Telephone Tutorial: Reasonable adjustments for people with mental ill health
21st October 2008, 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Past event
One in six people in the workforce experience mental ill health such as depression at any one time. It is estimated that UK businesses are losing £1,000 every year, per employee, due to mental ill health. Are you one of the many employers that still struggles to manage mental ill health or finds it a very difficult subject to approach?
This Telephone Tutorial will provide you with practical information on managing mental ill health in the workplace.
It will focus on what reasonable adjustments should be made in both the recruitment and retention of individuals who experience mental ill health during their working lives.
The session will be led by Caroline Gooding, EFD Associate, and joined by Kerry Smith, Disability Directions Manager.
Why attend?
This Telephone Tutorial enables you to:
- Develop an understanding of mental ill health and the issues related to employment.
- Get an overview of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) part II and case law related to mental ill health.
- Develop your knowledge on how to make reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process and during employment.
- Learn which adjustments might need to be made when managing absence of employees who experience mental ill health.
- Understand stress and how it links to disability, including the impact of long term stress and mental ill health.
- Get up to date thinking and useful ideas on how to effectively manage individuals with mental ill health, including the concept of advance statements.
- Get advice on how to encourage disclosure from new employees or employees that are newly diagnosed with a mental health condition.
- Ask experts questions about issues you may be facing in the workplace.
Who should attend?
HR specialists, Occupational health professionals and line managers responsible for managing staff.