Ways to support mental health



Creating a workplace environment where people can be themselves and can access the support they need can prevent stress from escalating into more serious mental health issues. This will help your workers to be happier, healthier, and in the long term, more productive for your company.

As well as a legal duty to adjust for workers with long-term mental health illness, businesses have a moral duty to ensure that as many people as possible stay in work despite mental health issues.

The following tactics can help:
• Offering flexible working
• Creating quiet places at work
• Mental health counselling
• Promoting mental well-being
• Educating employees to break down any stigma of mental health

What have you seen work well to support mental health in the workplace? Reply below.

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  • Just a few things I  seen that work well to support mental health in our business : 

    As a leader, I have set up a culture that supports staff to be open about mental health.  Educating the team that being open leads to support not discrimination or  being judged which is the fear of many.  

    I have to lead by example, one of them being a person with a positive mentality.  I listen to people and this encourages staff to do the same.  

    Being approachable helps people to open up.

    Having one to one catch up meetings.

    I consider good communication as paramount and therefore we embedded this as one of our company culture.   Making assumptions can lead to bias and misconception of facts therefore discouraging people from opening up.

    Amongst others we have zero tolerance of bullying others or gaslighting which can make people develop fear to speak up.

    We also promote mental well being by offering flexible working.

    We  have the action plan where we are aware of someone having mental health issues example anxiety or stress.

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  • Just a few things I  seen that work well to support mental health in our business : 

    As a leader, I have set up a culture that supports staff to be open about mental health.  Educating the team that being open leads to support not discrimination or  being judged which is the fear of many.  

    I have to lead by example, one of them being a person with a positive mentality.  I listen to people and this encourages staff to do the same.  

    Being approachable helps people to open up.

    Having one to one catch up meetings.

    I consider good communication as paramount and therefore we embedded this as one of our company culture.   Making assumptions can lead to bias and misconception of facts therefore discouraging people from opening up.

    Amongst others we have zero tolerance of bullying others or gaslighting which can make people develop fear to speak up.

    We also promote mental well being by offering flexible working.

    We  have the action plan where we are aware of someone having mental health issues example anxiety or stress.

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