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Develop internal mental health support structures

How to achieve this:

 

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Workplace mental health and wellbeing policies/standards are in place:

Helpful Resources:

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Appropriate staff members are trained in Mental Health First Aid and Suicide First Aid Training:

  • It is our vision that all businesses and organisations have someone trained in Mental Health First Aid, the same way they have physical first aiders

  • To support the Towards Zero Suicides vision of public health in Cornwall we recommend all organisations also have someone training in Suicide First Aid

  • Individuals trained in Mental Health or Suicide First Aid can become Orange Button holders as part of the Orange Button Scheme, showing to others that they are available and willing to listen to them in times of crisis

Helpful Resources:

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Managers are trained to recognise mental health issues and their causes:

  • Managers are aware of the signs of mental health issues

  • Managers are aware of the triggers and causes of workplace mental health issues, such as long hours without breaks, unrealistic expectations, poor working environments, high levels of stress, lone working, job insecurity etc – they do what they can to reduce or remove these issues

Helpful Resources:

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Make finding additional support easy:

  • Mental Health First Aiders, Suicide First Aiders and Health Champions are named, regularly promoted and easily accessible

  • All line management have access to information on where to signpost staff needing further assistance

  • Mental health line numbers are automatically added to work phones and links to relevant organisations are added to home screens on laptops and devices

  • Crisis information put in private areas such as inside toilet stalls or work vehicles

Helpful Resources:

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