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<p>Between 01 January and 31 December 2022, 47,690 working days were lost due to stress.
We are unable to make a distinction between sickness caused generally by stress. The
average working days lost figure for stress related sickness was 2.7 per staff member.</p><p>
</p><p>We are focused on ensuring our staff have the support they need to manage workplace
stress, including support for staff and managers such as Occupational Health and the
Employee Assistance Programme. Staff are also able to access additional support through
staff networks, staff support leads and the HMPPS network of Mental Health Allies.
This is balanced with a robust approach to attendance management to ensure that staff
absence is kept to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>We have exceeded our recruitment targets
for the last three years. We recruited over 1,000 trainee probation officers in 2020/21,
1,500 2021/22 and a further 1,500 in 2022/23. Those staff are now starting to finish
their training and take on full caseloads.</p><p> </p><ol><li>Average working days
lost per member of staff is calculated as number of working days lost to sickness
divided by the average number of full-time equivalent staff for a year.</li></ol>
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