About Stress Away
The Stress Away programme provides your company with a complete stress and anxiety solution which complies to HSE guidelines, is executed with no disruption to work schedules and no diversion of company resources, once you have joined, we do the rest - We take care of stress so you can take care of business.
Experienced
The Stress Away team are highly experienced in the field of stress and anxiety elimination. For over a decade, we have provided more than 100,000 clients worldwide with stress and anxiety elimination programmes and dedicated specialist support from our centres in the UK, USA, Spain and Germany.
Our Stress Away programme is designed to assist your employee by recognising, addressing, and eliminating the causes of stress and anxiety e.g. bullying and harassment, redundancy, bereavement, domestic violence, mental health problems, financial problems, relationship issues etc.
Removing these root causes helps the employee to get back to work fast; in turn your organisation benefits due to:
- Reduce stress-related absenteeism
- Compliance with HSE guidelines
- Avoidance of costly litigation
- Increased employee morale
- Improved employee/manager relationship
Committed
Stress Away are committed to identifying and reducing workplace stressors and the symptoms which arise from resultant conditions, on behalf of our client organisations, including the physical manifestations of stress, anxiety, panic attacks, phobias and OCD.
The Stress Away programme is administered directly to the affected individual, while the workshop training at a managerial level by our team of occupational psychologists, prepares managers to identify and react appropriately when an employee requires assistance.
Confidential
Contact between our counsellors and the employee will remain confidential at all times, unless written authority is provided by the employee directly. We will provide programme user statistics to the employer, however, this data will not include user details which might breech client confidentiality or trust. The name and any other identifying details will remain confidential at all times even after programme participation ceases.
Our Team
Our support staff consists of trained Occupational Psychologists, consultants and counsellors with vast experience of stress and anxiety related conditions. Charles Linden, company CEO, heads up the company and Jules Farrington-Griffiths coordinates the Stress Away programme from our HQ in Worcestershire. Head of Support Jenny Brookes, MSc BSc, coordinates our workshop programme and heads up our team of support personnel and occupational psychologists.
Our Stress Away Programme includes:
1. The combined stress and anxiety disorder elimination programmes
These simple to use and effective programmes lead the user through to total recovery; both programmes are delivered electronically and printed versions are available on request.
Every employee within your organisation will be entitled to:
- Immediate access to the Stress Away Programme
- Access to The Linden Method – The targeted anxiety elimination programme for sufferers of Generalised Anxiety Disorder, OCD, Social Phobia, Agoraphobia and PTSD. This will be sent directly to the employee's home address should it be deemed to be beneficial by our Stress and Anxiety Specialists.
- Access to our team of Stress and Anxiety specialists, who will provide telephone and email support for staff affected by stress and anxiety caused by either work or external factors. This service is totally confidential
2. Stress and Anxiety Management Workshops
Stress Away deliver structured Management Workshops in stress identification and management, which is included in the programme price. Stress Away's team of occupational psychologists can also deliver bespoke workshops for all managers and supervisory staff*. Some workshop topics covered include: 'Stress Awareness', 'Team Development' and 'Bullying in the Workplace'. Stress Away will discuss with your management, which topics are most appropriate and develop a bespoke programme of workshops to address specific areas of concern. We will produce a bespoke or amended Stress Policy Document, which can be published across your intranet. *Please request a quotation by contacting julie@stress-away.co.uk
3. Support From Trained Specialists
Headed up by our team of consultants, support for all of your employees will be provided by telephone or email, between the hours of 9am and 9pm. Your employees will have full access to our support team; a group of the most experienced and qualified stress and anxiety experts in the world.
4. Management Support
Jenny Brookes, our occupational psychologist will be available, by email, to advise client company management should they require assistance or advice.
5. Stress Policy Document
We will produce a bespoke, HSE compliant, Stress Policy Document for your company to distribute to your staff, outlining the steps you are taking to eliminate workplace stress within your business.
6. Quarterly Statistics
You will receive quarterly statistics for your company's Stress Away programme usage in order for you to monitor how your company and employees are benefiting from the Stress Away Programme.