Turnbull, Peter

Wass, Victoria

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Austerity and Wellbeing in Policing: A Case Study of a Wellness ProgrammeCardiff Business School (CARBS)Professor Peter TurnbullDr Victoria WassESRC/BAM Manchester May 2014ESRC Award No ES/K0056181/1Time for Justice Surveys of Inspecting ranks England and Wales (January 2011) and Scotland (September 2011) Response rates 52% and 40%(5,000 responses) Hours of work, recording hours of work, motivation for long hours of work, adverse health and social effects 1/3rd completed free text questions ESRC KEO focus on long hours of work and wellbeing involving OSH and HR professionalsIndividual and OrganisationalResponsibilities towards Well-being“individuals have a fundamental responsibility to look after their own health, but this demands an understanding of how individuals’ perceive the risks to their health”“employers bear the primary responsibility for establishing the conditions and practices in the workplace which minimise the likelihood of people being made ill by their jobs” … and in so doing to … “move beyond the traditional health and safety agenda” Dame Carol Black (2008) Working for a Healthier Tomorrow, London: TSOSome ‘Key’ FindingsNormalisation of long hours so that long hours become accepted and unchallengedPromotion offered as a reward for long hoursInequity across job roles – time greedy roles in CID and neighbourhood policing. Shift work becomes attractive.Hours gap – under-recording of actual hours, poor practice and incomplete record Health gap – under-recording of adverse health effectsThe Role of Middle ManagersVulnerable in any re-organisation (Redman et al 1997, BUPA, 2013)Critical to success of re-organisation (Caless)Commonly cited source of stress at work (CIPD People Management March 2014)Middle mangers consistently the least resilient in any organisation (Robertson Cooper)“the best health adjustment that you can make for someone who is under too much pressure is to give them a great line manager” (Work Foundation)HRM, Wellbeing and PerformanceHRMPerformanceCycle 3WellbeingCommon Well-being PoliciesToken responses – bananas, gym membership, yoga, meditationMore comprehensive Employee Assistance Programmes Don’t uncover or address underlying causes of well-being deficit Well-being and Resilience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!Increasing demands Reduced supply Community Needs (crime control, order maintenance, social service) Service Delivery (Comprehensive Spending Review, Force reorganisation) HUMAN RESOURCES  Officer Numbers  X  Officer Capacity Individual Resilience  Organisational Resilience Source: adapted from Vila and Samuels (2011: 803) !Stoicism Service Support Wellbeing Figure 1. Resilience and the ‘tipping point’ Adverse Effects of Long Hours of Work% Inspectors reporting adverse effects on …England and Wales Jan 2011ScotlandSept 2011Health 44.3 38.5Sleep - 52.1Energy levels - 54.1Work relationships 12.2 11.1Family relationships 53.0 56.8Social life 44.0 50.6Community activities - 21.5Personal hobbies and fitness - 56.8N 4,589 449A Case Study Wellness Programme ‘Pre-emptive’ programmePersonal Wellness ProfileTeam Wellness profile (line managers)Strategic management link KPIs to wellness reporting (SMTs)Outcomes and Reflections Implemented September 2009 Austerity from June 2010 Impact 1 Difficult to implement wellness programme due to cut backs. Low participation in PWPs and poor training of line managers (Inspecting Ranks). Impact 2 Extreme pressure on performance starts a downward cycle on wellbeing (Route 1 and cycle 3 in Figure 1). Adds to work tasks of already hard pressed line managers Hygiene factors undermined (health, safety and working conditions) so wellbeing and performance are undermined   

Austerity and well-being in policing: a case study of a local wellness programme

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