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Mental Health & Wellbeing

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Building Mental Health and Well Being Programs Takes Design

Diversity Australia believes that wellbeing is a foundation for a fully satisfying life that spans both work and non-work and further that your work should add to your quality of life, not detract from it.

We help organisations to identify where there may be wellbeing risks in their people and offer tailored solutions that meet the needs of individuals as well as teams in a complex work environment.

Organisations are responsible for the safety of their staff, both physical and psychological. Our integrated approach takes a holistic view of impacts on individual wellbeing, addressing existing risks by preventing and addressing work-based contributors to physical and psychological injury, while promoting positive mental health and resilience.

How to Promote Mental Health and Well-Being in the Workplace?

Did you know that over half of employees say they’d feel more motivated and more likely to recommend their organisation as a good place to work if their company took action to support the mental well-being of its employees?

Furthermore, extensive research has been done on the link between mental health and the workforce, and reports show that untreated mental health issues are costing employers billions each year through consequences like absenteeism and lower productivity.

Wellness programs are more than a “nice job perk” and have become an essential tool for sustaining a positive, thriving culture, encouraging emotional and intellectual engagement, and creating a more resilient, productive workforce.

Above all, when implementing a wellness program at work – especially one that goes beyond physical wellness – you must consider how much time your population spends at work. It’s safe to say that the organisations we work for have a significant impact on our quality of life.

Promoting mental health and well-being in the workplace starts with you and your entire leadership team:

Creating awareness

Break the silence and stigma by talking about mental health, sharing stories, educating your staff, and inviting speakers and third-party services to employee meetings and events. There’s a lot you can do to create awareness, get people thinking and talking, and jump-start engagement, but it’s important that each method works to empower employees.

Encouraging an open and ongoing dialogue

The importance of transparent communications when promoting a cultural shift to acknowledge mental, emotional, and financial health is monumental. No matter how effective a wellness program could be, your employees must feel safe and comfortable before they engage.

Improving working conditions

Encourage self-care, mental health, exercise and non-judgemental speech during work hours. Allow employees to work where they feel productive and inspired. Provide employees with alternative areas to hang out or conduct business in. Allow employees to take a break and get out of the office when they need to.

Implementing the right wellness program at work

When you know you want to offer your workforce unparalleled support in areas outside of their career path, implementing a wellness program at work that is comprehensive and goes beyond physical initiatives – such as offering financial workshops, mindfulness courses and resources to improve employees’ emotional and mental health – is essential. Look past traditional plans and one-size-fits-all programs; your workforce deserves all-encompassing well-being support.

Routinely monitoring and adjusting

Once your robust wellness program is in effect, gaps and inefficiencies will come to light, but by monitoring, collecting employee feedback, and moulding the program to your company’s and employees’ exact needs, it will prove to be one of your organisation’s healthiest and most valuable assets – driving everyone and everything forward.

Our Solutions Include

• Safety assessments and audits using well researched and validated surveys and diagnostics

• Organisational psycho-social risk assessments and interventions

• Enabling leaders to manage the psychological safety needs of their teams through wellbeing assessments

• Job design /redesign and process improvements to enable safer, healthier and more productive workplaces

By implementing this approach, we believe employers can build engagement, boost productivity, reduce absenteeism and turnover and enhance reputation.

Diversity Australia ensures that the impact of wellbeing interventions on productivity, engagement and ultimately internal business returns, is measured to ensure your investment in your people pays off for you and for them.

Contact us below if you are interested in learning more about improving the health and wellbeing of your employees and reducing the impacts of poor physical and psychological health on your business.

Do You Need Some Help?

The most successful organizations realise that DE&I maturity is the shared responsibility of all internal stakeholders.

Key corporate functions must take responsibility for each dimension, but all functions must be on board for the DE&I journey.

For information on Services or Programs contact us below!

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