PROGRAM
DATE
TIME
SESSION TOPIC
LOCATION
Tuesday 25 May
7PM - 8PM
Organisational factors and mental health
Online
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
WORKPLACE PRACTICE TASKS
REFLECTION - INDIVIDUAL
REFLECTION - PEER GROUP
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Understand the impact organisational-related factors on mental health in emergency services.
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Consider the key ways frontline managers can support workplace wellbeing.
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Make a special effort to let team members know individually what a good job they are doing, and how much you appreciate their work. Do this with a number of staff (as appropriate) and note their reaction.
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Talk to you team about the purpose of this Leading for Better Mental Health pilot program.
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How do people respond when you give them positive feedback and recognise staff?
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Consider the three major factors of workplace wellbeing (organisational, task & individual) and the ways a frontline manager can influence these to improve workplace mental health.
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What are some areas where you can make a difference as the manager
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Which of the three major factors of workplace wellbeing (organisational, task & individual) do you feel most comfortable to act on now to improve wellbeing in your work place / team?
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In the organisational domain, what are some things you could each do to better support your team members.
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If you decide to take action, how can you engage your team and more senior leaders so they come to support you in pushing for change?
Tuesday 11 May
7PM - 8PM
Trauma, stigma and help-seeking
Online
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SURVEY
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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Understand the short-term and longer-term impacts of trauma exposure, including vicarious trauma.
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Understand the types of stigma and how they can impact help-seeking and recovery
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Understand the role of leaders in mitigating the impacts of trauma.
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Understand the role of leaders in promoting help-seeking.
WORKPLACE PRACTICE TASKS
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Talk with a few colleagues who have been in the job a long time about their thoughts on the impact of trauma.
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Speak with at least two colleagues in support roles about how they can be exposed to trauma.
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Listen to ESF Impact conversation on vicarious trauma
REFLECTION - INDIVIDUAL
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Think about which people in your team / organisation might be affected by any sort of trauma.
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Based on what you have learned, are these people currently appropriately supported?
REFLECTION - PEER GROUP
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Discuss how leaders can help reduce the stigma around mental health?
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Discuss how leaders can support people who might be at risk of vicarious trauma?
Tuesday 20 April
7PM - 8PM
An overview of how mental health effects
people in the emergency services sector.
Online
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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Understanding the prevalence of mental health conditions among Australian emergency service personnel.
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Understanding the cost to business of a mental health claim
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Understanding the cost to individuals of a mental health claim
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Understanding the management challenges and best practice ways of managing a volunteer or employee who is off duties because of mental health
WORKPLACE PRACTICE TASKS
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Read the Beyond Blue Answering the Call Foreword
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Consider the Beyond Blue high level statistics
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Via your Agency Sponsor:
1. Speak with your agency claims manager to get a sense of how many mental health claims your organisation is currently managing and what are the challenges of managing such claims
2. Get a list of resources and tools available to support staff with mental health concerns – internal & external to the organisation
REFLECTION - INDIVIDUAL
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Think about what findings from Answering the Call resonates with your own experience.
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Download ESFs mindfulness tapes from https://esf.com.au/programs/early-intervention/ and try doing at least two.
REFLECTION - PEER GROUP
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Discuss the Answering the Call findings and how they reflect your workplace experience?
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Discuss if there is anything you find surprising from Answering the Call?
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Discuss your challenges of staying connected to people who are off work and thinking about what you have learned, reflect on new ways of staying connected and helping them get back to work
SURVEY
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Tuesday 30 March
7PM - 8PM
Understanding mental health -
the lived experience perspective
Online
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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What are the key mental health conditions experienced by Australians?
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What is it like to live and work while experiencing mental ill health?
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How can emergency services leaders improve the work experiences of staff with mental ill health?
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What are the key enablers of assisting staff?
WORKPLACE PRACTICE TASKS
The following are all found in the Resources Hub.
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Listen to four podcasts – in order from number 1-4 - with Victorian emergency service personnel describing lived experience with mental ill health.
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Listen to James Maskey This Working Life ABC interview.
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Read the Beyond Blue Answering the Call high level statistical summary
REFLECTION - INDIVIDUAL
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Reflect on your own mental health. Complete the K10 mental health check (in the Resources Hub)
REFLECTION - PEER GROUP
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What have you learned about your own mental health in the K10 checklist?
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Discuss how James could have been better supported by his manager?
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Discuss how your organisation could potentially include the sharing of lived experience as a tool to promote understanding about MH conditions.
SURVEY
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Tuesday 23 March
7PM - 9PM
Introduction to Leading for
Better Mental Health Program
Online
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
To understand the structure of the program, how it was developed and why, who the facilitators are and get to know one’s peer reflection group.
WORKPLACE PRACTICE TASKS
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Meet your Executive Sponsor. Your Agency Sponsor is making arrangements for this to occur and will be in touch soon
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Complete WAVE survey [40 minutes]
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Make an appointment with Rachel Davidson for feedback
REFLECTION - INDIVIDUAL
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Complete self-efficacy questionnaire and learning outcomes questionnaire
REFLECTION - PEER GROUP
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Get to know your peer reflection group – who are you and what is your role.
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Discuss mental health issues that you have noticed or had to manage in the workplace.
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How did that make you feel as a leader?
SURVEY
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