Check Up @ Work

 

Workplace Mental Health Check Up

Every work environment can benefit from a comprehensive, integrated approach to:

• Recognizing and addressing mental illness issues
• Accessing support services
• Managing disability leave and return to work programs
• Providing workplace accommodations
• Creating healthy work environments

How does your workplace measure up?

Take our workplace mental health check up!

What is Check Up?

• Website developed by the Mood Disorders Association of Ontario (MDAO), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Ontario Psychological Association & Ontario College of Family Physicians to encourage routine mental health checks, early detection, informed actions and better mental health outcomes.
• Screens for depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and panic disorder; assesses propensity, not just current condition.
• Offers fact sheets on disorders & related conditions, treatment options & guides.
• Highlights local psychologists, counseling, clinical resources, associations & support groups; provincial and national resources.

Why Check Up?

• Easy to access
• Easy to use, screener takes less than 7 minutes to complete
• Easy to understand - straight forward, plain language
• Upbeat so as to normalize mood disorders
• Integrated screener, fact sheets and resources, leads to informed decisions

A checklist of high level best practices is noted below. Assess your organization, relative to each, and select the statement that most closely applies. Each response will be scored based on the points system below, and you will receive a total score upon completion.

1 point: Don't know

2 points: We know there's work to do - not yet started 

3 points: We've started the work, with lots left to do

4 points: We're part way there

5 points: We've got matters well in hand

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1. Our managers are trained to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental illness: *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand

2. Our managers are trained on how to communicate with individuals who may be suffering from a mental illness: *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand

3. We have screening tools readily available for employees to privately self-assess: *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand

4. Our tools are sufficiently equipped with information to help employees understand mental illness issues and where to find help, if help is needed: *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand

5. We have an EAP program that offers confidential counseling services, is able to address mental illness issues and/or re-direct individuals to the appropriate resources: *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand

6. We have a thorough, employee-focused EAP orientation program in place to foster appropriate, timely use of the benefit: *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand

7. Our drug benefits program allows employees to easily obtain medications for mental health problems: *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand

8. Our extended benefits coverage allows for adequate amounts of counseling and in-patient hospitalizations where these may be required: *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand

9. We have identified avenues of access to regulated service providers not covered by provincial health plans (e.g. psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, nurses, dieticians) with expertise in mental health: *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand

10. Our disability insurance policies provide for case management and access to treatment: *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand

11. We have clearly defined parameters around our role and responsibility in seeking and sharing information regarding individual employee’s mental health status: *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand

12. Our disability management policies are adopted by senior management, frontline supervisors and occupational and health and safety personnel (in unionized environments this extends to labor / management cooperation): *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand

13. We understand the relevant legislation and have implemented practical guidelines to follow when working through the accommodation process for employees with mental health problems: *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand

14. Training and communication is in place, sufficient to effectively support supervisors and co-workers accommodating individuals with mental health problems: *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand

15. We understand the negative impact of high demand/ low control and high effort/low reward jobs, their contribution to stress and long-term impact, if continuous, on mental health: *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand

16. Our organization is characterized by high quality leadership, supportive managers and open channels of communication: *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand

17. Our workplace culture encompasses the values of trust, respect, inclusion and flexibility: *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand

18. We have tools in place to gauge the health status of employees, monitor trends and assess the impact of initiatives to promote employee health: *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand

19. Our senior leadership team understands the relevance of employees’ mental health to overall organizational health in terms of productivity, costs and employee engagement: *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand

20. Our senior leadership team understands the magnitude of the challenge and is committed to tackling it as a priority: *

Don't know

We know there's work to do - not yet started

We've started the work, with lots left to do

We're part way there

We've got matters well in hand