Critically present and discuss the design of an intervention to tackle a key well-being issue within the workplace.

Essay Question

Designing a Wellbeing Intervention

“Critically present and discuss the design of an intervention to tackle a key well-being issue within the workplace.” Identify and evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed intervention; how does it work and who is responsible for their implementation.

Improving the psychological well-being of a workforce brings benefits for both the individual employees and the organisation as a whole. For organisations, the business case for investing in psychological well-being is strong and associates with improved outcomes for organisations, including lower levels of turnover, sickness absence, and improved work performance.

The intervention discussed in your essay should convey the core message that psychological well-being can make a difference to work, individuals’ working lives and the success of organisations. The wellbeing intervention you will propose can be of two main kinds: 1) focused on treatment (i.e. interventions implemented once a health and wellbeing issue has been identified); or 2) focused on prevention (i.e. interventions introduced to prevent the likelihood of reduced wellbeing occurring