SYDNEY WORKSHOP: Building a Mental Health Strategy for Your Workplace

Poor mental health costs Australian businesses over $10.9 billion each year* and the World Health Organisation predicts that depression will be the greatest public health burden by 2030.

Pleasingly, Price Waterhouse Coopers found that workplaces who take a proactive and preventative approach are best able to minimise the potential challenges and costs associated with the poor mental health culture, practices and injuries; they further report that every dollar spent on proactively addressing mental health in the workplace has been shown to equate to a direct return on investment of 230%. 

Businesses that build meaningful health and wellbeing strategies which empower their leaders and team members to take responsibility and accountability in working towards a common wellbeing aim, significantly increase productivity, enhance workplace culture, and minimise the risk of workplace injuries and the associated costs.

Gallagher Workplace Risk's free workplace mental health workshop assists businesses to meet their duty of care under the Occupational Health and Safety Act & WHS Act, and will provide practical strategies to enhance workplace morale and wellbeing.

Through a range of interactive activities, case studies, practical tools and facilitated discussions, the workshop helps enhance the capacity and confidence for businesses to build their own mental health strategy including:

• Understanding what is mental health and how to promote a healthy attitude?
• Understanding stress and its impact on the workplace
• Understanding psychological safety, risk factors and how to identify and assess these within the working environment
• How to implement strategies to create a psychologically safe environment
• Understanding and recognising the early warning signs and symptoms of mental health concerns in team members
• How to implement an effective and proactive injury management process for mental health concerns
• Understanding the impacts of poor mental health practices in an OH&S and Workers' Compensation space
• How to manage and support mental health claims
• How to not only meet, but surpass your workplace obligations.

Logistics

Venue: Vibe, 171 Pacific Hwy, North Sydney ,2060

Date: Friday, 3 April 2020

Times: 8:45am registration and a 9:00am to 12:30pm session

Tea, coffee and morning tea catering provided; please advise of any dietary requirements when registering

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