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Stress finally comes on STREAM!
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Stress is a symptom of excess pressure.
Pressure is part and parcel of all work and helps to keep us motivated. But excessive pressure can lead to stress, which undermines performance, is costly to employers and can make people ill.
We all experience pressure on a daily basis, and need it to motivate us and enable us to perform at our best. It's when we experience too much pressure without the opportunity to recover that we start to experience stress.
The HSE definition of stress is “the adverse reaction a person has to excessive pressure or other types of demand placed upon them”.
We can all feel stressed at times when we feel as though everything becomes too much, when things get on top of us, or when we feel as though we are unable to cope. It affects us in different ways at different times and is often the result of a combination of factors in our personal and working lives. Work-related stress can be tackled by working with your employer to identify issues at source and agreeing realistic and workable ways to tackle these.
We therefore believe that completion of this Stress Assessment and Management on-line assessment tool is an opportunity to identify, even for those who may not think they are under Stress, any potential problem area.
Even if the cause of the Stress is the local manager's style, the on-line assessment should enable the individual to opt to send the results to a manager of their choosing by specifying their EIN.
Whilst the completion of this survey is entirely voluntary, we would encourage everyone to participate in the STREAM on-line assessment as an important first step, in identifying and controlling these pressures to individuals.
Stress can damage both your mental and physical health.
It is therefore in your interests to do something about Stress. We, the CWU in London, believe STREAM is an important first step.
The completion of STREAM is relatively simple by answering around 40 questions about work & home life and should only take about 10 minutes. You and your nominated manager will then receive an e-mail specifying whether you are assessed as Red, Amber or Green. Red & Amber assessments will also include further guidance, which will need to be discussed at a one-to-one in order to develop an action plan.
Further details can be found at the following URLs:
http://humanresources.intra.bt.com/health/dealing_with_stress/stream-link
http://www.cwu.org.uk/default.asp?Step=4&pid=172
http://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/
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