How does it help?
Employees who feel valued and invested in by their employers are naturally incentivised to return that commitment through their productivity.
Choosing to help parents & parents-to-be in your organisation adjust to the huge changes it brings, allows the opportunity to enhance your working relationship. By demonstrating this commitment to their wellbeing your organisation is empowered to remain dynamic, retain talent and build loyalty with your whole workforce.
Parenthood is a major cause of stress, anxiety and other mental health concerns. Through a combination of lived experience and clinical and academic expertise, our programmes are designed with a grass roots approach, as we recognise that parental mental health is about prevention not cure.
“Investing in people early equips them with the right tools to take responsibility for their own wellbeing”
Like most illnesses with better management we are able to limit the impact they can have and shorten recovery times. Mental health is no exception, however parenthood is predictable and gives us an opportunity to prepare for the challenges it might present before they become a problem.
Investing in people early equips them with the right tools to take responsibility for their own wellbeing. To put in place systems within your organisation to identify early warning signs and to normalise the vulnerability it takes to reach out for help.
All of this gives your business the best chance of having an engaged, resilient and productive workforce, whilst watching the people and families in your business flourish.
“parenthood is predictable and gives us an opportunity to prepare for the challenges it might present before they become a problem”
WHY INVEST IN MENTAL HEALTH?
What does mental health cost?
In 2018 alone UK businesses lost an estimated £5.4bn³ to absence alone as a result of mental health conditions with the overall annual cost to businesses estimated at £45bn when we also consider presenteeism and staff turnover⁴.
the average cost of mental health per employee is estimated at £1,652 p.a.
Between 2009 and 2018 that cost (adjusted for inflation) increased by 37%³ and continues on an upward trajectory.
When you then consider that studies suggest that approximately 68% of women and 57% of men with mental health problems are parents⁵ it should come as no surprise that parents are specifically at risk. Parenthood is a key contributor to poor mental health and consequently lost productivity.
³ Source: ONS
⁴ Source: Mental Health & Employers: Refreshing The Case For Investment Deloitte, Jan 2020
⁵ Source: Royal College of Psychiatrists. (2016)
Return on investment
Like anything in life, if we are not prepared or equipped to face the challenges it can throw at us, the likelihood of us coping with those challenges effectively, is dramatically reduced.
By investing in your workforce at the earliest possible opportunity, you are choosing to prepare your business and your people to cope with those challenges.
Results from recent studies show that the most successful interventions with mental health are proactive, organisation wide and targeted at specific groups¹.
On average, proactive investment in employee mental health, sees roi of 5:1
Being proactive to support employee wellbeing in your organisation is a cost effective means of nurturing a positive and productive environment, in which your business and your people can thrive.
¹ Source: Mental Health & Employers: Refreshing The Case For Investment Deloitte, Jan 2020
Creating the right culture
Despite recent increases in mental health awareness and availability of information and support, many UK employees still do not feel safe to speak up at work when they are experiencing stress or mental ill health for fear of negative consequences.
What percentage of your workforce would trust their line managers with their mental health concerns?
Our team will help build invaluable bridges between employees and management teams, engendering a culture of trust and loyalty that benefit both the business and the individual.
By offering experienced, HUMAN and impartial representation to both parties, we are able to actively encourage real change in individuals whilst also accessing the truth of how employees really feel about their work life balance.
Crucially this process empowers us to meaningfully help you inform your HR policies and seek out opportunities to maintain an engaged and loyal team.
Micro-Networks
Mental ill health has a habit of encouraging isolation, making it increasingly difficult for people to reach out for help, especially in the workplace. At BORN HUMAN we believe our concept of Micro-Networks can help to combat these issues.
How many of your colleagues do you have an emotional connection with?
By using our programmes as an opportunity for staff to make “first emotional contact” with their colleagues we want our sessions to be the beginning of new thinking.
We use the trust that is generated in our sessions to create a safe virtual space for those attendees to make a commitment to each other to always being open to being heard in times of trouble.
The conversations are endorsed by the business as a confidential space not to be exploited allowing employees to feel safe in sharing their highs and lows and realising they are never alone.
By creating safe spaces at work, and a network employees can come to regard as their “work family” they are encouraged to problem solve together, reducing isolation and maintaining effective and productive teams.