29th May 2013

Here’s a link to a section of The Guardian online.  This is the weekly live Q&A “open” forum discussion – on a subject of interest to Local Government employees:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/local-government-network/2013/may/28/local-government-careers-practice?commentpage=1

This is usually a forum for experts in the field, and anybody else who’s interested and registered, to debate and discuss a given topic.  This week, it was the subject of ‘Managing Stress in Local Government Jobs’.  This is workplace stress – as suffered in increasing amounts – by local government employees UK wide, at all levels:  Chief Executives and directors have personal obligations under the Health & Safety Executive for reducing stress in the workforce; whereas middle managers; social workers; teachers; administrative staff, manual workers, etc. have a different role to fulfil, that of lining up as sitting targets.

I know about stress.  In fact, I know a lot about stress, having suffered it to…