Employment
One in four people in the UK will have a mental health problem at some point. While mental health problems are common, most are mild, tend to be short-term and are normally successfully treated, with medication, by a GP.
Mental health is about how we think, feel and behave. Anxiety and depression are the most common mental health problems. They are often a reaction to a difficult life event, such as bereavement, but can also be caused by work-related issues.
Work can also aggravate pre-existing conditions, and problems at work can bring on symptoms or make their effects worse.
Whether work is causing the health issue or aggravating it, employers have a legal responsibility to help their employees. Like any other safety or health hazard at work, work-related mental health issues must be assessed to measure the levels of risk to staff. Where a risk is identified, steps must be taken to remove it or reduce it as far as reasonably practicable.
Some employees will have a pre-existing physical or mental health condition when recruited or may develop one caused by factors that are not work-related factors.
Support
If your work place is proving to be a mentally unhealthy place to be and you are thinking about moving on to pastures greener, then these organisations may be able to help you along the way.
Catch 22
At Catch22, we deliver high-quality, tailored employability programmes that equip people, who have struggled to find work through conventional routes, with the support they need for a path to sustainable employment.
By basing ourselves within the community, we are able to reach out directly to job seekers. This enables employers to reach the hardest-to-reach individuals, and provides job seekers with the support they need to reduce barriers to work.
Better Working Futures
Better Working Futures is Reed in Partnership’s name for the Work and Health Programme. The service gives people who face additional barriers to finding work the best support available.
It is part of a wider package of support for jobseekers and people with disabilities and health conditions announced by the government and aims to bring jobseekers, support provision and employers together to provide greater opportunities for those looking for work.
Reed in Partnership’s mission is to deliver services that positively transform people and their communities. We have placed more than 140,000 new employees with over 25,000 employers.
We support all kinds of businesses; from small local enterprises to large multinational corporations.
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