Working our way to better mental health: a framework for action: Dame Carol Black
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The document outlines Dame Carol Black's framework for action to improve mental health and employment in the UK. The framework proposes six themes: changing attitudes towards mental health, improving population well-being, intervening quickly when mental health issues arise at work, providing tailored help for individuals, building resilience from an early age, and coordinated government action. It also discusses initiatives to promote mental health in the workplace and support for employers and employees.
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Working our way to better mental health: a framework for action: Dame Carol Black
- 1. Dame Carol Black National Director for Health and Work Mental Health & Employment Conference 28 January 2010 Working our way to better mental health: a framework for action
- 8. IB Claimants - primary health reason for claim August 2008 Source: DWP Musculo-skeletal Mental and behavioural disorders Other
- 12. Government’s Aim Improve well-being at work for everyone. Achieve better employment results for people with mental health conditions
- 20. Nestle UK Ltd Employee Wellness Roadmap to success To engage, empower & energise employees to to take ownership of their health and develop their energy, vitality and personal performance Nutrition Implementation of a catering forum to review food and drink provision for employees Provision of healthy food options on all sites Working with contract caterers Education through training and learning lunches GDA information available On site wellness events Internal communications program Make healthy choices simple choices Exercise Make healthy choices simple choices 33% employees in Global Challenge Internal sports competitions Links with local sports facilities Provision of site cycle shelters Mental Resilience through:- Being part of a winning team Occupational Health Support Integrated training – Provision of specialist support Living Winning behaviours Support for Marie Curie Employee empowerment Better communication & upward feedback Good health, nutrition & exercise Lifestyle Risk Assessment through health screening & education Wellness Vision
- 25. Line manager training (cont’d)
- 26. Line Manager Training “ MINDFUL EMPLOYER” – training/awareness session Aim: To enable managers to feel more confident about supporting staff experiencing mental ill health A 3-hour course specifically dealing with this for: Line managers HR, equality & diversity and Occupational Health Directors and senior management Union and other staff representatives
Editor's Notes
- Loss to the economy – covers lost production of people who are on sickness absence or out-of-work benefits; lost production of carers and NHS costs – therefore note £8 billion spent on benefit payments alone Important to emphasis fear of disclosing condition because of stigma and discrimination – underreporting of mental ill-health and therefore costs likely to be an underestimate
- Note this is the 2008 is latest data available that breaks claimant count down to primary health reason for claim – we do not have a data release that includes 2009 and ESA claimants
- Dame Carol Black chaired expert group of mental health specialists, academics and representatives from business and 3 rd sector organisations
- That wherever you are – you have every opportunity to flourish in work
- 6 key themes
- Already supporting number of initiatives to raise awareness and help improve understanding of mental health e.g Headroom - mental health campaign launched by the BBC; Time to Change is an initiative led by Mind, Rethink and the Institute of Psychiatry. It includes television and radio programmes as well as a website, outreach events and partnerships with grassroots organisations such as libraries and student unions. ‘Shift’ is an initiative funded by the Department of Health that tackles the stigma and discrimination associated with mental health across a range of audiences.
- Challenge Fund in which promoting and managing mental well-being in small businesses is a priority. And we launched regional coordinators Already discussed how we will encourage employers to commit to training for managers to support mental health and well-being at work and give managers skills to hold supportive conversations – Trade Union congress has already started training safety representatives to improve their understanding and to recognise they have a role to play in supporting people to remain in employment should an issue arise Cabinet Office piloting a new approach to managing issues of ill-health and performance – improving training for mangers to increase their confidence and ability to handle sensitive and complex issues
- GlaxoSmithKline - since participating in the programme, one employee said that they had more energy and a more positive outlook on how to handle their workload efficiently and other issues. Another employee said she no longer felt guilty about spending time caring for her mental and physical well-being because she now knows it improves her work performance.
- Occupational Advice Line will also support employees and GPs – launch in 9 pilot sites The introduction of a revised medical statement, the “fit note”, will enable GPs to provide better return-to-work advice for patients to share with employers
- Education devolved responsibility – considerable number of commitments in framework – this is a selection