Frequently Asked Questions
I don't need any specialist stress and mental health training - why should I spend money on it?
Evidence suggests that mental health problems, and in particular stress, affects 3 in 10 employees** to varying degrees. This can have a highly debilitating effect on these employees ability to function and to carry out their job effectively. Mental health difficulties may arise independently of the workplace, or may onset as a result of pressures, insecurities, peer relations, etc. Additionally, research shows that up to 30 times MORE working days are lost due to mental health problems than through industrial disputes.** Effective, evidence based training and management provided by a specialist in the field can help employees and managers to better understand how to recognise and cope with such difficulties.
Furthermore, buying in specialist training is more cost effective than employing someone to do it. This is so for a number of reasons. Firstly, buying in services costs significantly less than adding to payroll costs. Secondly, YourStressManager's training courses are regularly updated to take into consideration any developments in stress management and mental health - developments which can be passed on to you and your employees.
The Health & Safety Executive has put in place management standards which acknowledge the presence of workplace stress and place the onus on employers to provide support for staff thus affected. Training all your staff in the subject can be viewed as a proactive step in lowering stress at work.
Why use YourStressManager?
YourStressManager provides fully evidence based training delivered by a fully qualified mental health nurse. This means that front line experience and up to date training methods are combined to bringing you the very best training in the field. We are also highly cost effective. For a full quotation, please contact us by clicking here!
** Gray P (2000), In, Mental Health in the Workplace: Tackling the Effects of Stress. Mental Health Foundation
Useful Links
Management Standards for Stress in the Workplace (HSE)
Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce
