The Inaugural Get Your Head out of the Sand Symposium is one day to help you to understand and limit the impact of mental health issues in your workforce, provide sound strategies to minimise your workplace psychological injury risk and generate ideas for how you can shift your organisations mental health culture.
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Do you know which mental health issues may be affecting individuals in your workforce right now?
Do you know how to respond to mental health issues in the workplace to ensure the best outcome for your staff? When did you last take a close look at the impact mental health issues are having in your organisation? |  |
Stress and depression are the largest contributors to lost productivity in Australia
Poor mental health and wellbeing affects staff morale, decreases productivity and increases absenteeism and presenteeism
Poor mental health and wellbeing affects staff morale, decreases productivity and increases absenteeism and presenteeism
5 things you'll learn at this Symposium
- The hidden costs of mental illness in your workplace - did you realise that on average $10,000 is lost per annum for each employee with untreated depression or anxiety in your team?
- How to recognise mental health issues in your workforce so that you can minimise the human and economic toll
- How to respond to mental health issues at work to meet your legal obligations and responsibilities
- Your legal responsibilities for making reasonable adjustments for your staff with mental illness and how to meet these with greater ease
- How to minimise your workforce psychological injury risks to protect your staff and your organisation
The topics to be explored by specialists in workplace and mental health issues at the symposium:
· Mental health issues and crises in the workplace
· Dealing with difficult people
· Stress and bullying – risks and strategies
· Reasonable adjustments to support mental health issues
· Developing individual and organisational resilience
Despite the high impacts of mental illness in the workplace, many supervisors, managers, and colleagues do not know how to recognise developing mental health problems and are not confident in responding in a mental health crisis.
Head In The Sand Symposium 2012 provides the information to assist you to confidently recognise and respond in the appropriate way when it comes to mental health issues at work.
· Mental health issues and crises in the workplace
· Dealing with difficult people
· Stress and bullying – risks and strategies
· Reasonable adjustments to support mental health issues
· Developing individual and organisational resilience
Despite the high impacts of mental illness in the workplace, many supervisors, managers, and colleagues do not know how to recognise developing mental health problems and are not confident in responding in a mental health crisis.
Head In The Sand Symposium 2012 provides the information to assist you to confidently recognise and respond in the appropriate way when it comes to mental health issues at work.
 | Confirmed SpeakersWe are delighted to confirm the following speakers:
· Dr Jenny Brockis; Brain Fitness Expert And Author · Estelle Dragun; Suicide Prevention Advocate · Franca Sala Tenna; Bullying and EEO Specialist · Tasha Broomhall; Workplace Mental Health Strategist Call for Abstracts now open. Please visit the Abstract Submissions page for more information. |
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