COVID-19 Impacts on Mental Health and Wellbeing

With the global COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing, and with many parts of the world still being affected by the risk of infection and the ongoing rounds of lockdowns after approximately a year, it’s clear that the mental health toll has been substantial.

According to Public Health England’s Mental Health and Wellbeing (MHW) surveillance report, young adults and women, people with pre-existing physical and mental health conditions, adults who have been out of employment, and people from lower socio-economic brackets, among others, have been particularly hard hit.

Fortunately, there are mental health training courses available such as those found at Keep Safe solutions in Liverpool to help employers and others help alleviate some of the negative impact to mental health and well-being caused by the pandemic.

But what general tips might be useful in order to help boost and safeguard workplace mental health and well-being?

 

Be as flexible with working arrangements as possible

If you’re an employer, there’s a high likelihood that you have been working with a mostly telecommuting team for some time now as a result of the pandemic – and remote working is certainly the best-case scenario in many situations, if not outright essential in many cases.

Nonetheless, something that is certainly likely to place additional strain on the well-being and mental health of your already stressed employees is if you are being completely inflexible with the hours during which they have to work and are unwilling to make any concessions to personal circumstances.

Every business has targets to meet, of course, and employees need to get work done. But being as flexible with your working arrangements as possible right now is certainly bound to do a lot of good.

 

If your workplace premises are open, emphasise the social dynamic of the workplac

If your employees are still gathering at your workplace premises, there’s a good chance that many of them are actually cherishing the opportunity to be around other people on a regular basis, even just for work.

Many of the severest blows to mental health and well-being connected the pandemic have to do with the sense of loneliness, isolation, and social alienation felt by many people – particularly those who live alone and don’t have social support networks and are now largely cut off from broader society.

If your circumstances allow for it, you should do what you can to emphasise the social dynamic of the workplace. That might mean extending lunch hours and coffee breaks, holding limited team building exercises, or any number of other things. But since the office is likely to be the primary social outlet for some of your employees, you should do what you can to make it count.

 

Have helpful information and resources at hand

People who are experiencing mental health troubles or significantly reduced personal well-being, may well be uncomfortable with expressing their concerns openly to their colleagues.

For this reason, you should have helpful information and resources easily at hand, so that employees who are in need can benefit from them.

This could include pamphlets with links to government mental health resources, self-guided books and leaflets detailing CBT exercises, business cards of counsellors, and notifications of open-to-all social events.

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James Bickerton
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Sandrusca S
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Alan Evans
14:19 05 Dec 18
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16:05 30 Nov 18
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10:52 30 Nov 18
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Jim Reason
08:01 15 Oct 18
I have recently done an ISO45001 auditors course. From the moment I contacted Keep Safe Solutions the experience has been second to none. Excellent communication, well organised and professional. During the training the instructor was first class with bucket loads of knowledge to pass on. The learning environment was superb, relaxed modern and comfortable. Refreshments and lunch catered for. I will be using Keep Safe Solutions again with a view to using them in my workplace in the future. Thank you Danny, Terry and Gareth.
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Darren Gasson
07:32 12 Oct 18
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Terry Johnson
22:52 11 Oct 18
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Rachel Johnston
18:43 11 Oct 18
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stephen dommett
11:21 18 Jul 18
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K La
08:18 17 Jul 18
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Greg Braithwaite
Greg Braithwaite
17:31 13 Jul 18
I Have just completed IOSH Manage Safely Training course provided by keep Safe Solutions, were have I learnt so much and now have a better understanding of the risk assessment process and importance of keeping people safe in the work place.The course was delivered at a very high standard every subject we covered was delivered with a simplified approach to Safety in the work place.I cant thank Danny enough for the course and I will definitely recommend this course.The Training facilitates were of the highest standard with tea, coffee and refreshments provided throughout the day.
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08:46 14 May 18
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Adrian Twigg
Adrian Twigg
08:42 14 May 18
I completed an IOSH Managing Safely course with Danny from Keep Safe Solutions in Liverpool. 5 stars all round, I would highly recommended completing the course as it was delivered extremely well in all areas, and very clear that Danny is extremely passionate and experienced in this field. Danny is an instructor that covers all areas to the finest detail, and putting it across in a way that the class can understand.
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simon moore
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