Strategy
Menopause in Schools – Generalised Risk Assessment
£800
Let’s find out how perimenopause and menopause are specifically
affecting your staff.
Are there specific features of
your school life which create – or mitigate – problems? Do your buildings or
organisation of the school day add to the challenges? Are all staff, including
managers, aware of menopause and comfortable with the kinds of conversations
they might need to have. What adjustments are, or may need to be, provided. Are
the various policies – menopause, wellbeing, sickness and absence, health and
safety and equality – providing the support and information that your staff in
perimenopause and menopause need? Is there a culture in the school that’s
compassionate about menopause and respectful to those who might be struggling
with menopause or do staff experience shaming, stigma or even bullying? How are
other sensitive topics dealt with in school when they impact on staff as well
as pupils?
Through a series of surveys, one-to-one and group discussions and an
invitation for individuals to contact me directly via email, information will
be amassed to build a picture of the experience of menopause staff. This is used
to create a generalised risk assessment on which you can base policies and
strategies.
This process draws from the recently released BSI
standard - BS 30416 Menstrual and Menopausal Health in the Workplace and from
the governments Menopause Action Plan advice.
Menopause in Schools – Menopause Policy Drafting
£800
This usually follows the Generalised Risk Assessment.
There will be a series of recommendations based on the risk assessment
(above) which will be discussed with the school leadership. We will talk about what
are ‘reasonable adjustments’ in your school and what you feel you are able and
not able to offer. I will also ask you to share your ambitions for your
menopause policy and the values you wish to be embodied in it.
The policy will also incorporate information about menopause symptoms
and sources of support and information as well as a form to use for an
individualised risk assessment.
This process draws from the recently released BSI
standard - BS 30416 Menstrual and Menopausal Health in the Workplace and from
the governments Menopause Action Plan advice.
Menopause Policy Mentoring
£250
A one hour one to one
session for a nominated member of staff or group of staff to work through
options, priorities and practicalities to enable you to create your own policy
from a template. Support by email and text as you write your policy and a
further session to evaluate the policy you've written and to think about how to
share it and make it work within your school.