BrisDoc Staff Wellness Action Plan (WAP)
A WAP reminds us of what we need to do to stay well at work and details what our line managers can do to better support us.
It also helps us develop an awareness of our working style, stress triggers and responses, and enables us to communicate these to our manager.
The information in this form will be held confidentially and regularly reviewed by you and your line manager together. You only need to provide information that you are confortable sharing and that relates to your role and workplace. This form is not a legal documents but it can help you and your manager to agree, together, how to practically support you in your role and address any health needs.
It is the responsibility of the employer to ensure that data gathered in this form will be kept confidential and will not be shared with anyone without the permission of the staff member. Certain circumstances may require confidentiality to be broken – see the confidentiality statement in the template document.
The questions in the template should be completed accompanying a conversation with your manager. The topics cover:
- What helps you stay mentally healthy at work?
- What can your manager do to proactively support you to stay mentally healthy at work?
- Are there any situations at work that can trigger poor mental health for you?
- How might experiencing poor mental health impact on your work?
- Are there any early warning signs that we might notice when you are starting to experience poor mental health?
- What support could be put in place to minimise triggers or help you to
manage the impact? - Are there elements of your individual working style or temperament that it is worth your manager being aware of?
- If we notice early warning signs that you are experiencing poor mental health – what should we do?
- What steps can you take if you start to experience poor mental health at work? Is there anything we need to do to facilitate them?