Melody's story

Chartered accountancy and business advisors PKF Francis Clark approached caba to help them support the wellbeing of their ACA students and qualified staff. As a result, caba provided support through mental health training for their health & wellbeing champions, and specialist coaching sessions for new students which focus on adapting to change and moving into the world of work. Together they have raised the awareness of caba's other areas of support such as advisory services, counselling and career development.

As well as being a Regional Human Resources Manager, I am also the health and wellbeing co-ordinator for the firm. I believe in providing staff with the right support and with caba's services we're creating an environment where everyone can achieve their best and enjoy their work.

We trained a number of 'health and wellbeing champions' so they could support their colleagues across the organisation. Part of this included awareness training on the support available for our employees.

A Business Development Manager from caba came to meet us, and together we identified a number of areas where caba could help the organisation. I was impressed by the quality of the information on their website and I've found working with them to be a positive experience. They're very responsive - for example, I know organising counselling can take months through GP surgeries, but with caba, referrals to experienced counsellors are made very rapidly. I've been able to suggest this kind of help to several of my staff knowing they will receive quality support quickly before issues get worse.

In addition, caba have delivered awareness sessions to our champions about mental health issues and dementia so they have the right information and understanding to offer help to other staff when it's needed.

Entering the workplace is an exciting time, but students often find juggling their workload, studies and personal life difficult. We've always supported students when they join us, but caba helped us improve what we offer at this stage too. Every June, we arrange a lunch for our new student cohort before they join the organisation and encourage them to connect with each other. This year, caba presented a session at the lunch to raise awareness of the support that's available to new students - focusing on the skills that will help them to handle change and how to build their own resilience.

I intend to develop the health and wellbeing support further for the staff at PKF Francis Clark and look forward to working with caba in the future to do that.

Melody

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Who is eligible for support?

We support past and present members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW), ACA students, ICAEW staff members, and the family and carers of members and students. 

  1. No matter where your career takes you, past and present members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England Wales (ICAEW) are eligible for caba’s services for life, even if you change your career and leave accountancy 
  2. ACA students (ICAEW Provisional Members) who are either an active student or have been an active student within the last three years are eligible for caba's services 
  3. Past and present staff members of the ICAEW or caba are eligible for caba's services for life, even if you leave either organisation. Please note, for former employees, our financial support is only available to those who have had five years continuous employment with either organisation 
  4. Family members and carers of either an eligible past or present ICAEW member, ACA student or past or present employee of the ICAEW or caba are eligible for caba's support. We define a family member as a: 
    1. spouse, civil partner or cohabiting partner 
    2. widow, widower or surviving civil partner who has not remarried or cohabiting with a partner 
    3. divorced spouse or civil partner who has not remarried or cohabiting with a partner 
    4. child aged up to 25. Please note, children aged between 16 and 25 are not eligible for individual financial support 
    5. any other person who is dependent on the eligible individual supporting them financially or are reliant on the eligible individual’s care 
    6. any other person on whom the eligible individual is reliant, either financially or for care 

You can find out more about our available support both in the UK and around the world on our support we offer  page. 

Will caba support me if I'm outside the UK?

Yes, if you’re eligible for our support, we’ll support you wherever you live however we can. Contact us to find out what support is available where you live.

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