Bayani: mental health at work
Bayani is a young person experiencing mental health issues. His work performance and attendance have become compromised. His manager talks to him and supports him.
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Signs of someone experiencing a decline in their mental health include: Change in mood, change in behaviour, skipping work, arriving late, and looking disheveled.
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Employers have a responsibility to their employees to reduce or limit the amount of harm or injury they may experience at work. This includes responding to signs of a decline in mental health
One in seven Australians will experience depression in their lifetime.
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Mental health issues aren't always straight forward. Share the load with your manager so that you know you have support and are considering all the options for supporting your employees
Almost 50% of employees have left a workplace due to a poor mental health environment
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Why is Bayani's
story important?
Employers have a legal responsibility to check in with their employers and exercise a duty of care.
There are procedures on how to handle mental health in the workplace, you don't have to be a therapist to start a conversation.
Workplace events and situations can affect all levels of the workforce, therefore it is very important to make sure that all employees are supported internally by their manager and through the systems and processes in the business.
What can you do?
Create a system and process to ensure managers can have conversations with employees regularly regarding how they are, how they feel about the role and the workplace. You can ensure employees know of these processes and systems through workplace policies.
Create a system and process that can support managers to have ‘difficult’ conversations in the workplace and identify any ‘red flags’ when it comes to employees behaviour and performance.
- Supervision Meeting (template)
If your company does utilise an external company for additional support for employees for counselling, external supervision, debriefing etc. Have the information readily available for all employees. Provide a flyer or information regarding the service during induction or on-boarding pack so employees know that they have this support if needed.
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