In-person and Online workshop

This workshop series is suited to Leaders at all levels within an organization from most junior to most senior. Professionals performing human resource functions will find it invaluable in understanding the mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety that are reported by employees. This will further assist in determining whether or not claims for disability may be indicated.

The WHO predicts that depression will be the leading cause of disability claims by 2020…that’s now! Can you afford not to proactively manage this pandemic?

This six-hour interactive workshop is for all employers, employees, HR Managers, and anyone who wants to understand mental illness. You will also learn how to break down the stigma and be more accommodating of sufferers in the workplace.

• Defining, diagnosing, and treating mental illness.
• The difference between mental and neurological illness.
• The “Big 5” types of mental illness most likely to be seen in modern day workplaces.
• Substance Use Disorders
• What are Personality Disorders?
• The Stigma and how to reduce it at work.
• The ultimate cost of unmanaged mental illness.
• Difference between real and fake mental illness.
• Assessing capacity for work / Basic functioning enabling a person to work – guidelines for HR and management.
• Job/workplace accommodation
• Person management.
• Workplace management
• Case studies.