Of consumer one who receives Substance Use services, and to permit a consumer who is an employee in the health or public or private agency, and who does not have any influence or authority over any financial or contractual matter. Concern the employee or the employer to be appointed to the commission. Chairwoman thank you. And we have andy mullen here from supervisor stephanies office to present. Good morning. Thank you for holding this hearing today. Im andy mullen. Im here on behalf of supervisor stefani, who holds the board of supervisors seat on the Mental Health board, and she unfortunately couldnt be here today. And many of the members are here for Public Comment. The legislation before you today is fairly simple. It makes three proposed changes. Im going to sort of discuss them just in order of importance. The Mental Health board is a fairly unique body in that it has been around since 1956. And it puts a majority of its seats for consumers of Mental Health services or family me
We are creating the candidate pool doing selections from the candidate pool and bringing those staff in and selecting who we are going to offer employment to. Final category being staff that has been on boarded. That number is 84. That includes people and this number is much larger than it was two weeks ago. That including people who have either been offered a job and accepted and we have at least tentative start work date for people who have already started work. These are positions that have been onboarded from december 2022 to the present. Those 84 positions have started or will start work scheduled in january or february. We are pleased with that progress that we are seeing some movement in getting selections made and staff on boarded. As you can see from that middle column we have a large amount of work to do over the next 60 days to make those selections and get people onboarded in the system. I will pause and turn this over to dr. Cummings to answer specifically your questions a
We are creating the candidate pool doing selections from the candidate pool and bringing those staff in and selecting who we are going to offer employment to. Final category being staff that has been on boarded. That number is 84. That includes people and this number is much larger than it was two weeks ago. That including people who have either been offered a job and accepted and we have at least tentative start work date for people who have already started work. These are positions that have been onboarded from december 2022 to the present. Those 84 positions have started or will start work scheduled in january or february. We are pleased with that progress that we are seeing some movement in getting selections made and staff on boarded. As you can see from that middle column we have a large amount of work to do over the next 60 days to make those selections and get people onboarded in the system. I will pause and turn this over to dr. Cummings to answer specifically your questions a
Manager mark sampson. Good evening. The uk is facing a far Greater Mental Health challenge in the workplace than previously thought. A review carried out for the government found that Mental Health is still a taboo subject for many employees and that employers are not doing enough to help their staff. The report shows that 300,000 people are leaving the workforce every year because of a lack of support for Mental Health problems. Up to 15 of people at work have symptoms of an existing Mental Health condition. The cost of poor Mental Health to the economy is enormous up to £99 billion each year. Our Health Editor hugh pym has the details. Its a stark new message for workers and their bosses. Behind the appearance of getting on with the job, some people are really struggling with their Mental Health and getting no help from their employers. Jaabir had a breakdown at work, and was signed off sick for several months. He heard nothing from his employer until an upsetting letter arrived. Th
National archive. In meet the author this week, our guest is the American Writer rj palacio, and were talking about her international bestseller, wonder, all about a boy called august. A woman from birmingham has been found guilty of terrorism offences, after buying a weapon for her husband to use in an attack. 21 year old Madihah Taheer had denied preparing an act of terrorism by helping Ummariyat Mirza he pleaded guilty to plotting an attack earlier this year. From Woolwich Crown court, our Home Affairs Correspondent Dominic Casciani reports. Wrestled to the ground in an armed stop, stop a birmingham man setting out to kill. The suspects seized in a joint intelligence led operation by mi5 and the West Midlands Counter Terrorism unit. A week after the westminster attack in march, Ummariyat Mirza wanted to rampage in his home city. Now convicted, alongside of his wife Madihah Taheer, who helped him, and his sister zainab, who encouraged planning via social media. Mirza was obsessed wit