Guide for HR/OD/HS/IR Professionals Managing Mental Health in the Workplace

HR fills the cracks of an organisation, performing all the small and large tasks that don’t fit anywhere else. When accounting can’t manage it, HR performs payroll; when there isn’t a legal team on-site, HR verifies compliance and other regulatory concerns. 

Yet, perhaps the most important role HR plays within an organisation is that of counseling, helping individual employees and teams work through problems and regain high rates of productivity.

Mental health issues have a significant impact on employee well-being and are a major cause of long-term absence from work. Employers are encouraged to promote good mental health and provide support for employees who are experiencing mental ill health including anxiety or depression.

This session gives an overview of mental health issues – which affect one in five people at some point in their lives - in the workplace. It provides guidance on supporting employees’ mental health at work, including spotting early signs of mental ill health, training line managers, and promoting a good work-life balance. The session emphasises the importance of making adjustments at work and offers guidance on providing specialist clinical and professional advice for employees who need it. It is important to note that HR/OD professionals aren’t trained psychiatrists, and many of them lack experience in true counseling or therapy.

So, if HR workers are supposed to help employees through challenges, what (if anything) should they know about mental health? Here’s an HR department’s guide to mental health, so HR professionals understand their responsibilities and can ensure stability and well-being in the workplace.

This workshop is designed in order to raise awareness of poor mental health so you can recognise it at the earliest point and to teach the skills in how to support the employee and comply with legal obligations.What You Will Learn: 

• What does depression and anxiety disorders look like
• The relationship between mental health and the workplace
• The basic skills for helping someone experiencing a mental health condition
• How to approach an employee you are concerned about
• How to manage a staff member with a mental health condition
• How to stop a mental health condition from getting worse
• Understand how to help someone recover faster
• Guiding employees towards the right support

Come find out how we will help you build a healthy productive environment and supportive managers.

Workshop: MHWHR107 - Guide for HR/OD/L&D Professionals Managing Mental Health in the Workplace. RECOGNISE + RELATE + RESPOND

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