sensitively and raising awareness, before rolling out MHFA England courses. You can begin to assess levels of staff wellbeing by placing confidential self-rating sheets in cafeterias or break rooms and sharing via online internal channels or intranet.
What is your strategy? Build a wellbeing strategy which is centered around the whole person and promote this to your people. Mental health is one element of wellbeing, alongside others such as physical, financial and emotional wellbeing, which are all connected in a whole person approach. The Thriving at Work report sets out six ‘mental health core standards’ – a set of actions for employers to support mental health. You can use these to build the mental health element of your wellbeing strategy: 1. Produce, implement, and communicate a mental health at work plan 2. Develop mental health awareness among employees 3. Encourage open conversations about mental health and the support available when employees are struggling 4. Provide your employees with good working conditions 5. Promote effective people management 6. Routinely monitor employee mental health and wellbeing Not sure where to start? Learn how you can improve your wellbeing strategies with our workplace mental health diagnostic service, Startwell. We can support you to develop an empowering and actionable mental health roadmap for your organisation, with sustainable and tailored recommendations for change: Startwell | Empowering workplace culture through positive mental health (mhfaengland.org) Working practices Review your processes, working practices and policies throughout the employment lifecycle, from recruitment to exit, considering wellbeing and mental health at each stage. For example: – When recruiting and inducting new employees do you make it clear that the organisation treats mental health and physical health as equally important? – Do you promote the support available to employees at each stage of the employment cycle? – Can you better support employees at milestones such as returning from parental leave, carers’ leave, promotion or returning to work after a period of illness?
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