Your Wellbeing
“Our wellbeing strategy isn’t just about supporting our people – it’s about creating a stronger Essex for everyone.
At Essex County Council we are committed to supporting the wellbeing of our people. We strive to enable the right environment, conditions, and behaviours so individual and organisational wellbeing is embedded in everything we do.
We recognise that a healthy, content and resilient workforce is an engaged and productive one – and when you serve the people of Essex in the wide variety of life-enhancing ways that we do – this is absolutely essential.
“Our definition of wellbeing is a sense of organisation, team and individual health, contentment and resilience, in which each individual employee is supported to make informed choices and engage in positive wellbeing behaviours in order to thrive at Essex County Council and beyond.”
– Dr Sabrina Robinson, Wellbeing Lead, People and Organisation Development
Our Wellbeing Strategy sets out our vision and aims for supporting employee wellbeing. We focus on four integrated pillars: physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing.
Our prevention-focused approach recognises that the choices we make around wellbeing initiatives, policies, standards, and practices—alongside individual engagement, behaviours, and leadership—shape both our people’s experience at work and our overall wellbeing culture.
Wellbeing is also a central focus of our People Plan, ensuring we create a healthy, supportive environment where everyone can thrive. As we continue to evolve and adapt to meet future needs, we see this as an exciting opportunity to strengthen our wellbeing culture and support our people through change.
Wellbeing In Our People’s Words
Listen to colleagues from across Essex County Council share their insights on what wellbeing means to them and the impact the councils’ wellbeing approach has had on their wellbeing.
Our ‘My Wellbeing’ Offer
We work closely with our people to provide wellbeing support based on their needs. Offering a wide range of wellbeing benefits to enable our employees to manage all areas of their wellbeing. Just some of the offer available to our employees is outlined below:
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) with 24/7 Access to Confidential Support and Advice, including access to Short-Term Counselling and a Digital Hub – with some support accessible to family members
- Regular Wellbeing Check-Ins
- My Wellbeing Hub – An Online Platform Giving Access to Wellbeing Focused Learning
- Regular Wellbeing Communications and Campaigns
- Occupational Health
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Access to Specialist Mental Health Support
- Access to our Essex Wide Working Well Service and Active Essex – Find Your Active Workplace Edition
- Financial Education and Access to a Range of Financial Wellbeing Products
- Wellbeing Focussed Discounts on our My Reward Hub
- Discounted Health Cash Plan, Access to Dental Insurance and Eye Care Vouchers
That’s absolutely our aim – healthy, happy people. It’s great for them. It’s great for Essex County Council. It’s great for Essex.
Sam Kennedy, Director – Environment and Climate Action
