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A Healthy Employee = A Healthy Business

Mental Health awareness is on the rise across NZ and rightly so! Employers and employees alike are beginning to acknowledge how important it is to minimise stress, have support available and to have a healthy work-life balance and a lack of this is something that is leading many people to look for a new job!

When looking for a new role, you have to make sure that it will be in an environment that is enjoyable, where you feel safe and where you feel comfortable! When going through a recruitment process with an organisation try and get a feel for the support and development they offer and make sure that that aligns with what you’re looking for.

Throughout the BestStart organisation we’ve been promoting wellbeing and here’s how one of our amazing centres (BestStart Powells Road) has implemented daily questions to focus on improving wellbeing within their team; A tool that you could easily implement into your daily life too!

We have also made sure that the benefits that all employees get will help with their wellbeing:

Staff childcare discounts
Development and training opportunities
Subsidised health insurance
Sick leave from day one (for all qualified teachers) and additional sick days
Recognition through long-service certificates and awards
A great EAP programme and additional wellbeing resources and support systems