This article takes you through the variety of wellbeing initiatives in place at OG to support you in the workplace.
📞Company Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – Care first📞
We value your health & wellbeing immensely & have therefore partnered with Care first, the market leading EAP provider, to support you with emotional issues and practical advice.
Click to view the Care first guide – explaining the full range of services available & how to access them.
- You can call Care first 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It’s confidential & free – telephone no. 0800 174 319 📞
- Access the comprehensive Lifestyle platform, for a variety of useful articles, webinars & other resources written by experts – (username: OGM001 / password: Employee365) 💻
- Enjoy access to My Possible Self, a really useful app that can help you manage your mental health more effectively 💛
💙Able Futures - supporting mental health at work💙
This service can provide you with nine months confidential, no cost advice and guidance from a mental health professional – to help you cope with work while you manage a mental health condition such as anxiety, depression, or stress.
The journey of support
How can I apply?
If you’re interested in finding out more about Able Futures & the mental health support they provide -
📱 call for free on 0800 321 3137 (from 8am to 10.30pm, Monday to Friday) or,
🌐apply online (www.able-futures.co.uk).
Free Webinars
Able Futures host a variety of wellbeing webinars throughout the year. HR will share details of the webinars with all staff via the OG Teams channel.
There is also a library of previous webinars records - Click here to view the library.
🍵Time to Talk Sessions🍵
As a company, we host regular Time to Talk Sessions throughout the year in the office. All staff are welcome to join for tea, snacks, and wellbeing related conversation and activities. We post the details of scheduled Time to Talk sessions in Teams (Oxford Global – GLOBE). Please keep an eye out for these posts, and feel free to speak to your manager or HR if you have any questions.
📖OG Library📖
All staff are welcome to make use of the books in our OG library. We have a variety of books (fiction & non-fiction), as well as a great selection on the topic of mental health & general wellbeing. The OG library is located in the Boardroom.
Our current selection of books on mental health & general wellbeing:
- Anxiety for Beginners - author: Eleanor Morgan
- The Colour of Madness, mental health & race in technicolour - author: Dr Samara Linton & Rianna Walcott
- Happy - author: Fearne Cotton
- Live Well Every Day - author: Dr Alex George
- Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? - author: Dr Julie Smith
- Menopausing - author: Davina McCall
💚Wellbeing Wednesdays💚
Keep an eye out for our fortnightly Wellbeing Wednesday posts in Teams (Oxford Global – GLOBE), where we share tips, ideas, & useful resources on topics surrounding the Four Pillars of Wellbeing - Physical Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing, Financial Wellbeing, & Social Wellbeing. Please speak to HR if you have any questions, or suggestions for wellbeing topics that you would like us to cover.
Wellbeing Wednesdays - library of archived posts
Visit our Wellbeing Wednesday subcategory to view a library of our archived posts.
💉Flu Jabs💉
We’re delighted to offer FREE flu jab vouchers.
Speak to HR for more information!
🏋️Gym Memberships - Oxford Brookes🏋️
On passing probation, all permanent staff can use Brookes sport facilities in Botley and Headington on the company membership scheme. With the scheme, staff have access to:
- Free access to campus gym anytime
- Discounts on facility bookings and lessons
- Fitness classes for free, 1-week advance booking
- Free swimming and steam room / sauna
- Free squash, badminton and table tennis courts, 1-week advance booking
- More info at: http://www.brookes.ac.uk/brookes-sport/
To sign up, please visit the website, click “Join Now” and register as a "Pay As You Go" member at https://www.brookes.ac.uk/brookes-sport/memberships/pay-as-you-go or in person at either Brookes Sport Botley/Headington.
Please then email your membership number to r.hickman@oxfordglobal.com and we will set-up your membership on our scheme. You can then collect your card on-site at either campus.
- Your membership card It is strictly for your use only, and all staff must swipe their cards when entering the facilities.
- Gym/sports facilities lunch breaks will always be 90 minutes starting at 12.00 and finishing at 1.30pm. The extra half hour must be made up on the same day.
- Max of 3 gym/sports facilities lunch breaks may be taken by any one person per week.
- Any costs not provided for by the company membership are your responsibility.
🏠Hybrid Working🏠
Recognising the benefits that working from home can bring to staff, including a better work-life balance, the Company allow all permanent staff to work from home on a hybrid basis (meaning that staff can split working between home and the office). On passing probation, staff are able to begin working remotely 2 days a week (this is at the discretion of your manager, and all teams have set core days in the office).
For more information, please visit our Working from Home policy in our Employee Handbook (pages 41 - 42).
🗣️Return to work/welfare meetings🗣️
When you return to work following an instance of sick leave, your manager will meet with you to carry out a return to work meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss in more detail the reason for your sick leave, check you are fit to work, and to understand if you need any additional support for your return to work. During this meeting, your manager will also refer to your sickness absence levels for the last 12 month rolling period and will discuss with you any potential concerns, triggers, or trends.