Baker Labels has been awarded Essex Working Well’s Level 3 Accreditation.
The programme is ‘a holistic health and wellbeing accreditation, that allows you to build, maintain and evidence a robust wellbeing strategy and programme for your employees.’ It was introduced to Baker Labels in December 2021 by Lyn Mowforth and embraced by the team at Bakers straight away.
Essex Working Well not only provide the guidance and accountability to businesses seeking the accreditation, but they also offer a range of free benefits. These include MHFA England training places, online training and weekly newsletters that provide employees with a vast range of online training sessions, workshops and webinars.
To achieve Level 3, Bakers had to establish a wellbeing strategy and provide evidence of on-going activities that were in line with this strategy. In addition, they had to show evidence of the promotion and provision of internal and external support for staff health and wellbeing.
Steve Baker, managing director, said, ‘It may sound like a cliché, but our staff genuinely are our greatest assets. We have spent millions over the last five decades on print equipment and technologies, in addition to their regular maintenance and care. Having a Health and Wellbeing program is almost like a maintenance and care package for staff. We need our operators to not only have had the best training but also to be in good mental and physical condition. Great presses can take you so far with label production, but a great team makes us who we are.’
Clare Coles, HR manager, said, ‘It has been extremely valuable to be part of the Essex Working Well programme. We now have six trained mental health first aiders, a team of workplace health champions and a structure that supports training, growth, health and wellbeing.
‘Recruitment of new staff to Bakers is made easier because we attract a high calibre of applicants, often recommended by those already working here.’
