Staff with good mental health and wellbeing are likely to be more productive, confident, resilient and engaged. They also take less unplanned leave and stay in their roles longer.
Mentally healthy workplaces
A mentally healthy and safe workplace is one that:
- promotes employee mental health and wellbeing
- protects mental health by reducing work-related risk factors, and
- actively prevents and addresses mental injury and illness.
Mentally healthy workplaces contribute to the mental health of their staff. They also create healthier environments for students and their families.
The Safe and Well in Education Strategy
Our Safe and Well in Education Strategy provides a systematic and sustainable approach to enhancing health, safety and wellbeing across all Department workplaces, including schools.
We are committed to a holistic approach that supports health, safety and wellbeing. This allows us to improve how we:
- promote positive wellbeing in our learning and working environments
- prevent against known and expected risks to health, safety and wellbeing
- respond swiftly and effectively to manage potential issues as they emerge
- support our employees to recover from injury and illness and return to work.
Building a mentally healthy workplace at your school
Guides and resources to support staff mental health in schools.
Find support for yourself or your colleagues
We all need extra support from time to time. An experienced professional can help when you’re going through a hard time.
School staff wellbeing after conflict, violence, emergency, or accident
You might be exposed to emergencies, violence, death of a student or staff member, conflict at work or natural disasters. This can affect your mental health and wellbeing.
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