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10 STEPS

The following ten ideas provide help for you to get started. For each priority area there are a number of actions you can take – these are just suggestions and can be adapted to meet your business needs and culture.

The ten steps

Engage

Engage with your employees, increase their awareness of mental health

Step 1

Take stock of your workplace mental health.
Step 2

Raise awareness of your commitment to creating a mentally healthy workplace.
Step 3

Communicate the resources and support available. Ensure they can be easily accessed by all staff.
Step 4

Increase awareness of mental health.

Educate

Help your employees to undertand their role, building confidence and reducing stigma.

Step 5

Tackle stigma in the workplace.
Step 6

Ensure that staff understand their roles and feel valued.
Step 7

Enable staff to develop skills and confidence to support each other.

Embed

Implement a solid approach to prevent bullying and discrimination and use a sustainable approach to supporting employees.

Step 8

Minimise workplace stress.
Step 9

Support employees with mental health difficulties to stay at or return to work.
Step 10

Promote diversity and inclusion and take a zero tolerance approach to discrimination, harassment and bullying.