Online Wellness and HR Support

Below are resources put together by Devon McHugh, Senior Partnerships Manager and Helen Raggett, Senior Resources Manager, Museums Galleries Scotland. They have highlighted resources that the sector can access for wellness and HR.

Rights, good practice and workplace issues

ACAS (for employees and employers)

Working Families

Advice and support for working parents and carers on their employment rights, Tax Credits and in-work benefits, maternity and paternity leave, flexible working options and maternity discrimination. Includes a section especially for parents of disabled children.

CIPD

While it is aimed at those working in HR, this has loads of factsheets, research, guidance and info in other formats such as podcasts and webinars.

Access to Work

Support to get or stay in work if you have a physical or mental health condition or disability.

Citizens Advice

They also have a free helpline 0800 028 1456

SCVO HR and employment support service (for organisations rather than individuals)

Provides HR and employment support to voluntary sector organisations in Scotland. The service includes a free 1-2-1 HR enquiry service, online guidance, toolkits and webinars. For SCVO members with an annual income of under £500,000 the service also includes access to 2 hours of pro bono employment law advice.

MGS’s Fair Work resources

Useful resources that will help you better understand what Fair Work is and how to implement it into your organisation.

Wellbeing and mental health

Wellbeing Action Plan templates

Wellness Actions Plans are an easy, practical way of helping you to support your own mental health at work. Mind’s guidance and template includes how to use one, how to approach a conversation with your manager, and tips for staying well at work.

Mind

Learn how you can be mentally healthy at work, with suggestions for what you can do and where you can get support if you experience poor mental health.

Robertson Cooper

A range of resources designed to support “Good Days at Work”, including both personal and team wellbeing and resilience.

SAMH: Scottish Association for Mental Health

Works with adults and young people providing mental health social care support.

Mental Health at Work

Links to a huge number of resources and toolkits from a big variety of organisations, which can be filtered by topic, sector, type of role or workplace (remote/on site/mix), size of organisation, type of resource.

Museums Association’s wellbeing hub

Support and resources for workforce and individual wellbeing.