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Essex Working Well

Essex Working Well are part of the Essex Wellbeing Service, which is commissioned by Essex County Council to provide workplaces in Essex with free workplace health and wellbeing support. Their main offer is the Working Well Accreditation, which recognises workplace commitment to health and wellbeing. The accreditation has three different levels, with each level involving working towards a completing an increasing number of actions. These actions are centred around the things that we do as an organisation to promote, educate, and support employee health and wellbeing, such as policies, promotional campaigns and activities.

We are working towards our Level 3 Working Well Accreditation, following our achievement of Level 1 in November 2023 and Level 2 in March 2025.

As part of this, we are able to offer Essex employees access to Essex Working Well’s range of e-learning and webinars, which are all aimed at improving employee wellbeing. Essex Working Well also offer support to quit smoking. 

Essex Working Well update their events, webinars and training opportunities every week on their website. To access the newsletter, you will need to provide the password WeeklyUpdate24. Select events and webinars are also listed on the EDI Calendar.

To attend some of their sessions you will need to create an account, where you be asked to provide the details of the WHC Lead. The WHC Lead is Occupational Health, ohquery@essex.ac.uk. 

eLearning

Essex Working Well's eLearning modules include comprehensive resources and links and should take no longer than 45 minutes to complete. There is no need to book, these can be undertaken at a time to suit you. eLearning is available in area such as: 

  • Personal development, such as boundaries and self-care, stress and seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
  • Supporting those with disabilities by demystifying disability and looking at long-term medical conditions. 
  • Disability-specific - autism spectrum conditions, specific learning differences, hearing impairment and visual impairment 

The Essex Working Well website has a full list of eLearning modules, for access enter WorkingWell2022. 

Manager training 

Essex Working Well provide modules specifically aimed at managers, which can help with having difficult conversations and supporting employees, including:

There is a full list of manager training available - password for access is WWManagerstraining

 

Stop Smoking Support

As part of our partnership with Essex Working Well, we are are able to promote a fast-track NHS Stop Smoking Support programme for those who wish to become smokefree. 

If you're ready to stop smoking, or want to cut back by switching to a vape or nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products, you can self-refer to a trained adviser who can discuss options and provide the following support:

  • Cut Back to Stop – FREE Vape Starter Kit and 12-week support from a member of the Essex Working Well Stop Smoking Service
  • Full Stop Smoking Support – you can access 1:1 support and a range of stop smoking aids i.e. NRT products, oral products and the Alan Carr’s Easy Way (a CBT programme)

The programme consists of weekly 1:1 telephone support, at a time that suits you. 

Stop Smoking Self-Referral flyer (.pdf) 

 

Also see
Essex Working Well - weekly update (password required)
eLearning links (password required)
Employee Assistance Programme
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Contact us
Occupational Health team
Telephone: 01206 872399

  • University of Essex
  • Wivenhoe Park
  • Colchester CO4 3SQ

 

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