work and will include a mix of presentation, small group work and discussion.

Questions?

Please email businesshealthy@cityoflondon.gov.uk for any further information. If your query is urgent please email zoe.tansey@cityoflondon.gov.uk