We offer specialist people management tools that actually work. Enable your people to reach their own maximum potential and in doing so, empower them to operate successfully as your greatest business asset.
Care first provides high quality resources for your managers - to help them manage their teams, reduce conflict and solve people problems - that will make a clear difference to your bottom line.
Using our professional support services, the impact of employees' personal and work-related problems on your workplace will be significantly reduced.
This means that your business will benefit from:
A motivated and productive workforce
Lower stress levels
Lower sickness and absenteeism
Improved recruitment and retention
Compliance with Health & Safety legislation and your 'duty of care'
partnerships
Our approach is to work actively and closely in partnership with your management, to offer a range of tailored solutions that benefit your business
Partnering with Care first will be an investment in your people and your business.
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Questionnaire - Stress
Test
This
questionnaire is a quick and easy way of assessing how well you are currently
managing the demands of life and work. Please work through each question. The
total score will provide you with a brief analysis and some suggestions about
how to manage your current situation. Care First will be a vital part of the
resources available to you. Consider each of the following 20 questions and give
yourself a realistic score. Problem drinkers are notorious for
under-reporting their drinking levels and patterns, so please be honest with
yourself! Once you have collected a total score, please note the comments at the
end of the exercise to guide any further advisable action.
1
Do you suffer with difficulty in sleeping?
a. Not at all b. Rarely c. Sometimes
d. Often e. Very Often
2
Do you find it difficult to concentrate?
a. Not at all b. Rarely c. Sometimes
d. Often e. Very Often
3
Do financial problems get you down?
a. Not at all b. Rarely c. Sometimes
d. Often e. Very Often
4
Do you feel you have to be the 'coper' for the family
or for colleagues, with no option for seeking support for
yourself?
a. Not at all b. Rarely c. Sometimes
d. Often e. Very Often
5
Do you find yourself 'self-medicating' with
additional alcohol, nicotine or other substances?
a. Not at all b. Rarely c. Sometimes
d. Often e. Very Often
6
Do you get angry quickly?
a. Not at all b. Rarely c. Sometimes
d. Often e. Very Often
7
When you have been ill with relatively minor
illnesses, does it take you a long time to recover?
a. Not at all b. Rarely c. Sometimes
d. Often e. Very Often
8
Do you find you are prone to negative thinking about
your job?
a. Not at all b. Rarely c. Sometimes
d. Often e. Very Often
9
Do you feel you are isolated, with no-one to talk to
?
a. Not at all b. Rarely c. Sometimes
d. Often e. Very Often
10
Would you take a sick day, not because you feel ill
but overwhelmed, just to keep your 'head above water' emotionally,
mentally and physically?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
11
Do you feel out of control and as if you're not in
the driving seat of your life and health?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
12
Do you 'snack' instead of eating 'wholesome'
meals?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
13
When conflict arises at work or at home, do you tend
to over-react?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
14
Do you feel that there is more work to do than you
realistically have the capacity to do?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
15
Do you feel caught between the pressures of
responsibility for children and for your parents?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
16
Do you feel 'under par' even at the beginning of a
working day?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
17
Do you shy away from social contact with colleagues
and friends?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
18
Do other people comment on your not taking care of
your appearance?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
19
Do you claim you have no time for hobbies and
interests?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
20
Do you feel misunderstood or unappreciated by your
colleagues, friends or family members?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
This
questionnaire is a quick and easy way of assessing how well you are currently
managing the demands of life and work. Please work through each question. The
total score will provide you with a brief analysis and some suggestions about
how to manage your current situation. Care First will be a vital part of the
resources available to you. Consider each of the following 20 questions and give
yourself a realistic score. Problem drinkers are notorious for
under-reporting their drinking levels and patterns, so please be honest with
yourself! Once you have collected a total score, please note the comments at the
end of the exercise to guide any further advisable action.
1
Do you suffer with difficulty in sleeping?
a. Not at all b. Rarely c. Sometimes
d. Often e. Very Often
2
Do you find it difficult to concentrate?
a. Not at all b. Rarely c. Sometimes
d. Often e. Very Often
3
Do financial problems get you down?
a. Not at all b. Rarely c. Sometimes
d. Often e. Very Often
4
Do you feel you have to be the 'coper' for the family
or for colleagues, with no option for seeking support for
yourself?
a. Not at all b. Rarely c. Sometimes
d. Often e. Very Often
5
Do you find yourself 'self-medicating' with
additional alcohol, nicotine or other substances?
a. Not at all b. Rarely c. Sometimes
d. Often e. Very Often
6
Do you get angry quickly?
a. Not at all b. Rarely c. Sometimes
d. Often e. Very Often
7
When you have been ill with relatively minor
illnesses, does it take you a long time to recover?
a. Not at all b. Rarely c. Sometimes
d. Often e. Very Often
8
Do you find you are prone to negative thinking about
your job?
a. Not at all b. Rarely c. Sometimes
d. Often e. Very Often
9
Do you feel you are isolated, with no-one to talk to
?
a. Not at all b. Rarely c. Sometimes
d. Often e. Very Often
10
Would you take a sick day, not because you feel ill
but overwhelmed, just to keep your 'head above water' emotionally,
mentally and physically?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
11
Do you feel out of control and as if you're not in
the driving seat of your life and health?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
12
Do you 'snack' instead of eating 'wholesome'
meals?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
13
When conflict arises at work or at home, do you tend
to over-react?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
14
Do you feel that there is more work to do than you
realistically have the capacity to do?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
15
Do you feel caught between the pressures of
responsibility for children and for your parents?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
16
Do you feel 'under par' even at the beginning of a
working day?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
17
Do you shy away from social contact with colleagues
and friends?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
18
Do other people comment on your not taking care of
your appearance?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
19
Do you claim you have no time for hobbies and
interests?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
20
Do you feel misunderstood or unappreciated by your
colleagues, friends or family members?
a. Not at all b. Rarely
c. Sometimes d. Often e. Very Often
