Wellbeing

When it comes to wellbeing, we put our people first

We’re committed to providing integrated health and wellbeing for all of our people whatever their working environment. Why? So we can support everyone at MTC to be their best, which will ensure they’re also providing the best support to service users and young people.

And, just as importantly, so that we can help everyone who works here create a healthy work-life balance.

Our Wellbeing Strategy is designed to make wellbeing part of everyday life. It’s driven by directors, managers, colleagues, unions and more. All of which means it’s able to promote a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to our people, it can monitor how well we’re doing in implementing those initiatives, and it helps us develop and fund new initiatives.

After all, being the difference means being your best – and here are some of the initiatives that can help you do just that.

Employee Assistance Programme - We’ve partnered with Health Assured to provide a 24 hour, seven days a week helpline. This is a completely confidential support service which is available to you and your immediate family.

Mental Health First Aiders - We now have trained Mental Health Aiders across our organisation, and they’re always available if you have any concerns about yourself or a colleagues.

Wellbeing in the City - Samaritans - Wellbeing in the City is a free online learning tool run by the Samaritans that gives employees the skills to intervene when someone is struggling, actively listen and manage difficult conversations. Our people can use it to manage their own mental wellbeing, and can access two bite sized, flexible learning modules.

Employee Wellbeing Ambassadors - Our first Wellbeing Champions meeting was held in January 2019 as a project aimed to share good practice and wellbeing initiatives across our business. As part of the Autumn 2020 re-launch of the Wellbeing Strategy and Framework they were re-named Wellbeing Ambassadors.

Time to Talk - We commit, as an organisation, to fighting the stigma around, and start conversations about mental and emotional wellbeing.

Together Programme - Wellbeing initiative introduced during Covid-19 to bring people together virtually. Supporting and building relationships with those in need or working in isolation.

Managing stress - We’ve developed our own Stress Management Policy here at MTC, and it has been designed to make sure we take a uniform approach to stress management across our organisation. To ensure our people are aware of our policy, we’ve also created an online training module, and you’ll find more about this when you join us.

FUSE - FUSE is our Learning and Development platform which has a library of interactive resources available to support your phyisical, mental and emotional wellbeing. These range from webinars, videos, interactive community groups, articles and peer learning.