1. Working with Employers
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Working with Employers
Tom Renhard, TTC Bristol Hub
Sharan Jones, TTC Nottingham Hub
Karen Shaw, TTC Employers Team

2. Employer’s Workstream – Bristol Hub
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Employer’s Workstream – Bristol Hub
By Tom Renhard, Liz Andrews & Lynn Stanley
Hubs Networking Event (South)
4th July 2019

3. About the hub

4. Engaging with Employers
What we have been doing
Press releases around the launch of the hub
Employer’s Pledge signing by Bristol City Council with Mayor call out to Employer’s involved in One City Plan
One City Plan – three ambitions in the pledge
Promotion through Thrive Bristol – Thriving at Work workstream
Engagement with the CCG
Dedicated web page for information about the hub
Working closely with Business West
Promotion through social media and overseeing / working with action plans.

5. Engaging with Employers
What’s working well:
Already established group supported by WellBeans – quarterly employment forum (following on from a conference at City Hall in March 2017)
September 2018 workshop – Time to Change Employer Pledge Workshop
Going out to businesses – October 2018 Cabot Circus business
Support from the national team
September 2019 – masterclass for those who are signed
Offering training - CCG

6. Impact of work The hub in numbers
24 employers (20 in Bristol) signed up to the Employer’s pledge (including some employers in South Glos with large number of employees in Bristol)
8 have signed since start of 2019 (Babcock DST / Bristol City Council / Bristol Rovers / Care Forum / Ovo Energy / Sawdays / Speed Communications / St Monica’s Trust)
1 more have had action plan signed off and are due to formally sign in the coming weeks (CCG)
5 further employers due to sign by March 2020

7. Overcoming challenges
Issues to consider:
Capacity and resources within employers (large / SME)
Can be overwhelming for employers – break it down
Recognise it is about meeting employers where they are at – it’s about building on their work
Provide reassurance about process
Support action planning process
Initial planning meeting with employer
Small level of resource to bring people along process
Think about engaging with whole employer – not just HR!

8. Case Studies Bristol Rovers
First time going through this sort of process
Small employer – circa 100 employees
Engagement via HR
Initially detailed work done to support action planning process
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
Initial approach with Communications and Engagement team
Supported development of action plan and will deliver training
Discussion ongoing with CCG about how they can embed this with services they commission

9. Doing things differently?
Increase capacity and resources to reach more employers.
Ensuring everyone is on the same page – London are a small team so bear this in mind when communicating.
Clearer boundaries and expectations – where work of local hub stops and where national team starts.
Activities don’t need to stop with employers you are working with whilst waiting for action plan to be signed off – lots of resources available!
Do remember that not everyone has heard of Time to Change (although we would like to think otherwise!), so you may need to explain about the work to employers before diving into the pledge!

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Thank You

11. Nottingham Time to Change
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Nottingham Time to Change
Sharan Jones
Health and Wellbeing Partnerships Manager
Nottingham City Council
Thursday 4 July 2019

12. What has worked well Getting our own house in order!
Having workplace champions (who are also community champions) attend the workshops
Working with other council departments eg environmental health or employment colleagues
Picking the phone up to organisations
A more relaxed approach to workshop delivery
Making it local – let employers know of local mental health support

15. Challenges Time delays Expectations of employers
Commitment by senior managers to pledge - getting the action plan completed is another story
IT letting us down – don’t rely on it!

16. What would we do differently…
We keep learning… and adapting every new session
Manage expectations better
Get the different pledge sections numbered!

17. Next Steps for NTTC Employer Pledge
Continue with workshops
Allow an extra hour at the end to deal with individual queries
Consider some themed workshops for particular employer groups eg care homes
Establish strong links with other mental health training for employers eg through the Midlands Engine and Nottingham Citizens
Develop a local network of workplace champions

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Thank You