Leadership and People Management

Managing Sickness

Staff absence can be challenging. Not just for you, but for the others in your school, who’s morale and performance can be affected. It can add up to a pretty high cost to manage sicknesses. Of course, occasional illness is normal, but it’s important to monitor it so it’s not abused. This course will show you the best ways to manage sickness in your school.

Learning outcomes:

Identify the main causes of sickness absence and find potential ways to decrease it
Explain the problems of sickness absence and how it can affect a school
Understand the importance of return-to-work interviews as a tool for the management of absence

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What you will learn

Who is this course for

Recurring absence can cost a school a significant amount of money. Furthermore, it impacts daily operations and staff morale. Having effective sickness policies in place to offer support while maintaining accountability is the best way to monitor sickness. Taking the course will help you identify the main causes of sickness, explain the problems with sickness absence and understand how to use return-to-work interviews to manage absences. It’s ideal for managing sickness & absences in your school.

Unfortunately, sickness is inevitable. But as a school leader, it’s important to know the difference between what’s considered ‘normal’ sickness, and what could be deemed ‘problematic’. This course is for those school leaders who want to add to their people management skills.

Why choose iAM Compliant

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This course also has an assessment at the end which allows learners to test their understanding and helps businesses demonstrate a level of competence in the topic.

Accessibility

Everyone has the right to learn and learner need can vary depending on environment or disabilities. To support this diversity, we provide transcripts so people have text options for media, alongside subtitles for all videos.