How to use the Toolkit?
The Toolkit can be used both as a checklist and as an idea generator. Browsing through its content, you can first map which Toolkit domains have already been paid attention to and which approaches and means currently are in use in your organization. In Appendix 1, you can find a checklist form that helps you to conduct this mapping. The mapping aids you to recognise factors that already support your employees to feel well at their workplace. Be proud of what you have accomplished by now, and keep sustaining all the existing good.
Next, you can consider which domains you could still work on to best support the employees of your workplace. What would your employees need the most to stay well and to be able to work also in the future? Having identified the most important development domains, take a closer look at the concrete means the domains contain. Which of the means would be the most beneficial and feasible in your organization? Choose 1–3 such means at a time, and plan how and when you will put them into action. The means of the Toolkit are examples, and hence, when implemented, they can be adjusted to find the best fit for each workplace.
For more information on how to ensure successful implementation, have a look at Appendix 2 . This Appendix presents factors identified to facilitate the implementation of wellbeing, health, and work participation promoting actions at the workplace. In addition, Appendix 2 lists factors shown to encourage employees to make use of the actions the workplace implements.
For an example of a more comprehensive protocol for identifying and finding solutions to employees’ potential health challenges early on, please refer to Appendix 3.
The domains of the Toolkit are interconnected, and many of the Toolkit means have beneficial effects on more than just one domain. Targeting various domains, using diverse approaches, and combining several means are likely to result in the greatest effects.