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CHANGING ATTITUDES AND OVERCOMING STIGMA AT WORK

A beyondblue perspective

Together Against Stigma Conference

21 September 2017

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beyondblue WORKPLACE PROGRAM

• Workplace Program has been operating since approximately 2003

• Key offering over the majority of this time was the National Workplace Program

• NWP offers on-site face-to-face training, but

- sustainable change is limited

- only reached those wanting to engage

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Opinion Pieces

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• A central point online for workplaces

• Simple, practical resources

• Resources for all individuals

• Leaders

• Employers

• Managers

• Employee

• Small Business

• Online resources, case studies, videos, tools, fact sheets, brochures, booklets

HEADS UP RESOURCES

• ‘Getting Started’ kit

• Interactive Action Plan tool

• Suicide awareness and prevention resources

• Online resource – How to have a conversation

• Weighing up the pros and cons – The disclosure tool

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TOOLBOX TALKS TRAINING PACKAGE

3 x 5-minute toolbox talk sessions (one for each topic) on:

1. About anxiety and depression 2. The relationship between the workplace and mental health 3. Taking action to support someone at work

The training uses videos, case studies and individual and group activities to guide learning.

HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND OTHER ONLINE LEARNING TOOLS

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YOUTUBE CHANNEL VIDEOS

1. Create

Awareness

2. Maintain the

Conversation

3. Hear it from

Experts

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HEADS UP WORKPLACE ENGAGEMENT State based engagement - Carried out by 3 Workplace Engagement Managers –

each responsible for 2-3 States & Territories - Main objective is to work with intermediary

organisations; - Workplace Health & Safety Regulators, Business

Chambers, Mental Health Commissions, other State based entities, Primary Healthcare Networks

- Some direct engagement with workplaces

National Collaboration - Mentally Healthy Workplace Alliance - Mental Health Sector - beyondblue program areas - Leading industries and employers

Conferences & events - 2015/16 presented at over 141 conferences / events

directly reaching approximately 10,000 people - 2016/17 presented at 184 conferences / events directly

reaching 15,495 people

HEALTH SERVICES CASE STUDY

Doctors Mental Health Program

• 2009: Established advisory committee with key stakeholders from the

industry to inform work

• 2011: International Systematic literature review released

• 2013-14: National Survey of Doctors and Medical Students

• October 2015: Engagement with Victorian health services & Industry

stakeholders

• December 2015: Held Victorian hospitals workshop

• Action: to develop a guide for health services on how to develop and

implement a mental health and wellbeing strategy

beyondblue Guide for Health Services

Aim

To develop a practical, step-by-step guide on how to develop and implement a

comprehensive and sustainable mental health and wellbeing strategy,

specifically for Australian Health Services

Target Audience

• Primary – OHS, Wellbeing, HR, Risk Managers

• Secondary – Senior Leadership – Board, executive team, CMO’s

Guide, development process

Environmental Audit

• Work is guided by a Steering Committee of hospital representatives:

• Senior leaders, HR, OHS, Junior Medical, Nursing, allied health,

Health & Wellbeing reps,

• 11 Metropolitan, regional and rural hospitals represented

External Stakeholder Reference Group

• Other Health Services, professional associations, unions, government,

regulators, workplace mental health academics

• Stakeholder review process over one to two drafts

Guide, next steps

Guide Launch

• Victorian Health Services Senior Leaders: 30 August 2017

Capacity building

• Followed by a trail workshop in Victoria for ‘the implementers’ to step them through the guide.

National dissemination

• State departments, regulators, professional associations and other key stakeholders

• The guide will be made freely available to download or order from our Heads Up website

Find out more at

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