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FACTOR 12: PSYCHOLOGICAL PROTECTION
If you are interested in improving psychological protection in your
workplace, WSPS has carefully curated a selection of resources for
you to explore:
On the Agenda is a free series of workshop materials and facilitator
tools created by Workplace Strategies for Mental Health to address
all 13 workplace factors. Use Putting Psychological Protection on
the Agenda to focus on factor 12, psychological protection.
When employees are struggling, it is important to know how to
have meaningful conversations about suicide, know how to provide
support and resources and bring hope to someone who may be
struggling. Use the Mental Health Commission of Canada Suicide
Prevention in the Workplace guide to navigate those difficult
conversations. It offers tips and resources for your own mental
health, as well as the mental health of employers, managers and
co-workers who are looking to show support and respond to the
topic of suicide.
The City of Toronto has created a helpful resource for both
managers and employees who have been involved in a critical
incident. The management guide contains information to assist
managers and supervisors to effectively respond to a critical
incident, and the employee guide assists employees who have
experienced a critical incident in the workplace. Use these
resources as a guideline to help implement your own critical
incident response plan.
Dr. Martin Shain, principal and founder of the Neighbour at Work
Centre, released a series of legal storm papers over the last decade
– Tracking the Perfect Legal Storm, Weathering the Perfect Legal
Storm and Getting Ahead of the Perfect Legal Storm – which outline
the evolution of workplace mental health laws that increasingly hold
employers responsible to protect mental health.
Don't forget to check out other Workplace Factors.
