Links
to resources:
MIND guide to surviving working
life: Staying in employment
Alison Cobb and Kaaren Cruse,
MIND 2007
This booklet is a
comprehensive guide to strategies to stay in work, or to make
decisions on when to step back from paid work until the time is
right. It includes information on managing your mental health
at work, getting support from employers and mental health
services.
NHS Employers: Health work and wellbeing: stress and mental
health
NHS Employers have produced a
range of advice for NHS organisations on employment issues related
to the mental ill health of staff.
RETAIN
RETAIN is a national job
retention service run by the Richmond Fellowship which aims to
maximise the chance that an employee with mental health conditions
(including stress, anxiety and depression) maintains their
employment when problems arise. RETAIN Employment Advisors
give one on one confidential support, information and
guidance.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and
Development (CIPD) and MIND
The guide,
Managing and supporting mental health at work – disclosure
tools for managers will help employers ensure that how they manage
people supports their mental wellbeing and resilience, and also
encourage more employees to talk about any mental health issues
they may be facing at an early stage.
Time to Challenge: Time to Change
This programme is jointly run by MIND and
Rethink. The website includes an employment issues
section with advice and information for employees.
The ‘Telling
my manager’ section includes advice about working
with your employer and occupational health services.
Advisory,
conciliation and arbitration service (ACAS)
The health, work and
well-being section of the ACAS website includes links to
information, advice and services provided by ACAS, including a
telephone helpline.
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