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Mental health support and counselling

Confidential access to counsellors, manager training, and awareness sessions that make it normal to seek help.

Audience
All employees and their families
Format
Helpline, counselling sessions, awareness talks
Budget
Medium; depends on provider
Frequency
Ongoing

How to set it up

  1. 1Partner with a qualified provider offering confidential counselling in the languages your people use.
  2. 2Communicate how to access it - and that it is private and free of consequences.
  3. 3Train managers to notice signs of stress and to respond with care, not judgement.
  4. 4Review workloads in peak periods and make time off acceptable.
  5. 5Share aggregate usage with leadership, never names.

Benefits

  • Reduces stress, anxiety, and burnout.
  • Improves focus, mood, and decision-making.
  • Makes it normal to ask for help.
  • Supports retention and productivity.

Awareness topics

  • Recognising stress and burnout.
  • Healthy sleep and boundaries around after-hours work.
  • How to support a colleague who is struggling.

Important

Counselling supports people; it does not replace medical care. For emergencies, direct people to local emergency services and crisis helplines.

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