Raising Standards for Employee Wellbeing, Support, and Success
The Most Advanced Analytics-based Solution for Employee Wellbeing and Support
Benchmark Cambridge helps organisations turn their data into predictive insights that proactively support employees in high-stress work environments like law enforcement and corrections. Unlike traditional Wellbeing efforts that rely on employee hand raising or only address issues once they occur, our powerful AI technology can prevent or significantly reduce the severity of issues.
Our Proprietary Framework
Powered by 70+ Million Data Points
Our team of PhD experts and research partners are leading the way in behavioral analytics transformation and best practices.
We collaborate with top universities and renowned institutions to develop evidence-based solutions grounded in rigorous research and real-world applications.
Our powerful AI models analyse tens of millions of data points to proactively identify employee risks and opportunities.
Our solutions offer enterprise-level protection and compliance-ready security for deployment flexibility that safeguards your important data.
Learn more about our validated framework implemented within policing.
How it Works
Within high-stress work environments, employees are at significant risk of burnout, fatigue, or mental health conditions like depression or anxiety.
With our solutions, organisations can be powerful advocates for:
Wellbeing
Wellbeing
Support
Support
Success
Success
Custom-Built for Your Workforce Needs
Our powerful analytics engine can be trained on the specific nuances, challenges, and risks within a variety of high-stress work environments.
1/7
experience trauma
One in every seven police officers worldwide suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or depression.
* University of Cambridge, research published on 10/19/22
71%
feels stressed or anxious
71% of UK police officers reported feeling stressed, anxious, or depressed in the past year.
* Police Federation Pay and Morale Survey
61%
avoid mental help
61% of officers believe seeking help for mental health issues would negatively impact their career.
* Beyond Blue
First Sign® for Policing
2x
sick time needed for mental health
The number of UK prison staff using sick time for mental health reasons almost doubled over the last 5 years.
* Ministry of Justice, via BBC, June 2023
52%
met criteria for PTSD
(UK) prison officers face increased vulnerability of being exposed to critical incidents that may contribute to developing symptoms of PTSD.
* Prison Reform Trust Bromley Briefings
282,000+
working days lost last year
The number of mental ill health sick days taken by prisons and probation staff (HMPPS) in the year ending March, 2024 was 282,457 working days lost — or the equivalent of 774 years.
* The Standard, 5/27/24
First Sign® for Corrections
25%
unable to cope with stress
25% of UK workers report feeling unable to cope with workplace stress, showing the need for more support.
* MHFA England, 2024
52%
improve with mental health resources
52% of employees in the UK feel more engaged and productive when their organisation offers mental health resources, such as access to counselling or Wellbeing programmes.
* MHFA England, 2024
20%
experience a mental disorder
1 in 5 Australians of workforce age have experienced a mental disorder.
* Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2024
First Sign® for Strategic Initiatives
Combining Expertise
and Innovation
Benchmark Cambridge is led by Lawrence Sherman, a renowned criminologist, police educator, and founder of evidence-based policing. Today he’s helping all employers take an evidence-based, AI-driven approach to how they support employee health and Wellbeing.
Professor Lawrence W. Sherman
Chief Executive Officer, Benchmark Cambridge and Wolfson Professor Emeritus of Criminology, University of Cambridge
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Benchmark Cambridge was built for your unique employee Wellbeing goals and needs.