Mental Health In The Workplace Blog
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A mental health blog for employees and employers. We are Mental Health In The Workplace, a training provider, co-founded by Gary Johannes and Tamsen Garrie, both of whom have been supporting organisations and the well-being and development of the people who work within them, for longer than we can remember.
Mental Health In The Workplace Blog
5M ago
The 17th February celebrates Random Acts of Kindness Day, a day that aims to spread a little light and to make kindness an everyday part of our life. It highlights that even the smallest, simplest acts of kindness can help to brighten someone’s day.
So, we thought we’d take a look at the question – is there a place for random acts of kindness in the workplace?
The Importance of Positive Interactions
The power of positive interactions on reducing stress and boosting resilience is something we talk about regularly on our workshops. These positive interactions include any action (or interactio ..read more
Mental Health In The Workplace Blog
5M ago
In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on the mental and emotional strain experienced by those working within the blue light services. It’s estimate that almost 70% of police officers and staff experience a mental health issue and many of these don’t receive the help that they need.
This can perhaps be attributed to the fear of being seen as weak, or “not good enough for the job”, leading people to worry that speaking out and asking for help will have a detrimental impact on their career.
For those who do seek help, it’s reported that current psychological interventions aren’t h ..read more
Mental Health In The Workplace Blog
5M ago
International Women’s Day, this year, provides us all with a valuable opportunity to reflect on gender equality, the progress that has been made and the work still to be done. It also provides businesses and organisations with a reminder to review how they promote gender equality and equal opportunities in the workplace.
In our Managing Mental Health workshop, we encourage leaders to explore equality, looking at discrimination, stereotypes and stigma in some detail. We discuss how equality law (The Equality Act 2010), prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the grou ..read more
Mental Health In The Workplace Blog
5M ago
One of the tools we share in our Mental Health Conversations for Managers workshop, is our Wellness Action Plan (WAP) template, a self management prevention tool, with an emphasis on prevention, that enables employees to ultimately take responsibility for their own wellbeing, both in and outside of the workplace, and managers to support them in that.
Having Wellness Actions Plans in place for their team, can also help managers to start the conversation around mental health, as well as demonstrate a commitment to enabling positive wellbeing for the people in the organisation. You can re ..read more
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5M ago
Janet Atkin is the Assistant Director of HR services at Cambridgeshire County Council and we have been working with her and her team at the council for the last couple of years.
We were fortunate to interview Janet at the end of 2021 to understand Cambridgeshire County Council’s experience of working with us over the last two and a half years, and through the Covid-19 Pandemic.
We thought we’d share the highlights here. You can read the full interview here. A building picture of people not coping
When asked to describe the situation at the council that led to us working with them ..read more
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5M ago
Mental Health in an Unequal World – Stigma and Discrimination in the Workplace
The World Health Organisation recognises World Mental Health Day on 10 October every year and this year the theme is Mental health in an unequal world.
We felt that this presented a valuable opportunity for organisations to better understand how inequality can be both identified and addressed, in order to ensure that all people are able to enjoy and maintain positive mental health, regardless of factors like age, gender, marital status, religion, race, or disability.
One of the ways that we explore this in our mana ..read more
Mental Health In The Workplace Blog
2y ago
Examples of Good Practice – an Interview with an LV Employee We often share that statistic that 1 in 4 people in the UK will be suffering with a mental health issue of some sort at any one time. This used to be a shock to people but it’s now become widely known ..read more
Mental Health In The Workplace Blog
2y ago
As a provider of Mental Health in the workplace training, we receive a lot of enquiries for Mental health First Aid (MHFA) training, but is Mental Health First Aid the answer? This two day course is a hugely valuable and comprehensive course which equips people within ..read more
Mental Health In The Workplace Blog
2y ago
What does a bucket have to do with stress? Over recent years, the conversation around stress awareness and particularly work-related stress has become more open as many of us are becoming more aware of the detrimental effect prolonged and/or excessive stress can have ..read more
Mental Health In The Workplace Blog
2y ago
Does your organisation promote positive mental health at work? Our short Mental Health at Work quiz has been designed as a quick tool to help employees and organisations to find out the answer to the question “Is your organisation doing enough to promote positive ..read more