Mental Health in the Workplace
Introduction
Is absenteeeism affecting your profits? Mental Health awareness for key staff can directly help increase productivity and cut your costs.
What’s in it for your company?
- Reduce the forever growing cost of stress and mental health issues in the workplace.
- Increase productivity and effectiveness of your workforce by making small adjustments to the working environment.
- Enable you to understand your corporate responsibilities under the DDA.
- Attract higher calibre of staff by looking after the best interests of you and your staff.
- Confidence to deal appropriately with staff with mental health issues.
- Avoid the cost of recruiting new staff by identifying ways to help absent staff return to work.
- Maintain a low level of sickness absence by understanding mental health issues and the best way to deal with them effectively.
Who is this workshop for?
Employers keen to keep their workforce running effectively. Ideal for :
- Managers
- Supervisors
- Front line staff in all sectors
- Health and safety officers
Participants are encouraged to express frank opinions and share experiences.
What will you learn on the day?
- The simple adaptations you can make to keep a person at work rather than off sick.
- How to communicate effectively with staff who may be experiencing mental health issues.
- What your company’s responsibilities are under the DDA.
- The effects that conditions such as stress, anxiety and depression can have on work.
- Where to turn for help in supporting staff with Mental Health Problems.
Course duration
1 day (lunch not included)
Cost
£120 per person with a maximum of 12.