Further information and support
Whether you’re managing your own workplace mental health, or thinking about your employees, remember that there’s support available to you. This may come from within your organisation or from outside.
This section tells you where you might be able to go for this support.
Within your organisation
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). This is typically a free, confidential counselling and advisory service for employees. Not all workplaces will have an EAP but many large organisations do. Unfortunately, in most cases, staff don’t know what they offer and don’t turn to them for support. If your organisation has an EAP, investigate what it offers and how it can help you and your employees.
- Human Resources team (HR). Your HR team should be able to help you with policies and processes, legal requirements and possible adjustments.
- Occupational Health should be able to help you with more information about an employee’s condition and how it might affect their work. They should also support you in managing sickness absence. They should provide advice for you and your employee about reasonable adjustments and managing health in the workplace. Smaller organisations may use an external occupational health provider.
External support
Bupa
- Mental health in the workplace: Support and advice for managers
A ‘quick guide’ covering some of the key points of this information. Download and print out for easy reference. - Healthy mind hub
A range of information and advice around mental health and wellbeing, including conditions, treatments, and taking care of yourself. - Work-related stress
Detailed information about work-related stress. Looks at the impact it can have, and how to spot and treat it.
Recruitment
Disciplinary and dismissal
Health and safety – relating to stress, wellbeing and mental health at work
- Health and Safety Executive (HSE) - Management standards for work-related stress
- Mind – Taking care of business - employers guide
- Mind – Mental health at work
- Time To Change – Workplace mental health support for employers
Flexible working, sickness and return to work
- CIPD – Return to work support after long-term sickness
- CIPD - Absence management and measurement
- Department for Work & Pensions - Getting the most out of the fit note
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