Complete wellbeing offer

As an employee of the council, there is a host of wellbeing support available to you. Our complete wellbeing offer includes services from both internal, and external providers.  

Internal support

We offer a range of internal support and wellbeing services for all our staff, including:

• menopause policy and support: Support for all colleagues experiencing the perimenopause and menopause
• wellbeing champions network: Information about our wellbeing champions across the authority
• employee assistance programme: Free access to emotional and practical support 
• occupational health: Help to keep you well at work, both physically and mentally
• Healthy Workplaces Derbyshire: Information about healthy workplaces
• mental health first aiders: What we're doing to create a culture of positive mental wellbeing
• employee counselling service: Confidential support to help with personal or work related problems
• emotional health and wellbeing: Links and resources to both local and nation support

Live Life Better Derbyshire

Live Life Better Derbyshire is here to help you stay healthy and well, offering a range of free services for all ages.

Available support includes help with:

• stopping smoking: Top tips to help you stop smoking
• weight management: Advice for weight loss and healthy eating
• health and wellbeing MOT: Our online self assessment tool to help you live life better
• getting active: Support for helping you get active
• online support: Apps, videos and other digital resources
• mental wellbeing: Help for a happy, stress free life
• alcohol awareness: Advice and facts around drinking
• healthy families: Family health and wellbeing support
• falls prevention: How to make changes to help you prevent a fall

External support

A number of wellbeing services are also available from external suppliers, you can find more information about external support on our Joined Up Care Derbyshire page.

External services available include:

• physiotherapy services - employees can request up to 6 sessions of physiotherapy following an injury or health condition
• reflective practice - where employees can talk about challenging topics you may have faced
• TRiM (Trauma risk management) - support after experiencing or being exposed to potentially traumatic events
• one-to-one improvement conversation - a conversation aimed at supporting employee's physical and mental health
• Joined Up Care Derbyshire activity timetable - a combination of virtual and in-person wellbeing activities
• health improvement advisors - offering a range of services to support employee's physical and mental health
• StRaW (Sustaining resilience at work) one-to-one conversation - supporting employee's mental health
• REACT (Recognise, engage, actively listen, check risk, and talk) mental health training
• access to the wellbeing service request form