Never heard of them .... did a very brief run through on their website
and the site is totally focussed on 'teaching staff' so not sure how
much would be relevant to professional staff in HE. I did try to access
their coaching website section and the link was dead.
Marie
Fehmeeda Riaz wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I hope you are well. We will be shortly introducing a confidential
> Employee Support Helpline which will give our staff and their immediate
> families access to a 24 hour counselling service and advice about
> various issues as well as access to a supportive and helpful website.
> This service will replace the limited in-house counselling service for
> staff that we have (we have a very comprehensive service for students).
> In the process of consultation with our unions, we were advised that
> there is also a College and University Support Network (CUSN), which was
> established by the _Teacher Support Network_
> <http://www.teachersupport.info/>, an independent charity with more than
> 100 years experience of helping teachers and lecturers improve their
> health and wellbeing.
>
> We understand that CUSN provides free support services specifically for
> all staff working in adult, further and higher education. Supported by
> UCU, CUSN complements the work of the union offering information and
> advice, telephone counselling, online coaching and financial assistance.
>
> I was wondering if colleagues were aware of this service? It is
> completely free and confidential but I do not think we would cover our
> duty of care as an employer by simply giving staff details of this
> service and not providing any dedicated counselling support of our own
> for our staff.
>
> Any thoughts would be most welcome!
>
> _http://www.cusn.info/_
>
> Best wishes
>
> Fehmeeda
>
>
> Fehmeeda Riaz
> University of Westminster
> HR Manager - Equality & Diversity
> HR Department, 5th Floor, Copland Building
> 115 New Cavendish Street
> London, W1W 6UW
> Tel: 020-7911-5776
>
>
> The University of Westminster is a charity and a company
> limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England.
> Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW.
>
>
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Marie Paturel
University Diversity Projects Manager
Student Services / Human Resources
London Metropolitan University
North Campus
166-220 Holloway Road
London
N7 8DB
Tel: 020 7133 2108
Fax: 020 7133 2322
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