This Mental Health Awareness Week our Mindful Employer Coordinator was busy delivering workshops on the 10 Steps Toolkit to local Charter Signatories to engage staff in the process of creating mentally healthy workplace. Here is some feedback from those Mindful Employers: Lowell Financial Ltd. “Martha visited Lowell to host a Ten Steps Toolkit session with our …
“Leeds City Council has the potential to be a powerful force for change in the city” As the city’s biggest employer, Leeds City Council has put the positive promotion of mental health in the workplace at the heart of its agenda. The council signed the MINDFUL EMPLOYER charter in 2011. As part of an ongoing …
As the lead partner for MINDFUL EMPLOYER in the city, Leeds Mind has a responsibility to demonstrate its commitment to the aspirations of the MINDFUL EMPLOYER charter. The charity works hard to implement progressive recruitment practices, such as involving the people who access its services in recruitment and selection (and providing training to those who …
The greatest success stories are the individual lives that can be transformed when an employer takes a positive approach to mental health at work. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has engaged with WorkPlace Leeds to support a number of employees with mental health issues, including registered nurse Vicki Dinning. ” For me, the challenge is …
With savings of £800.000 in just 15 months, and an overall reduction in sickness absence of 0.8%, Yorkshire Water has reaped the benefits of putting wellbeing at the heart of its business agenda. Employee Health and Wellbeing Manager Susan Gee knows that people are more engaged and better able to use their skills when they …