Managing Absence Training Course
Our Managing Absence training course is only available as an in-house course. We can deliver the course as a face to face course and a live virtual online course in-house just for your business.
One Day Course | Delivered Just for Your Organisation | Delivered In-Person or Online
Managing Absence Course – The Details
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Course Highlights
Here’s some quick information about our managing absence course:
- Delivered anywhere in the UK as an in-house course
- Can also be delivered online just for your organisation
- We work with you to make the course match your needs more closely
Course Aim
In this Managing Absence Training Course, we look at Managing Attendance rather than absence. This means being proactive when managing sickness.
It’s reported that ill health costs the UK economy in excess of £100 billion per year. Paying sick pay, loss of productivity, covering long term sick and recruitment costs all add up.
Most sickness is genuine where the people need to take time off; however, some sickness may not be all of that genuine. It seems easier and easier to get a sick note today, in fact, some websites even sell them. Why do people want to take time off work when they aren’t genuinely sick? Declined holidays, bullying and lack of motivation are just a few reasons.
Many organisations deal with sickness after it happens using return to work interviews and their sickness policy, but is there another approach?
The session is very interactive with lots of discussions, role-play scenarios and an action planning session.
Course Objectives
By attending this Managing Absence Training Course you will:
- Understand the importance of managing attendance
- Recognise the causes of absence
- Clarify the role of the line manager in managing absence
- Recognise the signs that may indicate intended absence
- Be familiar with the policy and process.
Course Content
Here’s what we cover in our managing absence training course:
Why Manage Attendance?
- What is Managing Attendance?
- What are the benefits?
Cause and Effect
- What are the typical causes of people calling in sick?
- How to spot the tell-tale signs?
- Is it you causing them to be sick?
Adapting Your Leadership Approach
- How using the incorrect leadership approach cause people to want to call in sick?
- Keeping people motivated
The Absence Process
- Looking at a typical absence management process
- Looking at your absence management process
Return to Work Interviews
- Why are they important?
- Getting them right
- Skills Practice
When you bring this course in-house, the content above can be tweaked and changed to meet the needs of your team.
Download the Course Brochure
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Who Should Attend our Managing Absence Training Course?
This managing absence training course is for leaders, managers and business owners who have line management responsibilities.
If you want to:
- Reduce absence in your team or business
- Understand why absence occurs and how to combat it
- Have a clear process for dealing with absence
- Have people question whether they should call in sick
- Hold more effective return to work interviews
- Have a better approach to managing absence
Then this managing absence course is for you.
The course is suitable for people of all levels and in all roles and industries.
In-House Delivery
A 1 day training course with one of our highly experienced trainers at your location or online. You also get
- Course materials for each delegate to take away
- A course certificate
- Reporting on delegate evaluation
- Access to MyRevolution Learning to retain access to your materials and stay in touch with your trainer
Have Some Questions?
Here are some of the common questions we get asked about our managing absence training course:
Our managing absence courses are delivered by our friendly and highly experienced trainers. We live and breathe what we talk about in these sessions as we use most of the tools and techniques ourselves on a daily bases and bring this real-world experience into the session and the examples that we use.
Managing attendance is a more proactive approach in that you are looking at ways to stop absence from happening before it happens. Managing absence is the reactive part of the process that happens after absence occurs
We’ll provide you with the tools and approaches to make this happen. Providing you do the work afterwards and put the skills into practice, then you should see a reduction in absence
Firstly, because they are genuinely ill. Your process needs to determine if this was the case. But, if people are demotivated, not engaged, influenced or they just think they can get away with it, people will call in sick when they are not ill. This is why managing absence and attendance is so important.
Open Online Course
We currently only deliver this managing absence course just for your organisation. We can do this in-person at your office or a location of your choice or as a live virtual training course. We can deliver this via Zoom, Teams, Webex or any other platform that you are currently using and comfortable with.
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Get a Quote
Bring this Managing Absence training course in-house and train your team together at the same time.
- Delivered online or in person at your business premises
- Course content can be tailored to your specific requirements
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