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Emergency preparedness, resilience and response policy (EPRR)
Document category: Trust wide policy
Document date: June 25, 2027
The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA) and associated regulations and guidance that came into force on 14 November 2005, form the legal background that requires South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust (SWYPFT) to produce and maintain comprehensive Business Impact Assessments (BIA) and continuity arrangements. This …
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Employee mental wellbeing and stress management policy
Document category: Trust wide policy
Document date: June 4, 2026
South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the health, safety, wellbeing and resilience of its entire staff. We know there’s a wealth of talent among people with lived experience of mental or physical health conditions and we actively encourage applications …
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Equality impact assessment guidance
Document category: Trust wide policy
Document date: January 2, 2023
Equality Impact Assessment’s (EIA) involves using equality information, and the results of engagement with protected groups and others, to understand the actual effect or the potential effect of our functions, policies or budget decisions. It helps the Trust to identify practical steps to tackle any …
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Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy
Document category: Strategy
Document date: April 1, 2025
Equality is about creating a fairer organisation in which everyone can fulfil their potential. Diversity is about recognising and valuing difference in its broadest sense. This strategy is about treating everyone with fairness and understanding, not necessarily treating everyone the same, including those linked to …
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Family leave policy
Document category: Trust wide policy
Document date: March 5, 2026
This policy sets out the rights regarding statutory and occupational leave and pay in relation to time away from work for family reasons. The policy provides a summary of the provisions to support employees to be able to have time off work to be with …
Fire Safety Policy
Document category: Trust wide policy
Document date: November 17, 2023
The policies, procedures, guidelines, clinical protocols and local work procedures of South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust (SWYPFT) are intended to provide a framework that ensures that the work of SWYPFT is conducted in such a manner as to enable the organisation to …
Flexible working policy and procedure
Document category: Trust wide policy
Document date: April 25, 2024
The Trust values its staff and seeks to ensure their health and well-being by providing a safe, healthy and flexible working environment. These guidelines are intended to support staff to achieve a healthy work-life balance whilst ensuring service provision is of a high quality, cost …
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Freedom to Speak up Strategy 2025-2030
Document category: Trust wide policy
Document date: November 30, 2021
Our mission is to develop an open culture and make Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU) business as usual. This supports the delivery of the Trust’s strategic objective of making the trust a great place to work.
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Functions of Hospital managers under the Mental Health Act 1983
Document category: Trust wide policy
Document date: November 1, 2022
The Hospital managers for the purpose of the Mental Health Act 1983 (hereafter referred to as the Act) are the NHS Foundation Trust as a body. “managers” does not mean the management team of the hospital. It is the Hospital managers who have the authority …
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Green plan
Document category: Strategy
Document date: March 21, 2022
South West Yorkshire Foundation Trust recognises the scale of the challenge that climate change presents in our region and the impact it will have on our service users, staff, and our local community. The Trust is committed to ensuring that sustainability is embedded throughout all …