Andy Rhodes Webinar

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the next speaker in our CPRL Webinar series.  Andy Rhodes, former Chief Constable of Lancashire Constabulary will be joining us on Thursday 01 July 2021 at 1pm on Microsoft Teams online.  

Description

Whilst everyone is talking about 'life after COVID' most organisations are struggling for survival whilst trying their best to meet the needs and expectations of a returning workforce. Who would be in management right now after almost 18 months of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity? Before the pandemic there was much talk of prioritising workforce mental health and wellbeing but how far did most organisations actually go in terms of adopting a truly strategic approach rather than ending up with 'all the right notes... not necessarily in the right order'?

In his session Andy Rhodes will draw on his experiences as national police lead for wellbeing before and during the pandemic, arguing that the evidence base for workforce wellbeing has stood up under pressure. He will put forward the case for adopting a whole system approach and provide research and data to support this case.

Biography 

Andy Rhodes is the former Chief Constable of Lancashire Constabulary one of 43 forces in England & Wales with a workforce of 6000. For 10 years he was the NPCC lead for well being, staff engagement and organisational development. His policing background has been mainly in the uniform & specialist operations disciplines including Counter Terrorism Firearms Command. He was awarded the QPM in 2016 and has an MBA and a Post Graduate Certificate in coaching. Until retirement in 2021 he was chair of CPOSA the Chief Police Officers Staff Association.

He is currently preparing his doctoral research study which will focus on well being …what else? 

Andy has worked with experts from across policing and academia and is the service lead for the National Well Being Service (NPWS) Oscar Kilo www.oscarkilo.org.uk . The NPWS is funded by Government & Public Health England and services a blue light community of over 200,000 law enforcement and fire professionals. The OK programme comprises a range of services from line manager & executive leadership training to psychological support. 

The NPWS team co-ordinate a fleet of 10 outreach vehicles kitted out with health screening equipment and represents a vital front end to the service which is highly visible and able to extend it’s reach to a dynamic frontline. Over 10,000 members of staff have accessed early intervention physical, psychological and financial check-ups in the last 12 months. In crisis events the fleet is used to forward deploy for use in trauma debriefs.

Andy is now the Service Director for the National Well Being Service and also an executive coach, consultant and in his spare time volunteers in the charity Strong Young Minds which he set up 5 years ago with his wife Helen who is COO. The charity provides resilience support for young people in educational settings.

Outside of work Andy has 3 children, 3 grandchildren and is married to Helen a psychotherapist who specialises in drug & alcohol recovery. Having discovered QiGong they are studying for accreditation so that they can help others access the incredible benefits of this ancient Chinese practice. In between all this Andy enjoys competitive triathlon having completed several long distance events usually finishing in the dark.

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