Resources

Excessive pressure and demands at work can cause stress. HSE's Talking Toolkit helps you to have a series of conversations with workers to identify and help prevent work-related stress.

Solent Mind offers a range of training and support in workplace wellbeing and mental health, from 45-minute presentations to whole-day training sessions and longer-term consultancy services.

This accessible guide from Mind is designed to help all employers to understand and implement the core standards recommended in Thriving at Work, the Stevenson/Farmer review of workplace mental health.

Acas has a range of training courses designed to help organisations to navigate the legal, practical and personal elements of managing mental health in the workplace. They're offered in many locations across England and Wales.

Any conversation about supporting children’s wellbeing must also include how we support teachers. This resource encourages schools to reflect on the wellbeing of staff, based on the findings from a large consultation.

Employee assistance programmes (EAPs) can be a valuable part of how an organisation promotes its employees' wellbeing. This guide, for those delivering EAPs or considering commissioning one, outlines the services and standards they can cover.

This episode of the Hays Leadership Insights podcast features Emma Mamo, from Mind, with advice on building a mentally healthy workplace that provides the right support for those who may be experiencing mental health issues.

The Building Mental Health Charter is a way for construction organisations to demonstrate their commitment to promoting awareness and understanding of mental health, lowering stigma and supporting employees.

Highly engaged employees are more likely to be happy, healthy and more productive in work. This factsheet gives practical advice on how organisations can improve employee engagement.

This factsheet from Roots HR will help you to understand employee wellbeing and how to support your workforce to cope with workplace demands and pressures.

Hertfordshire Mind Network offers a wide range of training for managers and employees, covering ways to support both colleagues and clients.

Thames Water produced this short video that does two things. Firstly, introduce employees to Open Thoughts, their initiative to make it clear that it's OK for staff to speak openly about anything that's bothering them. And secondly, make people laugh.

This short video from Thames Water explains why mental health is an important issue to them, including examples from staff. It shows some of the measures they have put in place, and encourages staff to get involved.

Thames Water produced this film featuring their staff, based on the Time to Change 'Be In Your Mate's Corner' campaign video. It's all about encouraging employees to look out for each other and offer a listening ear.

This leaflet tells Thames Water employees that there are qualified mental health first aiders available, and lists other sources of support too. It's an example of how you can encourage staff to seek help when they need it.

Thames Water has produced these posters to encourage their staff to talk to their colleagues who are qualified mental health first aiders. They're an example of how any organisation might raise awareness that help is available.

A checklist of top-level approaches that organisations can take to improve their employees' mental health and wellbeing.

Thames Water has produced a guide to help line managers in the organisation support people in their teams who are experiencing mental health difficulties. It's brief, colourful and filled with specific tips and signposts to further information.

Wellness Action Plans (WAPs) are for everyone, not just someone who has a problem right now. For all of us, it’s important to stay aware of our mental health work, and a WAP can help with this. This guide shows what to consider.

There will be times when employees need time off because of their mental health. Line managers have an important role to play in ensuring that an employee’s absence and return to work goes smoothly.

Thames Water has published its employee mental health strategy in a brief, colourful booklet accessible to all staff. It outlines why mental health is important, the measures they're putting in place and what staff can do.

Not all managers feel confident and comfortable talking about mental health. But it’s important that you do, and the information in this guide should help you.

This short guide condenses the key points of Bupa's workplace mental health content into one document. It summarises the headline statistics and essentials of promoting good mental health at work.

A resource that supports managers in assessing how well their team is currently set up to support good mental health in the workplace.

This booklet aims to help employers understand the relationship between good employee mental health and getting the best out of your staff.

This resource for line managers and HR professionals provides practical advice on how to collect vital information about your employees’ wellbeing.

These notebooks are designed to bring wellbeing to the front of your mind. They're filled with little points to reflect upon, based on the PERMA model of wellbeing, prompting you to consider how your work and wellbeing connect.

Having great wellbeing conversations is a skill that can be learned. These discussion cards can be used in all sorts of scenarios to start meaningful conversations about the things that positively affect wellbeing.

This mat is designed to open up a discussion about wellbeing within a team, focused on the five pillars of the PERMA wellbeing model. It helps to explore the model and offers an immediate 'pulse check' to help decide what to do next.

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