Darent Valley hospital - DGT - People Strategy

Changes in our approach

The Trust, local and national context have shaped the direction of this strategy for the next five years. We have focused our strategy around the three ‘Joy at Work’ outcomes: happy, healthy and heard. Each of these outcomes is comprised of a series of programmes of work which are set out in the following pages. The key changes in our strategic direction are:

Happy • More flexible and innovative working options such as: contract types, redeployment options, allocate work in an agile way including passports with our partners • Use of technology such as wide adoption of e-rostering and e-job planning • Achieve Investors in People ‘Gold’ in 2024 Healthy • Invest in health and wellbeing infrastructure, learning from our experiences working during the COVID-19 pandemic and the staff feedback that this should be retained - including mental health and wellbeing models, wellbeing spaces and the Time2Talk team • Maximising our engagement with the community to become the local employer of choice Heard • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - councils and senior lead to ensure there is a focus on diversity at a senior enabling us to regularly hear from staff, allowing a more frequent opportunity to respond to staff’s issues • Listening posts • Responding to issues raised by staff, such as childcare support and car parking provision level and throughout the Trust • Investment in a feedback tool,

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Trust Strategy Summary