Making mental health and well-being the foundation of an organization’s culture wields success for employers. Well before the coronavirus pandemic put mental health in the spotlight, Schneider Electric was taking a proactive approach to psychological safety in the workplace by naming it as a priority and building a culture of inclusion that allows employees to […]
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LAWN Manor Academy staff have trained as the school s first mental health first aiders. Luke Stacy, Freya Koza, David Franklin and Sally Holgate at Lawn Manor Academy undertook an intensive course by Mental Health First Aid England. They will be the first point of contact for employees if they are experiencing emotional distress, or suffering from stress, anxiety or depression. Maths teacher Freya said: “Teaching during the pandemic was a lonely experience. Many of us were teaching virtually, which meant staring at a laptop all day long and being confined to one space, as we were unable to move around the school.
The organisation already had workforce wellbeing at its heart and has for eight years been signed up to the Mindful Employer Charter. Our approach has always been to ensure staff can deliver a service in the best possible way. Staff wellbeing is fundamentally linked to their ability to provide good support. The more we look after them, the better able they are to look after others.
Though we already had five trained Mental Health First Aiders, offered free independent counselling, an Employee Assistance Programme, online health, and wellness courses and a dedicated area on our intranet for wellbeing information, we knew we had to do more when the pandemic hit.
Lauren Bailey
When CGI Group Inc. launched its mental-health and wellness program six years ago, its primary focus was on education and reducing stigma.
Since then, the strategy has evolved, becoming more data-driven, says Marie-Soleil Ferland, the global information technology company’s health and wellness lead in Canada. To find the underlying issues driving claims, the organization looks at its external health-care questionnaire and data from the employee assistance program.
The results highlighted that mental-health issues should be a top priority, so its training program now focuses on supporting its members through conscious and caring leadership.
Indeed, while mental-health training has traditionally focused on educating people about the issues and implementing programming based on the federal government’s national standard for psychological health and safety in the workplace, many plan sponsors are now taking a more data-driven and targeted approach when building thei