Occupational health
All employers have a legal duty of care towards their employees. Any area related to the well-being of your staff should be considered as an occupational health issue. Taking occupational health seriously within the workplace can also bring a wide range of business benefits for your company. Lower absenteeism, improved office relationships, and external relationships with customers and suppliers, improved productivity and reduced staff turnover can all be achieved if occupational health is seen as important.
Some of the important occupational health issues to consider are:
- stress
- repetitive strain injury or work-related upper limb disorders
- back pain
- bullying, discrimination and harassment by other staff, managers or members of the public, for example, customers and suppliers
- the control of hazardous substances
- heat, light and noise
ProTherapy can help your company, and your employees, by addressing issues such as excessive pressure in the workplace, work concerns or personal problems, work-life balance, violence, bullying and harassment that may result in psychological problems.
Having identified the work-related problem, the client company would make a referral to ProTherapy and an appointment would be arranged for the employee to be seen in the clinic, thereby respecting the need for confidentiality with all parties concerned.
The main focus of psychological support is to enable the company, and the client, to generate solutions to problems that are currently a barrier to a good working environment.