Health Circles

Health Circles

Target Group:

Basically, there are two forms to distinguish: Health circles that cross hierarchies, in which supervisors / executives / directors also participate, and health circles that take place at one hier­ar­chi­cal level. The par­tic­i­pants can either be from a team / a department or can be composed across teams / departments. Depending on the question, it can be helpful for certain pro­fes­sion­als to be present: occu­pa­tion­al physicians, safety pro­fes­sion­als, staff rep­re­sen­ta­tion etc.

Description:

Health circles are used in orga­ni­za­tions as a par­tic­i­pa­to­ry instrument of health-promoting orga­ni­za­tion­al development in the context of occu­pa­tion­al health management. They enable needs in the area of occu­pa­tion­al health promotion to be identified and suitable solution proposals to be developed. This is done by the employees themselves, who are the par­tic­i­pants of the health circles. As a result, health circles also become a measure of occu­pa­tion­al health promotion: the employees are given the opportunity to co-design their working world in a health-promoting way and to work together on a health project. At the same time, health circles increase the acceptance of the derived measures, as the employees have worked them out themselves and they are therefore extremely needs-based.

Goals:

• Detection of stress and resources in the workplace,
• Root cause analysis
• Development of solution proposals

Key Success Factors:

• There is clear support from and a willingness to change on the part of the management / directorate.
• There is a health steering group that will receive the results of the health circle and is sub­se­quent­ly responsible for imple­men­ta­tion.
• What is discussed in the health circle must be treated con­fi­den­tial­ly.
• The moderator can be external / internal, but should be familiar with the method of the health circle / be trained for it.
• A final report with concrete solution proposals is put in writing and validated by the par­tic­i­pants of the health circle.
• The proposed measures should be implemented as soon as possible and trans­par­ent­ly to avoid frustration among the employees.

Duration

Approx­i­mate­ly 5 – 8 sessions of 2 hours each at intervals of 2–4 weeks Or more condensed: 2–3 sessions of 4 hours each at intervals of 1–2 weeks. The total duration must be clearly defined before the start!