Mental Health in the New World of Work - Smile eCademy

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Things have changed

The Mental Health Consequences?

What is this new feeling we are feeling?

Social distancing, Flatten the curve, Shelter at home, Zoom, Frontline workers, Rapid test, Variants.

We’re not “waiting for things to return to normal,” we’re obsessing about what “normal” will even be after this. And for that matter, when is “after” going to come?

What are these feelings?

This is a time for Mass Mutual Reliance

Saturday 10 October World Mental Health Day

The workplace has forever changed

Covid-19 has put mental health front and centre for organizations as the safety of employees becomes paramount to survival (Stahl, 2020)

It’s clear we need to prioritize caring for ourselves, and this includes our mental health.

QUICK Selfcare – Stroke your hands

What can employers do, and how can employees take better care of themselves?

Mental health benefits have been coined “the most competitive office perk”

Workplace mental health landscape in 2021

To be effective in crisis, there are five basics that should be promoted:

Research done prior to the pandemic showed A meagre 2% of employees showed employees would consider talking to Human Resources about their mental health.

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