But do your line managers have the skills to respond to these conversations in the right way?
Can they manage someone with a mental health problem effectively and compassionately?
Can they find the delicate balance between dismissing mental health as something for outside the workplace and taking personal responsibility for someone else's wellbeing?
Workplace wellbeing makes commercial sense, with up to a 5:1 return on investment according to a recent report by Deloitte, but only if managed effectively.
Evolve's mental health workshop is delivered by qualified counsellors with extensive training experience, ensuring quality content and safe, effective discussion.
This workshop is ideal for SME organisations who wish to train small numbers of their line management team.
Key learnings:
- Greater understanding of the most common mental health issues and how they manifest themselves in sufferers?
- Basic coping strategies for anyone suffering from these conditions?
- How a manager might identify these conditions in staff members from their behaviours?
- Contributing factors to poor mental health
- How to deal with someone suffering from poor mental health: leading discussions, effective support, reasonable adjustments where appropriate, assessing risk of self-harm etc.)
- How to adapt your management style to deal with someone with a mental health issue and possible consequences of mismanagement
- How to be proactive in supporting the team member and the importance of follow up
- How work as a group to support mental health in the workplace proactively
