People
Mental Health
Why is this important?
Nearly half of New Zealanders will meet the criteria for a diagnosis of mental illness at some stage during their lives.
One in 5 people will experience symptoms of a mental illness within any year and 35% of employees work with someone experiencing high levels of mental distress. The cost of absences from work due to mental distress is estimated to be $1.79 billion across the New Zealand economy.
Death by suicide remains one of the top 3 leading causes of death in New Zealand with higher rates amongst males, Māori, Pasifika and youth populations- which represent a large portion of the workforce.
How can businesses improve
- Focus on the importance of having a healthy leadership culture
- Reduce the stigma surrounding mental health
- Address three primary areas: prevention, promotion and intervention
- Implement evidence-based mental wellbeing solutions
How we help our customers make a difference
When you contact HSE Global, we won’t just offer you a quick fix. We will take the time to understand your organisation and your people, and ask you questions that go deeper than just “What is it that you want?”.
At HSE Global, we will ask “What is genuinely important for you? What is it that you want to improve? And why now?”. We call this an Environmental Scan, and it gets to the heart of what is going to produce genuine, longstanding investments in your workplace mental health.
What our recently Accredited Mental Health First Aiders say…
Mental Health
| The mental health of employees underpins every single outcome in an organisation. If we invest first in the mental health and wellbeing of the individual, they will optimize the system, tools, equipment, infrastructure to give us the best outcome.
The evidence is clear: as well as benefiting employees, a mentally healthy workplace is also better for your bottom line. Investing in Mental Health at work results in the following benefits • Increased productivity
• Improved employee engagement within the team and with customers
• Reduced absenteeism, presentism, and workers compensation claims
• Reduced workplace accidents and injuries
• Improved employee satisfaction and low turnover rate
• ROI ranging from $1.52 to $10.77, depending on industry |
Solutions
Mental Health First Aid Accreditation Course
More and more workplaces are realising the impact of mental health problems at work on their people and productivity. Encouraging early help- seeking is one way to promote a mentally healthy workplace. This is where Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) can help.
Mental Health First Aid is an evidence-based training course which gives your employees the skills and confidence to have supportive conversations with their co-workers and help guide them to professional help if needed. It has been shown to increase knowledge, confidence and helping behaviours, and reduce stigma.
Mental Health First Aid Aotearoa
The Mental Health First Aid Aotearoa standardised courses have been adapted by Te Pou to ensure the cultural context of New Zealand is considered with both delivery and implementation. MHFA programmes will ensure people working within communities, private or non-private sectors have the basic knowledge and skills to respond to mental health and substance use problems at a level that is appropriate to their day-to-day roles.
MHFA Delivery Options
The Standard MHFA program is a 12-hour course that provide participants with a 3-year accreditation as a Mental Health First Aider. This course can be delivered in a variety of formats to best suit your organisations needs.
- Face to Face – 2 Day onsite face to face delivery
- Face to Face Blended – Completion of a 5-7 hour self-paced eLearning component followed by a half day face to face session (available Mid 2022)
- Online Blended – Completion of a 5-7 hour self-paced eLearning component followed by 2 virtual, facilitator led, 2.5 hour sessions (available Mid 2022).
Our Global MHFA courses
HSE Global offers delivery of MHFA Australia, MHFA Aotearoa New Zealand and MHFA United States standardised courses. All international courses have been modified according to cultural sensitives with relevant national data and are facilitated by local instructors.
Mental Fitness™
In today’s world, the concept of physical fitness is well known and accepted. Mental fitness is very similar to physical fitness, however less readily recognized and acknowledged. When we are mentally fit, we flourish and can meet the challenges of daily life. True mental fitness also requires daily investment, just like physical fitness. Mental fitness means more than just an absence of a mental illness; it is about going “from good, to great”.
Mental Fitness is a proactive, positive concept that encourages people to invest in their mental health, the way they invest in their physical health. The Mental Fitness programmes designed to help participants build skills and confidence in supporting employees and peers to be their best as well as cope with life’s challenges as they arise.
HSE Global can tailor the Mental Fitness program to your organisation’s specific needs and offers Mental Fitness for individuals, leaders, teams and organisations.
Mental Health in Practice
HSE Global has designed Mental Health in Practice (MHIP) as an interactive session to reinforce and practise mental health interactions in a safe, relevant, and consistent way specific to your organisation. MHIP is a 12-month program focused on embedding knowledge, enhancing skills, and optimising mental health interactions.
The sessions use relevant situations provided by your organisation, combined with practical role-playing and coaching, to ensure individuals are equipped and confident in the skills needed to hold effective mental health interactions.
CARE Conversations
For organisations requiring a shorter training session and/or more tailored mental health awareness solution, HSE Global has developed our bespoke CARE Conversations. The CARE conversation framework provides a simple, yet effective structure for anyone who would like to improve their mental health skills and knowledge without taking on a formal support role such as a MHFA officer. This interactive short course includes workshop exercises, group discussions, a video demonstration and informative content can be tailored to your organisational needs and is run as a 4-hour session online or face to face.
Bespoke Mental Health Sessions
In addition to our CARE Programme, HSE Global offers a range of shorter Mental Health Awareness programmes that range from one hour to one day in duration that cover
- Introduction to Mental Health
- Senior Leaders Programme
- Dealing with Burnout
- Understanding Psychological Safety and Risk in the Workplace
- Wellness Webinars
- Managing COVID
- Resilience and Growth Mindset at work
Mental Health Coaching
HSE Global provides comprehensive and tailored Mental Health Coaching services. These can be offered to employees who have undertaken training such as Mental Health First Aid, and/or people leaders who want to continue to build their capability to coach and support others in the workplace.
Mental Health Index (MHI™)
Developed by Global Safety Index®, the MHI is designed to measure how well an organisation performs against the 4 drivers and 7 dimensions of mental health literacy and positivity, and their ability to identify and appropriately support people in maintaining their mental fitness or addressing mental health issues. These data-driven insights support the allocation of resources to specific focus areas for improvement.
1HSE
Developed by Global Safety Index®, 1HSE is a daily check-in app that provides a real-time pulse of your organisation’s wellbeing and promotes both help-seeking and help-offering behaviours.
The App is designed to work as both a stand-alone tool to promote consistency, connection and conversation around mental health and wellbeing. 1HSE can be used as a stand-alone tool or integrated into a suite of other available products such as Mental Health Index and Mental Health and Wellbeing training.
You can watch the video and learn more at 1hse.globalsafetyindex.com
“I would recommend Mental Health First Aid not just for Managers but all people – this is a human issue. In Maori we have a proverb – we say the most important thing in the world is ‘He Tangata, He Tangata, He Tangata’ the people, the people, the people.”
– Karen, Bupa NZ
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