Workplace education · Shift work
Better sleep for the people who keep things running
Practical sleep training for night shift and rotating rota workers, built from frontline sleep clinic experience. Your teams learn how to plan sleep around their shifts, recover between them and look out for each other.
- Delivered on site, timed around your shifts
- For staff, supervisors and occupational health
- Workshops, sleep clinics and Sleep Champion training
It's 7am. The shift's over, the sun's up, and your body thinks the day is just starting.
Shift work asks people to sleep when their body clock wants them awake, and stay alert when it wants them asleep. Most shift workers are never shown how to manage that. They’re left to work it out alone, and tiredness follows them onto the shop floor, the ward and the road home.
Shift work fights the body clock. Good training helps your people work with it.
EXAMPLE ROTA SLEEP PLAN
Night shift
Your 24 hours, planned
00:00
06:00
12:00
18:00
24:00
On shift
Main sleep
Pre-shift nap
Life and family
Tonight’s tip: dim the lights on the drive home and keep your bedroom dark and cool.
Who it's for
Shift workers
Night shift, early and late shifts, and rotating rotas. Practical plans people can use from their next shift.
Supervisors and managers
How to spot fatigue, plan rotas with recovery in mind, and have supportive conversations about sleep.
HR, health and safety, OH
Sleep education that supports your wellbeing strategy and your approach to fatigue risk.
Manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, emergency services, security and any workplace that runs around the clock.
Six topics, built around real rotas
Every session is tailored to your actual shift patterns, so staff leave with a plan for their own rota, not general advice.
1
Sleep science and the body clock
Why night shifts feel so hard, in plain language, and what actually helps.
2
Planning sleep around your rota
When to sleep before, between and after nights, earlies, lates and quick changeovers.
3
Light, caffeine and napping
Using light, caffeine and short naps to stay alert on shift and sleep afterwards.
4
Food, movement and recovery
Eating and moving around shifts so energy holds up and sleep comes easier.
5
Switching back on days off
Coming off nights and protecting time with family without wrecking the next block.
6
Spotting fatigue and supporting others
Recognising tiredness in yourself and colleagues, and knowing what to do about it.
Ways to book
Shift work learning
Shift Work Sleep, Fatigue and Recovery
For shift working staff and operational leads
- 90 minute on site session
- Tailored to your shift structure
- Sleep and recovery plan for attendees
1-1 support
Workplace Sleep and Recovery Clinic
For staff needing extra support
- Confidential 1-1 sleep consultations
- On site or online
- Digital support for each person
Build it in house
Workplace Sleep Champion Training
For supervisors, wellbeing leads and OH staff
- Build in-house support capacity
- Support workforce culture change
- Ensure sleep remains on the agenda
Sessions can run before, between or after shifts, including nights. Ask about combining options into a year-long programme.
How it works
STEP 1
Discovery call
We learn about your sites, shift patterns and what you’ve noticed in your teams.
STEP 2
Rota review
We look at your actual shift patterns so every session speaks to them.
STEP 3
Delivery
Workshops, clinics or training on site, timed around your shifts.
STEP 4
Follow-up
A short summary of what we covered and what staff told us, with recommended next steps.
What your organisation gets
Staff who leave with a sleep plan for their own rota
Supervisors who can spot fatigue and talk about sleep with confidence
A shared language around sleep and recovery across your teams
A short summary report to inform your wellbeing and health and safety planning
Why Sean
I’ve worked in frontline sleep clinics, I teach Mental Health First Aid, and I’ve rebuilt my own health from a very low point. I know shift workers don’t need a lecture. They need something that works at 4am and still makes sense on their day off. That’s what this training is built to give them.
Frontline sleep clinic experience
MHFA England Instructor
Founder, Sean Bailey Wellness CIC (est. 2020)
Trusted by NHS, councils, schools and employers across the North West
Questions
Is this only for night shifts?
No. It covers nights, earlies, lates, rotating rotas and quick changeovers.
Can you deliver during the night?
Yes. Sessions can run before, between or after shifts so night teams aren’t left out.
Is this medical treatment?
No. It’s sleep education and coaching. Anyone who may have a sleep disorder is signposted to their GP or occupational health.
Can it be delivered online?
Workshops work best on site, but online sessions and 1-1 clinics are available for spread-out teams.
How many people can attend?
We can run several sessions across a day to cover every shift. Get in touch and we’ll plan group sizes around your teams.
Help your shift workers sleep, recover and perform
Book a short discovery call and we’ll talk through your shift patterns and what would help your teams most.