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Mental health at work
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2018
An online gateway bringing together information, advice, resources and training that workplaces can use to improve wellbeing and give employees the mental health support they need. It includes information on support for line managers and colleagues, assessing your organisation's approach, ideas to improve workplace culture and help to develop practice. It contains resources relevant for a range of sectors, including charities and business. The resource is funded by The Royal Foundation and the content is curated by Mind. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health toolkit for employers
- Author:
- BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY
- Publisher:
- Business in the Community
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 68
- Place of publication:
- London
A toolkit on how to tackle mental ill health and promote wellbeing in the workplace. Mental health is an integral part of how people feel about their jobs, how well they perform and how well they interact with colleagues, customers and clients. With 1 in 6 employees currently experiencing mental health problems, mental health is an essential business concern. This resource sets out a step by step action plan, focusing on: making a commitment; building an approach through workplace policies and plans; promoting a positive culture; providing support and training; managing mental health and ending stigma; providing the right support; helping people recover; and regularly evaluating the organisation’s approach to mental health. The toolkit includes a number of case studies providing examples of good practice. (Edited publisher abstract)
Working solution for mental health
- Author:
- MOLODYNSKI Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 124(6396), 2 May 2014, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
The author and colleagues show how and why service users should be helped back into employment. The article describes responses to a measure of social and occupational functioning, the Mini-ICP-APP, which is used for all new patient assessments by the community mental health team.
ABC of mental health in the workplace: a resource booklet for employers
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- HMSO/Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 13p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Booklet presenting key facts on mental health problems at work that employers need to know. Also provides a reference guide to more detailed sources of information. Includes a section on recruitment issues.
Working towards an ordinary life: work, social significance and the social enterprise
- Author:
- GROVES Bob
- Journal article citation:
- ReHab NetWork, 39, Autumn 1995, pp.12-15.
- Publisher:
- National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
Argues that thinking on the subject of employment for people with enduring mental health problems is in a mess. Suggests that this is not just a problem for staff involved in integrating people who are socially excluded as a result of disability, but reflects a basic confusion and ambivalence towards work and employment which is shared by the rest of society.
See Me: workplace. Three year evaluation
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 39
- Place of publication:
- London
An evaluation of the See Me in Work programme, which aims to support employers to create a working environment that encourages an equal and fair recruitment process for those seeking employment; where people feel safe and able to talk openly about mental health in work, and where those returning to work following ill-health are fully supported back into the workplace. Implementation of the programme incorporates the following aspects: conduct a baseline Mental Health Check survey with staff; create an action plan to tackle mental health stigma, including promoting the e-Learning resource to staff; showcase this work to other employers; and repeat the Mental Health Check survey to show any change. The e-Learning evaluation indicates this resource is the right length, with relevant content that inspires employees to change their own behaviour and that in broader workplace. Organisations value the level of engagement and support they receive from the See Me in Work team. However, some organisations feel that the focus on stigma and discrimination is too narrow and would prefer a focus on broader mental health wellbeing. A more focused single outcome for organisations appeared to be beneficial for those who engaged with the Workplace Equality Fund. Organisations that engaged with the pilot of the Starter Pack found the process to be engaging and helpful. The report makes a number of recommendations, including continuing to engage with the rural local authority to ensure evidence is captured on how to tackle stigma and discrimination in a small community; and considering a broader focus on mental health wellbeing rather than mental health stigma and discrimination. (Edited publisher abstract)
What works for you? A qualitative research study
- Authors:
- SOLOMON Susan, et al
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 68
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This report explores new, low level and innovative ways for those with long term mental health conditions in rural areas to connect and help their journey towards employment and self-employment in rural Scotland. It identifies current barriers to employment and discusses a potential intervention model which could help alleviate some of these barriers in the future. It is based on findings from a review of the literature, in-depth interviews and a focus group, with research fieldwork involving interviewing mental health support services with a presence in a rural area, employers in rural areas and service users with a long-term mental health condition – who were in employment or had expressed a desire to move towards employment in some form soon. The research identified two main types of barrier amongst service users in rural areas who expressed a wish to return to employment – the more tangible barriers such as access to transport and digital connectivity; and the more intangible, softer barriers such as stigma, lack of confidence, and the personal impact of social and geographic isolation. The paper highlights the role the third sector mental health support services play in moving those with lived mental ill-health experience to a place where they are considering employment in the future. Gaining a voluntary position can also be a positive step towards paid employment for someone with a long-term mental health condition who is resident in a rural area. The research study suggests a clear broad framework for a viable intervention model – a community mini-hub – that can help in supporting people within rural areas to access and sustain employment. (Edited publisher abstract)
