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Welcome to the BACP Workplace website
We are BACP division which is for everyone interested in the provision counselling in the workplacework, the emotional health of organisations and the individuals within them. We are concerned with counselling that is provided directly or indirectly through organisations, and a wide range of related employee support activities.

gif|| file Jaen Crispin
"We have been hearing a lot about the financial pressures faced by both private and public sector organisations, resulting in rounds of job losses and restructuring. Uncertainty and lack of opportunities are damaging career aspirations. Redundancy can be a welcome change for some, a terrifying prospect for others. Many are facing a drastic loss of income through unemployment or because pay is squeezed. The future continues uncertain with reduced pensions. Those in work face increased workloads, and constant organisational change has become the norm. Workplace counselling, whether through employee assistance programmes or in-house, has never been more relevant, and continues to thrive in many organisations. However, we know that services have been reduced or axed as organisations look for ways to reduce costs, and fewer people have the resources to self-fund. To survive the recession, it is more important than ever for counsellors to develop personal and professional resilience, to retain belief in the importance of our profession, and to have the tools to preserve and develop workplace counselling services." Jean Crispin - Chair BACP Workplace

Some key aspects of our work include:

  •  Trauma support in organisational contexts

  • Developing positive working relationships and behaviours 

  •  Employee Wellbeing

  •  Providing support for staff in high risk roles

  •  Mental Heath at Work

  •  Developing effective organisational policies

  •  Outcome Evaluation (*02/02/2013 - see below for update)

  •  Developing brief therapy models

  •  Research

 

  

Latest News 02/02/2013: BACP Workplace measurement survey results published

We are delighted to announce the publication of the recent study into outcome measurement practice among BACP Workplace members and the wider counselling and EAP sector:

"Measuring up? Measuring effectiveness and impact in workplace counselling and EAP settings: Current practice, attitudes and needs"

Among the findings:

  • 75% of the 132 practitioners indicated that they use measures of outcome in their practitioner role, and 64% of practitioners indicated they have been using measures for more than five years
  • CORE is by far the most commonly used measure, indicated as being used by 64% of respondents. Also in common use are GAD-7 (26%), PHQ-9 (21%) and EAP case closure reports
  • Practitioners within internal service roles receive a higher level of feedback than those in EAP roles
  • A very sizeable majority (73%) of respondents are either generally, largely or highly positive about the value of measures
  • Two-thirds of services (65%) use measures.
  • The highest rated motivating factor for using measures was service development and improvement, rated by 86% of services as critically important, followed by the need to provide evidence of service impact to key stakeholders, rated as critically important by 80% of services

The study was profiled in the news section of November 2012 Therpay Today , and will also be the subject of an article in the Counselling at Work Srping 2013 issue.

The report can be downloaded by BACP Workplace members by clicking here

pdf|| file 2012 Workplace Measurement survey

   

For membership queries contact Divisional Officer Julie Camfield on j.camfield@bacp.co.uk