Managing Mental Health in the Workplace Conference, London
- London
- 15 October 2019
£299.99 – £329.99 + VAT
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Overview
Around 1 in 4 of us will experience ill mental health at some point in our lives.
Furthermore, the cost to companies of stress-related absence is huge – with nearly 37% of businesses seeing an increase over the last year according to a new report from the CIPD. Not only is this a big cost, but it’s also preventable.
Actively promoting the well-being of your staff and supporting those who are experiencing mental health challenges is therefore essential!
Designing and implementing a framework that addresses employee mental health and wider well-being can increase engagement, productivity and support business growth – as well as help you to attract and retain the best talent.
We understand however there are many practical challenges and obstacles to overcome in order to achieve and sustain healthy workplaces. Let us help you tackle them! The Managing Mental Health in the Workplace Conference will offer you practical advice, the latest best practice and implementable actions to help you develop your mental health strategy.
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Learning Objectives
Understand the common forms of poor mental health and the impact of the workplace
Reduce the stigma around mental health in your work environment
Develop a company action plan and tackle the key challenges
The legal position including discrimination, dismissal, absence and mental capacity
Expert guidance on a wide range of further topics
Agenda
- Registration and refreshments
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An overview: why is mental health a growing issue in the workplace and what is the business case for promoting employee well-being?
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Mark Hashimi
- Common forms of mental health issues and the impact of the workplace on mental health and well-being
- The cost of mental health absence
- Improving productivity
- Attracting and retaining talent
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Raising awareness and reducing the stigma around mental health
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Amy McKeown
- The importance of company role models
- Fostering an open and supportive culture – talking about mental health and well-being in the workplace
- Dealing with poor attitudes towards mental health
- Peer-to-peer support and mentoring
- Refreshments and networking
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Developing a mental health framework and a company action plan
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Tom Oxley
- The role of HR in creating healthier workplace cultures
- Addressing key challenges – including in terms of funding, facilities and implementation
- Appointing mental health leads and investing in mental health first aid training
- Best practice well-being strategies
- Monitoring actions and outcomes from your plan
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Tackling work related stress
- Identifying key risk areas, and taking action to reduce or remove stressors
- Innovative initiatives for reducing workplace stress and anxiety
- Addressing long-hours cultures
- Offering flexible working opportunities and supporting employees with caring responsibilities
- Lunch and networking
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Managing employees with mental health challenges
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Mark Hashimi
- Recognising the signs and symptoms of poor mental health
- Using routine management tools – such a scheduled meetings, appraisals and informal chats – to identify problems and support needs
- What actions to take – including knowing when to seek professional support
- Having sensitive conversations and dealing with difficult situations
- Managing long and short-term absence, including return-to-work support
- Refreshments and networking
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Understanding the law and your responsibilities
- The Equality Act 2010 – mental health and discrimination
- Absence – where the law stands on being fit for work
- Issues to consider on dismissal situations
- Understanding mental capacity
- Making reasonable adjustments – what this might mean in practice
- Close of conference
Speakers
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Amy McKeown
Strategic Workplace Mental Health Consultant
Amy has a huge amount of unique and varied experience writing and implementing strategic mental health policies (and health and wellbeing ones) across workplaces and organisations of all sizes, including large corporate. Her policies are evidence based, measurable, long term and sustainable. She is considered a thought leader in the UK in terms of mental health and is considered an innovator in mental health policies and solutions. Amy has a distinctive skill set which combines a clinical background (specialising in psychology), expertise in mental health, occupational health, health analytics, and health insurance. She combines the ability to design strategic programmes with the practical ability and experience to then implement them.
Amy recently worked at EY where she led the creation of Health EY, (the internal health, mental health and wellbeing programme) from initial concept to a firm-wide implementation across the UK&I business (14,500 employees). Amy championed EY to become the first Professional Services firm to sign up to 8 of the Department of Heath Responsibility Deals showing its commitment to the health and mental health of its employees. In addition, she ran the EY Mental Health network which during her lead increased its membership from 6 people to over 450, launched a buddy scheme, developed regional networks and aided the roll out of MHFA to over 500 employees across the UK and Ireland.
Amy also set up and ran her own mental health company, Xanthis, in 2003.
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Mark Hashimi
Director, Strategic Wellbeing and Senior Consultant, Mind
Mark, having previously held a number of senior management positions over the last ten years, has significant experience when dealing with mental health and work related issues, as head of workplace wellbeing at Mind (Hammersmith & Fulham), senior revenue manager at EDF Energy, as a counsellor, trainer, public speaker, mental health first aid instructor and from his own personal experiences.
Mark works closely with Bloomberg, WPP Group, Ogilvy, UKTV, BBC Worldwide, Cabinet Office, AIG Insurance, Allianz, Hiscox, Met Police, NHS to name a few. Mark facilitates mental health sessions with a strong focus on proactive intervention and long-term sustainability, challenging stigma and effective communication.
Mark takes an “end-to-end” approach to wellbeing strategy implementation when working with clients; he is experienced in reviewing, enhancing and writing mental health policy and embedding welling strategy in line with best practice.
Alongside corporate training and consultancy, Mark works as a psychotherapist and counsellor specialising in workplace issues and trauma. Mark designed and delivered the “Trauma and Bereavement” training for those impacted by the Grenfell tragedy, designed Mind’s Met police “Managing mental health at work” training and numerous other core wellbeing programmes.
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Tom Oxley
Workplace Director, Bamboo Mental Health
Tom Oxley runs Bamboo Mental Health, a specialist consultancy helping workplaces on mental health. Tom set up Bamboo to review workplaces, train people and write mental health strategies.
Tom has worked with Cadbury, TFL, Cambridge University, Birketts Solicitors and Ecclesiastical Insurance. His philosophy is that any employer can help any employee - but plans must be meaningful, relevant and reach all levels. In this talk, he'll tell you how he does it, and how you can.
Venue
Millennium Gloucester Hotel & Conference Centre
Partners
For partnership opportunities, please contact Jessica Musetti on 0208 076 2320 or email Jessica.Musetti@forum-training.com
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