All Mental health resilience articles – Page 53
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AnalysisThe role of EAPs in supporting employees' emotional wellbeing
Need to know:Employee assistance programmes (EAPs) provide an immediate, anonymous and cost-effective source of support and counselling.The sheer range of topics covered with an EAP service means that many of the everyday elements that contribute to emotional wellbeing can be addressed.EAPs need to be well communicated and integrated into a ...
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Case StudiesJohnson and Johnson embeds its EAP in a far-reaching wellbeing strategy
Image credit: ReutersTo tackle the considerable challenge of catering to the needs of a diverse and widespread workforce, global healthcare organisation Johnson and Johnson adopts a holistic approach, providing benefits and initiatives that support all elements of employee wellbeing, says Clare Lee, head of HR, UK, Ireland and Nordics.The organisation ...
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Case StudiesRedrow Homes re-brands EAP as part of a holistic approach to wellbeing
Housebuilding organisation Redrow Homes, which has 2,374 staff members in the UK, has had an employee assistance programme (EAP) as part of its benefits package for the past 10 years. On 1 October 2018, it took the next step in ensuring the wellbeing of all of those under the organisation’s ...
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OpinionRachel Clift: Supporting the emotional wellbeing of employees throughout their careers
It is important to recognise that the term ‘wellbeing’ can mean something different to each one of us, because we are all different; this can make wellbeing seem complex and difficult to define. There does, however, appear to be a relationship between higher levels of wellbeing and happiness. Happiness can ...
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ArticleA quarter believe their organisations do not help them manage stress in the workplace
Around a quarter (26%) of respondents feel that their organisation does not help them to manage stress in the workplace, with 36% stating that they have had ongoing workplace stress for the past five years, according to research by Peldon Rose and The Stress Management Society.The survey of 950 UK-based ...
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Case StudiesSuresite uses posters and case studies to showcase mental health support
Retail card services organisation Suresite offers mental health support to its 49 employees through its Chamber cash plan, provided by healthcare insurer Westfield Health. The plan, which is for British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) accredited and affiliated member organisations, includes access to a 24-hour advice line, face-to-face counselling and cognitive ...
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AnalysisHow can communications engage staff around emotional wellbeing supports?
Need to know:Internal campaigns that promote mental health awareness and use personal stories are a useful way to engage staff with their emotional wellbeing.Organisational culture and senior leaders acting as role models can further encourage important conversations in the workplace.Interactive apps, automated emails and data-driven communications are becoming more prominent ...
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ArticleSouthwark Council signs Time to Change pledge to support mental wellbeing of 4,500 staff
Southwark Council has signed the Time to Change employer pledge to help support the mental health of its 4,500 employees.The Time to Change pledge, which the Council formally signed on Tuesday 30 October 2018, demonstrates the commitment to change how it thinks and acts about mental health in the workplace, ...
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Case StudiesFletchers Solicitors takes wide-ranging approach to emotional wellbeing
Inspired by the national Mental Health Awareness Week in May 2017, Fletchers Solicitors decided to do more to support the emotional wellbeing of its 435 employees, based in Southport and Manchester.The firm invited staff to volunteer to be mental health ambassadors in February 2018, asking for employees' reasons for wanting ...
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AnalysisWhy should employers include emotional wellbeing within their overall benefits strategy?
Need to know:Employers should adopt a holistic approach in order to accommodate the varying emotional wellbeing needs of employees.Initiatives such as mental health first aid training, an employee assistance programme (EAP) and flexible working can help employees cope with wellbeing issues.Employers should ensure senior leaders are equipped to spot problems ...
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Case StudiesThe Typeface Group uses flexibility to promote emotional wellbeing
The Typeface Group is a marketing and PR organisation based in Basingstoke, Hampshire, with eight employees. As a small, but growing, employer, it strives to place the emotional wellbeing of staff at the heart of its benefits strategy, in large part this through its approach to flexible working.Natalie Weaving, director ...
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OpinionCharles Alberts: What is driving mental health today?
For a mental health programme to be successful, the employer must get to grips with the problems affecting today’s workforce, including some that might be considered taboo.In Mind's 2017/18 Workplace wellbeing index, published in October 2018, 48% of the 40,000 employees surveyed said that they had experienced a mental health ...
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OpinionGillian Connor: What can employers do to better support emotional wellbeing in the workplace?
Employers are increasingly taking an interest in the emotional wellbeing of their employees, not least because of the economic case for it. Mental health and employers: The case for investment, published by Deloitte in October 2017, demonstrated the huge cost of absenteeism, presenteeism and staff turnover caused by mental health ...
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ArticleYorkshire Building Society recognised for mental health best practice
Rhondda Housing Association and Yorkshire Building Society (pictured) are among the organisations recognised at the inaugural Not a Red Card Awards for implementing best practice around addressing mental health in the workplace.The event, organised by insurer Legal and General, aims to celebrate and recognise businesses and individuals that have tackled ...
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ArticleAnxiety sufferer seeks babysitter to take kids trick or treating
Something for the weekend: A mother of three in Wirral, Merseyside, who suffers from social anxiety is offering to pay a babysitter up to £50 an hour to take her children trick or treating on Halloween.In an advert placed on Childcare.co.uk, she explained: “I get very scared at Halloween because ...
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Supplier articleMental health in a changing world
Mental health problems affect about 1 in 10 children and young people, and 1 in 4 adults. Shocking research by the Mental Health Foundation has found that 50% of mental health problems are established by age 14 and 75% by aged 24! With high statistics concerning mental health, there needs ...
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ArticleFour in five UK employees suffer from stress, a quarter of these find it unmanageable
The majority of employees in the UK (80%) are suffering from stress, and over a quarter of those (28%) consider their work-related stress to be unmanageable, according to research by health insurance organisation Cigna.The survey, which drew on 14,467 online interviews across 23 countries, highlighted the UK as the most ...
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A fifth of employees attended work while suffering mental health issues last year
More than a fifth (22%) of employees went into work when feeling mentally unwell last year, according to research by Canada Life Group Insurance.The figure, from a survey of 1,001 UK employees carried out in August 2018, shows a rise in mental health presenteeism by 4% since 2016.Paul Avis, marketing ...
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ArticleAramark launches campaign encouraging staff to take 15-minute stress-free breaks
Food services organisation Aramark Northern Europe has launched a month-long mental wellbeing campaign encouraging employers and employees to take 15-minute breaks during their working day.Aramark's 'Take15' campaign, which will run through October 2018, is aimed at the organisation's 18,000 employees in northern Europe, as well as clients and customers. The ...
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ArticleSky launches Frazzled Cafe meetings for 7,500 UK employees
Television and broadband organisation Sky has launched a programme of meetings through which employees can share stories and discuss issues affecting their mental wellbeing in partnership with the charity Frazzled Cafe.The first Frazzled Cafe meeting will occur today (10 October 2018) to coincide with World Mental Health Day. The meetings ...