Promoting Positive Mental Health in the Property Sector

Employers have a duty to manage employees' mental health with the same level of care as physical health. However, all too often, mental health is overlooked, leading to preventable issues like burnout, decreased productivity, absenteeism, and high turnover.

Join WorkNest for actionable strategies aimed at helping you prevent and address issues in your workplace, support staff, and foster a healthy work environment.

An organisation’s working conditions and environment can significantly impact employees’ mental health, which can, in turn, impact their job performance, productivity, and overall organisational success.

According to latest statistics from the Health and Safety Executive, 875,000 workers experienced work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2022/23, making it the number one cause of occupational ill health. On average, each case resulted in six days’ absence from work, equating to 17.1 million days lost.

For organisations, statistics such as these underscore the importance of proactive support. Organisations must strive to provide a safe and supportive work environment by identifying and mitigating stressors, offering mental health resources, and ensuring that any issues are addressed promptly and effectively.

Paula Dubbeldam from WorkNest will offer valuable insights, including:

• Understanding mental health: Explore how mental health affects our thoughts, feelings and behaviours, learn about common mental health conditions, and increase awareness of poor mental health.
• The impact of stress on performance: Discover the most common causes of workplace stress, how it can affect employees in the workplace, and strategies for mitigating these effects to enhance overall performance and wellbeing.
• The role of line managers: Learn to recognise common signs of poor mental health and stress, discover practical strategies for conducting supportive conversations, and understand the essential role of line managers.
• Q&A: If you have a specific query about this topic that you would like us to answer, there will be an opportunity to put it to our host at the end of the session.

Speaker

Paula Dubbeldam

Trainer & Facilitator, WorkNest

Paula is a Trainer and Facilitator at WorkNest with a background in delivering ILM Leadership and Management qualifications and Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development qualifications. With over 15 years’ experience as a manager and consultant across the private, public and not for profit sector sectors with a specialism in school business management.