RESOURCES
Additional resources
Want to learn more about how to develop and implement an effective workplace
mental health and safety program? Here are some additional resources to support
your journey.
1. ThinkMentalHealth.ca website
Fostering and maintaining a psychologically safe and healthy workplace is a strategic
initiative for Ontario's health and safety system. To support this initiative, the website
ThinkMentalHealth.ca has been developed by Ontario's health and safety system
partners to provide informative and actionable mental health resources. The goal is
to assist Ontario's employers in creating a psychologically healthy workplace.
2. WSPS classroom and on-site training
Mental Health First Aid (Basic) (MHFA) (2 days) – Train your employees to
recognize the signs and symptoms of mental disorders and provide appropriate
assistance.
Workplace Mental Health – Raising Awareness (120 minutes) – Reduce the stigma
of workplace mental health and discuss how we can begin to work towards creating
physically and mentally safe and healthy workplaces.
Workplace Mental Health: How Managers Should Respond (1/2 day) – Improve
mental health literacy and provide managers with practical tools and resources
to be able to manage mental health issues in the workplace.
Workplace Mental Health: What Health and Safety Committees Should Know
(1 day) – Help health and safety committee members evolve traditional ways of
thinking and find a more holistic approach inclusive of overall health and safety:
physical, mental and social.
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