Free Stress Indicator Tool

Overview

The Stress Indicator Tool is free for organisations using it with up to 50 workers.

However, it will not work if you have fewer than 10 responses; this is to protect the anonymity of the responder. If you have fewer than 10 workers, we would encourage you to use the Stress Talking Toolkits instead.

Before creating an account, please watch the demonstration videos and guides to familiarise yourself with the Stress Indicator Tool.

Stress Indicator Tool (up to 50 workers)

Create a free account

 

Terms and conditions

As outlined in section 4 of the terms and conditions, the tool can only be used within the limits of your licence. This includes the free version, which may only be used once per organisation each year. Running multiple surveys for the same organisation breaches the terms and conditions and reduces the effectiveness of the free version. If it becomes clear that your organisation needs to run multiple surveys, we’ll contact you to discuss upgrading to the premium version. This will allow you to assess and manage work-related stress more effectively across your organisation.

 

Supporting resources and getting started

We are pleased to provide a wealth of supporting resources to help you build a firm foundation for your Stress Indicator Tool. These include making the case presentations, stakeholder management guidance, example correspondence and publicity materials. These will guide you in setting up a successful survey and help to increase engagement with your workers.

Read supporting resources

 

Creating your account

To create your account, follow these steps or watch the demonstration videos.

  1. Click on the link and click 'Create a HSE SDS account'
  2. Enter your email address, full name and telephone number
  3. Read and accept the terms and conditions
  4. Click 'Create account'
  5. Go to your email inbox and click 'Activate my account'
  6. Enter a secure password and click 'Activate my account'
  7. That's it, your account is now created. Click on the 'Go to my HSE SDS home page' link to start using the tool

 

 

Plan

The first stage of the process is to consider why you are carrying out the survey, what you hope to achieve and how the information gathered will help meet your goals. Do you want to use the information to improve, or benchmark your organisation against others, or evaluate the impact of change initiatives?

Guidance on planning your stress survey (PDF)

Visit the supporting resources section to find these documents that will support with the plan phase:

  • Understanding the management standards approach
  • Building the business case
  • Securing management commitment
  • SIT checklist
  • Stress policy
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Stress workbook

  • The whitepaper on managing stress as part of prevention culture

     

Build

The second stage of the process is to build your survey using the HSE survey delivery system. The video provides a full demonstration of how to set-up your survey.

 

 

Guidance on building your stress survey (PDF)

Visit the supporting resources section to find these documents that will support with the build phase:

  • Administrator and user FAQs

     

Collect

The third stage of the process is to collect responses for your survey. This is one of the most important parts of the survey, as collecting accurate responses is imperative to understanding your workers thoughts and perceptions. The video provides a demonstration of how to collect responses using the system. We also provide a wealth of resources to support getting higher response rates.

 

 

Guidance on collecting your stress survey (PDF)

Visit the supporting resources section to find these documents that will support with the collect phase:

  • Workforce briefing messages
  • Messages for your company Intranet and SharePoint pages

  • Awareness posters and flyers

     

Analyse

The fourth stage of the process is to analyse the results. The stress indicator tool report is fully automated, meaning you do not have to spend time collating the data and inputting the results manually. Once a minimum of 10 responses have been collected, it summarises the views and experiences of your employees and provides recommendations for future improvements. The video provides a demonstration of how to analyse and compare responses using the system.

 

 

Guidance on analysing your stress survey (PDF)

 

Moving forward

The final stage of the process is to continually review and evaluate. The HSE suggests that you monitor and review the effectiveness of your action plan and evaluate whether it is having the desired effect. The information can be used to shape your future strategies and to help you identify the most suitable areas in which to invest your resources.

Guidance on moving forward with your stress survey (PDF)

Visit the supporting resources section to find these documents that will support with the moving forward phase:

  • Steering groups
  • Focus groups
  • Talking toolkit
  • Return to work discussion template

  • Line managers competency tool

     

For more information and support