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Please note that we are not taking new referrals for our 1-1 service at the moment but our phone lines remain open. Please call to discuss other options for support.
Please note that we are not taking new referrals for our 1-1 service at the moment but our phone lines remain open. Please call to discuss other options for support.

WHYinwork

Enquire about a WHYinwork service

WHYinwork offers expert support to help you and your managers meet the challenges of an employee’s life-threatening diagnosis. Our WHYinwork package includes:

Counselling
Training and consultancy
WHYoutdoors nature connection courses
Clinical supervision and counselling for healthcare professionals

The impact of cancer on working life

One in three people diagnosed with cancer is of working age. For many, work is a hugely important aspect of normal life. Providing compassionate, effective support to employees isn’t just ‘the right thing to do’. It ensures retention of talent and experience and is a vital ingredient in a positive, high-functioning workplace. Whether your employee is the patient, or affected by the diagnosis of a loved one, there is an inevitable impact on working life. This impact may extend to the entire workplace or team.

"I had no keeping in touch days, I had no return to work interview. It’s a large company – there was nothing from occupational health, I hadn’t had an annual review. There were lots of things where they were very supportive, for instance when I was going through chemo I had a lot more time off than I was actually entitled to. So some aspects they were really supportive, but the return to work failed."

Your social responsibility

There are many legal obligations to consider when your staff member is affected by a life-threatening condition. However, businesses don’t exist in a vacuum – they are also elements of wider society. Your workplace truly thrives when it balances business and profitability with ethical considerations; investing in people and taking a holistic approach to difficulties. Our WHYinwork package can help you focus your efforts, your policies and your practice, for the best possible outcome for you and your employee.

By accessing WHYinwork services, your corporate social responsibility meets a further need: helping WHY cover the cost of supporting the wider community.

WHYinwork counselling

We know the difference that counselling makes when people are impacted by cancer and life-threatening conditions – it’s our core activity and it can be life-changing, even in the hardest circumstances*. Our counsellors can come to you – we can provide a counselling service at your workplace, remotely, or at a convenient location, to support your team when someone has been impacted by a life-threatening diagnosis.

We recommend an initial block of six sessions, with the flexibility to add further sessions as required.

Price: From £570 per block of six sessions. Further sessions are priced from £95 per session.

*"After my son was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour, I wondered how life could ever be bearable again. The WHY counselling has not only helped me to come to terms with our situation, but even to find meaning and happiness in life again."

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Training & consultancy

Benefit from our experience and attend one of our remote or in-person seminars for employers, manager and HR professionals.

These sessions contribute to your obligations under the Equality Act 2010, best practice and reasonable adjustments, and some of the insights we’ve gained from decades of working with people affected by cancer and life-threatening conditions.

We can also support you by offering bespoke sessions tailored to your organization covering the creation of a robust set of policies to inform your practice when your employee is affected by a life-threatening diagnosis, and supporting you to review and implement changes.

Price: on application

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WHYoutdoors

 Our six-week WHYoutdoors courses run several times a year. These courses run for one day a week for six weeks, and support a small group of people living with and beyond cancer to forge a closer connection to nature and boost wellbeing. Participants take part in a mixture of gentle solo and guided activities, led by two specialist facilitators.

You can book a WHYoutdoors place for an employee living with and beyond cancer, as part of your support for them.

This course could be run for a single organisation provided that a minimum of six places are filled. The maximum number of participants per course is 10.

"As the weeks of the course continued I felt that I gained room to reflect and let some light back in. My life has been enriched by the whole experience and four years on I tap into what I learned daily."

We can also create a bespoke team away day using the WHYoutdoors model. Please contact us to discuss a bespoke team day.

Price: £720 per place for WHYoutdoors.

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Clinical supervision and counselling

Working with people affected by cancer and life-threatening conditions is emotionally challenging for caregivers too. Clinical supervision offers a space for reflection and evaluation for employees working in a healthcare field. Our expert listeners can help staff remain resilient and cope with the challenges of their vital roles.

We can also provide counselling for healthcare professionals such as nurses, doctors and healthcare assistants who work with a similar client base.

We recommend an initial block of six sessions, with the flexibility to add further sessions as required.

We can also offer group clinical supervision. Please contact us to discuss this.

Price: From £630 per block of six sessions. Further sessions are priced from £105 per session.

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WHYinwork: supporting We Hear You

All profits generated by WHYinwork support We Hear You’s counselling and emotional support services for children and adults affected by a life-threatening diagnosis in Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.

Our WHYinwork services save you time and stress and help ensure you are meeting your obligations and looking after your staff. They also provide us with a vital income stream: your contribution goes directly into our services.

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