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Staff Support
The wellbeing of our staff is incredibly important to us at Ellesmere College.
We invest in many opportunities to reward and look after our staff. This includes a range of support from free tea and coffee, award nights, weekly thank you’ s and access to Smart Clinic.
We have an ongoing CPD calendar for all our educational support staff and a wellbeing team that meet monthly. We offer a goodwill day to all staff and have Mental Health First Aiders and a Menopause champion based in school.
As an employee of Leicester City Council you also receive a generously discounted gym membership at LCC centres. There are also various salary sacrifice schemes so you can save NI and tax payment on childcare and cycle purchases.
Smart Clinic
The Smart Clinic is a health and wellbeing package that we buy into to support all of our staff. When you become an employee of Ellesmere College, you will have access to the following:
- Anxiety Management – Therapeutic sessions and guided techniques to help with managing anxiety
- Virtual GP – Register and access the Smart Clinics partnered Virtual GP
- Stress Management – A CPDUK approved course for helping to manage your levels & symptoms of stress
- Employee Assistant Lane – 24hr access to a helpline to help with everything from emotional problems, stress and legal advice
- Eye Care – complimentary eye test and discounted glasses from Specsavers
- Physiotherapy – 4 sessions, one of which is over the telephone to assess the best course of treatment
- Time Management – A CPDUK approved course for helping you to manage your time
- Online CBT – Cognitive behavioural therapy service, helpful for confidence, negative thinking, anxiety, stress, depression and similar conditions.
- Assertiveness & Self-confidence training – a CPDUK approved course for improving your assertiveness and self-confidence.
Other Wellbeing Resources
- Education Support Partnership- 24-hour confidential helpline 08000 562 561
- NHS Every Mind Matters
- Time to Change
- MIND
- Samaritans
Free call: 116 123
Email (Response within 24 hours): jo@samaritans.org - Headspace
