Director’s Blog – Lisa Charlotte Davis
Shine North East is an accreditation scheme aimed at recognising employers who lead with fairness, opportunity and respect.
The very first stage of the scheme requires employers to evidence that they have:
✨ The functions in place to support employee’s positive mental health (e.g., de-stigmatising, open culture, identifying risks, early prevention).
✨ Training for managers to spot the signs and respond.
✨ Plans or policies in place that support common triggers of mental health decline, including awareness of domestic abuse and provision of information sources for employees.
✨ Risk assessment processes ensuring employees and contractors are safe, including procedures for raising the alarm.
✨ Policies or actions to ensure employees and contractors are protected from sexual harassment on or off the premises.
It is really brilliant to see this commitment to supporting employees and we’re really chuffed that a recording of our Demystifying Domestic Abuse webinar has been uploaded to the Shine website as an employer resource in recognition of the 16 days of activism.
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