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BEING MINDFUL
Increasing mental health awareness among employees enhances the delivery of the business and the service provided. Line managers often feel unsure about how to support colleagues who experience depression, anxiety and other mental health problems and staff at the frontline of a business may not know how best to deal with customers who have such difficulties. Increasing awareness of mental health among managers and staff improves the service provided, helps retain valued customers and attract new ones, and demonstrate that employers support their staff in this area of concern.
BEING MINDFUL covers different aspects of mental health awareness and can be adapted and adopted to suit the needs of the organisation. Sessions are delivered by WorkWAYS, the Devon Partnership NHS Trust service which hosts and facilitates MINDFUL EMPLOYER.
It’s important that a BEING MINDFUL session meets the needs of managers and staff. To help ensure this, the content is chosen from the modules shown below. A BEING MINDFUL session lasts 3 hours and we suggest choosing no more than 3 modules. Each module is flexible in length and we will be pleased to help you compile the right combination.
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Module |
Description |
Particularly useful for…
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(1) Mental ill health & the workplace |
Pressure and stress, anxiety and depression, and more severe mental health problems – signs, symptoms & support. An overview of the impact of mental ill health on the workplace. |
All managers & staff – especially those without prior knowledge of mental ill health |
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(2) Mental ill health & the Law |
The Disability Discrimination Act & reasonable adjustments. |
Line managers; staff serving customers |
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(3) Managing absence |
Keeping in touch while someone is off sick & helping staff return to work. Liaising with GPs and health professionals. |
Line managers, HR, occupational health, union & staff representatives |
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(4) Dealing with distress
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What to do, what not to do and knowing your boundaries when supporting staff or customers in distress. This module could act as an introduction for staff wishing to consider Mental Health First Aid training. |
Line managers, staff serving customers, union & staff representatives
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(5) Mentally healthy workplaces
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A mentally healthy workplace is a happy and friendly place to work, values individual and team creativity and new ideas, has high productivity levels and is efficient, and is open to discussion about mental ill health. |
Staff teams; senior management & directors |
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(6) Organisational issues: Individual responses |
Issues which affect all staff and whether or not they are good at their job and how staff can contribute to a mentally healthy workplace.
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Staff teams; senior management & directors |
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Mental Health First
Aid
Mental Health First Aid is the help given to someone experiencing a
mental health problem before professional help is obtained. The aims
are:
 | to preserve life where a person may be a danger to themselves or others |
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to provide help to prevent the mental health problems developing
into a more serious state |
| to promote the recovery of good mental health |
| to provide comfort to a person experiencing a mental health problem |
Mental Health First Aid does not teach people to be therapists. However, it does teach people how to recognise the symptoms of mental health problems, how to provide initial help and how to guide a person towards appropriate professional help.