20 Sep beyondblue National Workplace Program
The National Workplace Program (NWP) is an awareness, early intervention and prevention program, specifically for workplace settings, which aims to increase the knowledge and skills of staff and managers to address mental health problems in the workplace.The NWP utilises an evidence-based approach and focuses on:
- how to recognise a work colleague who may be experiencing depression or an anxiety disorder
- how to support someone to get help
- good management strategies such as return-to-work plans and making adjustments in the workplace.
The NWP is designed to meet the specific needs of organisations and has been extensively evaluated across a range of organisational settings throughout Australia.
Making an enquiry or a booking
To make an enquiry or a booking for the National Workplace Program contact beyondblue’s licensee, Davidson Trahaire Corpsych:
Phone: 1300 134 644 (tap to call)
Email: mentalwellbeing@davcorp.com.au
or visit: MentalWellbeing@Work™
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Workshop Options
1. Senior Executive Briefing: mental health in the workplace
This briefing is designed to highlight the importance of mental health in the workplace to senior executives. The presentation incorporates a business case for tackling the most common mental health problems in the workplace and leadership strategies to address mental health in the workplace.
- Recommended Length: 30 – 60 minutes
- Maximum participant numbers: 15
- Audience: Executive and senior management.
2. Organisational awareness: mental health problems in the workplace
This presentation is designed to increase awareness among staff members about depression and anxiety disorders, their impact and support for mental wellbeing.
- Recommended Length: 60 minutes
- Maximum participant numbers: 100 people
- Audience: staff at all levels within the workplace.
3. Employee awareness to action: mental health in the workplace
This workshop is designed to increase awareness among general staff members about the most common mental health problems in Australia and their impact on the workplace. Participants will also, through the use of DVD case studies and structured discussions, increase their confidence to approach a colleague they may be concerned about.
- Recommended Length: Two hours
- Maximum participant numbers: 25
- Audience: general staff groups excluding managers, supervisors and team leaders.
4. Manager Awareness, impact and action: mental health in the workplace
This workshop is designed for managers to enhance their knowledge about the impact of the most common mental health problems on individuals, the workplace environment and the organisation as a whole. Through the use of DVD case studies and structured discussions, participants will become more confident in the principles and planning required to approach an employee they may be concerned about. Participants will also spend time developing management strategies to address mental health within their organisation.
- Recommended Length: Three hours
- Maximum participant numbers: 25
- Audience: managers, supervisors and team leaders.
5. Strategies and solutions for HR Professionals: mental health in the workplace
This workshop is designed specifically to enable HR professionals to promote mental health awareness and to meet the challenge of addressing depression, anxiety and related disorders in the workplace. Participants will be guided through the fundamentals of mental health problems in the workplace, including an examination of prevention strategies at an organisational level, how to develop appropriate policies and procedures, and how to advise managers on addressing mental health problems with their staff.
- Recommended Length: Four hours
- Maximum participant numbers: 20
- Designed for managers and staff in HR, OH&S, Return to Work or Injury Management
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