Stress Awareness in the Workplace

CPD Approved RoSPA Approved
Stress Awareness in the Workplace
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Stress affects a large proportion of the population and can cause some serious risks to health. Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, all employers must ensure the health and safety of their employees, including minimising the risk of stress-related illness.

This Stress Awareness course aims to show how the root causes of stress can be dealt with successfully, how you can better cope with stressful situations, how employers can adapt the workplace to improve employee welfare and outlines how Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming can be used to control the level of stress you experience.

This online Stress Awareness training also provides a range of useful and practical ways and strategies in which both employers and employees can deal with stress and reduce it to a manageable level. 

This course was last audited on: 10th Feb 2023
  • Ensures employer compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
  • Matches the CIEH Stress Awareness syllabus
  • Designed by Experts in Stress Management
  • Accredited by CPD and Assured by RoSPA Qualifications
  • Fully online course and assessment with no time limits
  • Full audio voiceover
  • Approximate Duration: 2-3 hours
  • Same day digital certificate. Printed certificate posted the next working day

Aims of the course

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

  • Identify the symptoms of stress.
  • Explain what is meant by stress and work-related stress.
  • Explain the typical causes of stress in the workplace and at home.
  • Undergo a stress risk assessment.
  • Understand the importance of controlling stress and know how to cope with stress when it arises.
  • Identify what changes can be made in the workplace and at home in order to deal with the causes and effects of stress.
  • Understand more about the talking therapies that can help overcome stress.


Certification

CPD Approved
RoSPA Approved

All of our courses are accredited by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to universally accepted Continuing Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

This course is also assured by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents through their RoSPA Qualifications Assurance System, as providing up-to-date, quality and content-approved training.

On successful completion of the course you will be sent a quality assured certificate through the post the next working day. This can be used to provide evidence for compliance and audit. 


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Course content

ModuleDescription
1Identifying Stress

Are you stressed? Reasons for stress, stress definitions, stress symptoms and facts about stress and health.

2Dealing With Causes of Stress

Evaluating stress, changing the work environment, changing the home environment, assuming responsibility, conflict resolution, anger management and time management.

3Work Related Stress

Causes of work related stress, how to identify stressed employees, benefits of managing stress, what the law says, stress risk assessments, HSE Management Standards and how to reduce stress in the workplace.

4Coping With Stress

Fight or flight, relaxation exercises, taking time out, building self-esteem, motivation, diet and physical activity.

5Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

What is cognitive behavioural therapy? Neuro-linguistic programming, problem solving therapy, positive and negative thinking and expanding your comfort zone.


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Assessment

The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will be asked 12 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 75%. The answers are marked automatically so you will instantly know whether you have passed. If you don't pass don't worry! You can take the test as many times as you need with no extra charge.


Who should take this course?

This Stress Awareness course is suitable for people of all levels and backgrounds, both professional and non-professional. Employers will benefit from this course as it raises awareness of compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and provides practical ways in which the workplace can be adapted to reduce levels of occupational stress.

This course is also suitable for individual learners who wish to learn more about how they can cope with and manage their stress on a personal basis. The course provides practical advice and strategies to actively reduce personal stress levels.


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