The role of social support in suicidal ideation: a comparison of employed vs. unemployed people
- Authors:
- FARIAS Miguel, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 29(1), 2020, pp.52-59.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Background: With the financial crisis, the number of unemployed has grown up, and so has suicidal ideation in these individuals. Although extensive research has been done about the factors associated with it, studies about protective factors are also necessary. Aims: To examine the relationship between unemployment and suicidal ideation, and the protective effect of social support. Methods: Participants were 149 people in full-time employment (age M = 41.63, SD = 10.37), 55 unemployed (M = 42.25, SD = 10.23 years), and 32.72 months average unemployment time (SD = 26.13). Instruments were a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Suicide Ideation Questionnaire (SIQ) and the Social Support Appraisal (SSA). Results: Suicidal ideation was significantly higher in the unemployed group, and positively associated with duration of unemployment. Social support, both from family and friends, was found to be a protective factor in suicidal ideation, particularly in long-term unemployment. Limitations: Cross-sectional study, convenience sample. Conclusions: Suicidal ideation is markedly present in unemployed individuals, particularly those unemployed for a year or more, and social support from family and friends may act as a significant protective factor. (Publisher abstract)
Employment in mind: the Poppy Factory employability service and veterans with mental health conditions
- Author:
- CAROLAN Stephany
- Publisher:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 34
- Place of publication:
- London
This report evaluates evaluate the Poppy Factory’s employability service and examines the challenges experienced by veterans in gaining and retaining civilian employment, the barriers to employment for people with mental health problems, what works in supporting veterans with a mental health condition into employment, and what research evidences this approach. The Poppy Factory supports wounded, injured or sick ex-Service personnel into employment. Since its inception in 1922 it has provided employment opportunities at its headquarters in Richmond, Surrey, and in recent years through its national ‘Getting You Back To Work’ employability service it has been helping wounded, injured or sick veterans in England and Wales who have been out of the Forces for more than two years, to find and sustain open employment within their own communities. The report identifies the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model as the most effective way of supporting wounded, injured or sick veterans into employment. IPS is a form of evidence-based supported employment for people with serious mental illness, based on the assumption that given the right job and the right support anyone can work and working on the principle of place, train and maintain: working with an individual to find and secure a job in open employment, and then provide the training to support them in that role, rather than the traditional train and place approach where services provide training for an individual and then search for an appropriate job. The report shows that the employment rate for IPS is twice that of usual high quality vocational support for people with serious mental illness; and that veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder are nearly three times more likely get into open employment if they access IPS instead of supported employment. The Poppy Factory’s employability service is similar in many ways to the IPS approach. It does not exclude people on the basis of their mental health diagnosis, it offers expert employment support and seeks open employment opportunities for clients based on their abilities and interests. In addition, the Poppy Factory is taking steps to strategically develop its employability service to achieve a closer fidelity with the IPS model. (Edited publisher abstract)
Poor quality employment is worse for mental health than no job at all and contributes to mental distress in new mothers
- Author:
- HOLTTUM Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 16(2), 2012, pp.66-71.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Two recent research papers on employment and mental health, one relating to all sectors of the working age population and the other to women who had recently had a child, are reviewed and summarised in this article. Both studies involved large samples of people in Australia. In the first study, information from a longitudinal survey was used to follow people over time and assess whether the quality of employment was related to mental health. It found that mental health was significantly better for people who were in jobs compared to those who were not, but that a poor quality job was no better than unemployment in terms of mental health and that, when the effect of other predictors of mental ill health was taken into account, a poor quality job was worse than no job at all. The second study focused on employed women who had given birth in the previous 12 months and had returned to work. It assessed the effect of working conditions on mental health, and found that quality of employment predicted whether they experienced mental distress, with psychological distress significantly associated with poor employment conditions. The author reports that the papers add to understanding of the relationship between mental health and employment, and comments that social inclusion through employment may depend not only on being in work but on the quality of that work.