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The Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace is proud to provide you with a diversity of ideas and strategies from a variety of sources. This information comes from researchers as well as from promising practices that have come to our attention. While the views and opinions expressed on this site are not necessarily the views and opinions of Great-West Life, they are presented to help you turn knowledge into action by providing quick and easy access to resources that may help to enhance mental health in your workplace.
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Turning Knowledge into Action
Stories of reclaiming well-being at work, off work and returning to work
Working Through It™ is a series of videos designed to speak directly to people struggling with mental health issues. Real people share their experiences of working through times of mental health pressures at work, off work and returning to work, and send these important messages; 1) you are not alone, 2) there are things you can do to reclaim your well-being, and 3) there is hope for a better tomorrow. The great news is that the entire resource is available on the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace website and is absolutely free. MORE
Guarding Minds @ Work: A Workplace Guide to Psychological Safety & Health is a collaboration between the Consortium for Organizational Mental Healthcare (COMH) Faculty of Health Sciences at SFU and the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace in response to a growing need for employers to understand, assess and effectively address psychosocial issues affecting health or productivity in their particular workplace. MORE
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Speak Up
In response to the question "What does your workplace do to contribute
to good mental health", the following points describe How Some Organizations Assist With a Mentally Healthy Workplace:
- Employee Assistance Program - a free and confidential service providing counselling by phone and online, along with other wellness initiatives, e.g. benefit lunch and learns, etc.
- Adopt a proactive approach by creating the conditions for mental wellbeing, rather than just promoting mental wellbeing: recognition is uppermost, reasonable workload, encouraging peer support, as well as an open-door policy to allow employees to discuss any workplace issues they are having and provide workplace accommodation upon request.
- Benefits package includes coverage for licensed psychologist sessions, short term disability benefits for employees who require time off of work due to mental health reasons, as prescribed by a doctor.
- Developing a wellness program based on an outside survey sent to all employees about wellness issues, with results to be compiled by the 3rd party for management to review and address. Hold 4 wellness seminars onsite each year, a monthly wellness newsletter, a quarterly leadership newsletter and a Health & Wellness Fair.
Did you know?
Guarding Minds @ Work provides employers with practical, user-friendly tools and resources to help them assess their organizations’ mental health, identify action steps and measure progress and outcomes. MORE
The Ontario CMHA is running a very eye-opening ad campaign. MORE
News and Events
Centre website wins international award for website development MORE
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Congratulations to recent “Who’s Who in Workplace Health” and “2009 Champions of Mental Health” award winners! MORE
Monday, November 02, 2009
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