A Civil Service Worker Help Programme (CSEAP) was final Thursday launched in Accra by the Minister of Labour, Jobs and Employment, Dr Abdul-Rashid Hassan Pelpuo.
Launched below the theme; “Empowering staff, supporting well-being, in direction of vibrant high quality service supply” it’s spearheaded by the workplace of the Head of Civil Service and marks a major shift in direction of constructing a resilient and people-centred civil service.
Dubbed: “CARE HUB” initiative, the programme goals at enhancing the psychological, emotional, {and professional} wellbeing of public service employees throughout the nation.
CSEAP has newly established the Civil Service Care Hub, a devoted counselling unit providing skilled psychological companies and different types of help to civil servants freed from cost.
The Care Hub will present a broad vary of companies together with psychological well being counselling, household remedy, monetary planning, trauma help, management and profession development teaching, authorized referral companies, stress administration, and wellness workshops.
The programme additionally targets creating secure and confidential areas the place employees can search assist with out stigma.
Describing the launch as a “end result of a imaginative and prescient for a wholesome and empowered civil service,” Dr Pelpuo recommended the Workplace of the Head of Civil Service for the foresight and dedication to enhancing the welfare of employees.
He emphasised that the psychological and emotional wellbeing of employees was immediately linked to productiveness and nationwide development, and should due to this fact be prioritised.
“This initiative is a reset, one which seeks to remodel our public service tradition into one the place care, help, and professionalism are inseparable. Civil servants face immense stress and challenges every day, and this professionalgramme is right here to offer not simply help, but additionally empowerment,” he famous.
The Head of the Civil Service Ghana, Dr Evans Aggrey-Darko, stated a survey conducted throughout 20 ministries and three departments involving over 200 staff confirmed that whereas most respondents had been unaware of any formal help programmes, over 85 per cent believed such a system would enhance their wellbeing and productiveness.
“Globally, establishments that put money into worker wellness carry out higher,” he stated. “We’ve got listened to the voices of our personal civil servants and responded with a culturally attuned and spiritually grounded programme that displays our values and meets our distinctive wants.”
He additional inspired management throughout all ministries and departments to leverage the Care Hub in organising wellness activities, retreats, and coaching programmes for his or her employees.
He referred to as on all stakeholders to work collectively to make sure that the CSEAP was not solely sustained however expanded in future to cowl extra areas of want.
The Chief Govt Officer of the Psychological Well being Authority, Professor Pinaman Appau, recommended the launch of CSEAP, stating that it was a well timed intervention to help worker wellbeing and improve service supply throughout the general public sector.
In a speech delivered on her behalf, she emphasised that empowering staff and supporting their wellbeing had been key drivers of productiveness, innovation, and high quality service.
The Director of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Dr Kojo Obeng, pledged the help of the hospital in offering referral pathways for advanced circumstances, expressing hope that the initiative would result in lasting cultural transformation throughout the civil service
BY CECILIA YADA LAGBA
