We are committed to protecting the health, safety and welfare of our colleagues and supporting their mental wellbeing. As a manager you may find yourself seeking to support colleagues with mental health concerns, wanting to enhance your understanding of mental health and aiming to create a positive culture around mental wellbeing.
A number of common health and wellbeing scenarios have been presented below that aim to provide managers with information and pathways to offer support.
Scroll down to find the best scenarios that relate to your situation and click on it to find out how you can best offer support. This includes links to the various policy and guidance documents.
Health and Wellbeing Resources - Managers - Addiction.pdf
Health and Wellbeing Resources - Managers - Anxiety Personal Reasons.pdf
Health and Wellbeing Resources - Managers - Anxiety Work Related.pdf
Health and Wellbeing Resources - Managers - Bereavement.pdf
Health and Wellbeing Resources - Managers - Bullying.pdf
Health and Wellbeing Resources - Managers - Cancer Support.pdf
Health and Wellbeing Resources - Managers - Financial Wellbeing.pdf
Health and Wellbeing Resources - Managers - Long COVID.pdf
Health and Wellbeing Resources - Managers - Menopause.pdf
Health and Wellbeing Resources - Managers - Men's Health.pdf
Health and Wellbeing Resources - Managers - Suicidal Thoughts.pdf
The Mental Health & Wellbeing in the Workplace Guidance for Managers is a document for managers detailing a number of key points including how to have a wellbeing conversation, recognise workplace impacts, understand possible workplace adjustments and how to create a Wellness Action Plan.
Managers are encouraged to have a Wellbeing Conversation as part of their regular 1:1 and MyContribution discussions and you are encouraged to use the following template: Conducting an effective wellbeing conversation.docx
External Manager Support
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), in association with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has developed a series of tools to help managers assess whether they currently have the behaviours identifed as effective for supporting employees' mental health and reducing stress at work; the aim is to help managers reflect on their behaviour and management style.
Click here for more information on the CIPD website.