As a member of management and/or a leadership team, your roles consist of many responsibilities that could be categorized as program management and people leadership. In the role of people leadership, some of the more important aspects is to create and maintain psychological and physical safety and promote well-being in the workplace.1 Employees may face mental health issues and discuss this with you in your meetings with them. When managers learn to better identify declining mental health behaviors, address them, and provide resources, they increase the likelihood of positively impacting performance, attendance, and presentism and maintaining a safe and secure work environment for that staff member, coworkers, and patients.
The Ohio State Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers a Mental Health Awareness training specifically for managers to assist you in identifying possible mental health issues in employees while providing resources for having these important conversations. Our goal is to help you become aware of the many resources available to employees and where to go to access those resources. In this workshop we introduce what mental health looks like and feels like as well as introduce two case studies so you can practice how to approach an employee for whom you are concerned. We introduce you to resources such as EAP manager consultations, critical incident response debriefings, and the formal management referral process.
To attend this interactive workshop, go to Link to Health and search Mental Health Awareness or click on a link below to register:
If you or someone in your Ohio State community is experiencing difficulties, know the Employee Assistance Program is here to help. All eligible individuals can take advantage of their EAP benefit by contacting us by phone at 800-678-6265 or online here.
For manager support or to ask questions about your benefit and our services, please email us at our confidential email: eap@osumc.edu
1 The Importance of Mental Health in the Workplace - BetterUp
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