Manage employees’ health and wellbeing
URN: INSHR011
Business Sectors (Suites): Human Resources
Developed by: Instructus
Approved on:
2025
Overview
This standard is about managing employees’ health and wellbeing. It is essential to put in place appropriate strategies for managing health and wellbeing of your employees. It includes designing and communicating relevant strategies, gaining commitment from senior decision-makers, providing support to both individuals and managers, evaluating health and wellbeing strategies to inform continuous improvement.
This standard is for HR professionals who are involved in the management of health and wellbeing of their employees.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
- identify current and emerging trends, innovations and best practice relating to employees’ health and wellbeing
- design health and wellbeing strategies that meet organisational needs
- get commitment from senior decision makers to health and wellbeing strategies
- communicate health and wellbeing strategies to employees
- advise and support managers in operating health and wellbeing strategies
- support individual employees in resolving health and wellbeing issues
- promote health and wellbeing practices and encourage all employees to share their views, opinions and concerns
- maintain confidentiality and respect to sensitive information shared by employees
- identify legislative changes that may impact health and wellbeing strategies
- evaluate effectiveness of health and wellbeing strategies, assessing their impact on all areas of the organisation
- make suggestions for continuous improvement of the organisation’s health and wellbeing strategies
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
- your organisational strategies, values, goals and objectives
- the sectors in which your organisation operates and the market factors impacting on its performance
- the sources of specialist information and expertise and how to access it
- how to identify current and emerging trends, innovations and best practice relating to employees’ health and wellbeing
- the importance of managing mental health and inclusion
- the role health and wellbeing in your organisation’s values and priorities
- how to design health and wellbeing strategies to meet organisational needs
- the benefits of health and wellbeing strategies to your organisation
- how to gain commitment from senior decision makers in their contribution to health and wellbeing strategies
- the methods of communicating health and wellbeing strategies to all employees
- the relevant techniques of advising and supporting managers in operating health and wellbeing strategies
- how to support individuals in resolving health and wellbeing issues
- how to accommodate workplace adjustments for employees requiring these
- the sources of information on legislative requirements
- the evaluation methods for effectiveness of health and wellbeing strategies on the organisation and employees
- the principles of agility, continuous improvement and business partnering needs
- the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) practices
- the relevant data protection regulation
Scope/range
Scope Performance
Scope Knowledge
Values
Behaviours
Skills
Glossary
Links To Other NOS
External Links
Version Number
1
Indicative Review Date
2030
Validity
Current
Status
Original
Originating Organisation
Instructus
Original URN
CFAHR15
Relevant Occupations
Personnel, Training and Industrial Relations Managers , Personnel and industrial relations officers
SOC Code
4136
Keywords
Human resources; HR; manage health; manage wellbeing