Health and wellbeing check-ins are designed to provide colleagues with a regular opportunity to raise any personal or work-related concerns, build their manager’s awareness of wellbeing needs and prompt them to consider what signposting can be done or actions can be taken to ensure a colleague is well-supported.

Designed as a relaxed and casual opportunity for you and your manager to have a chat, ensure that you’re taking care of yourself and make sure that you feel supported by the Trust, check-ins must take place at least annually – something we check with colleagues during annual appraisals. Check-ins can be their own conversations, or could form part of other discussions like 1-to-1’s.

Outputs of a useful check-in might include signposting a colleague to relevant support you have found through sources like the Balance website; agreeing adjustments to your working environment through use of tools like stress risk assessments or passports; completing a wellbeing plan or wellbeing action plan to record discussions and prompt action; or simply helping you feel more comfortable in having these kinds of conversation regularly.

A check-in can take place at any time – this could be over a cup of coffee or in a 1-to-1. Below you can find resources for both colleagues and managers, helping you build a well-rounded understanding of their purpose.