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BOTTOM LINE CONFERENCE 2008
Date: Wednesday February 20, 2008 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
For Bottom Line Conference: www.bottomlineconference.ca
Post-Conference Workshops
MENTAL HEALTH WORKS WORKSHOPS
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre | February 21, 2008
Approaching an employee who seems to be unwell, managing performance issues where mental health may be an issue and addressing the concerns of co-workers are all issues we can help with. Mental Health Works, a multiple award-winning initiative of the Canadian Mental Health Association, provides organizations with the tools and resources they need to effectively address issues involving mental illness in the workplace.
In addition to these special post-conference workshops, Mental Health Works Certified Trainers are available for presentations and workshops year-round throughout BC and across Canada. Workshops are also available in French.
Educational presentations and skills-building workshops are available for various audiences in the workplace - employees at all levels, union representatives, operational managers, and senior executives. For more information, visit www.mentalhealthworks.ca or call 604-688-3234, ext 244.
COMPLEX ISSUES CLEAR SOLUTIONS
Full-Day workshop: 9am - 4:30pm
Participants: Managers, Supervisors, and Union Representatives
Limited to 16 participants
This award-winning workshop will enable managers to:
• more effectively discuss sensitive or contentious issues with employees
• separate performance issues from mental health issues
• create accommodation strategies that work
• avoid discrimination and human rights violations
Fee: $310 per person (+GST), incl. lunch
UNION MATTERS!
Full-day workshop: 9am - 4:30pm
Participants: Union representatives
Limited to 22 participants
Unions play a pivotal role with workers experiencing mental health issues such as depression or anxiety. Distraught members often turn to the union for advice and assistance in times of workplace conflict or stress. Is it mental health or is it something else? Most union representatives do not have the right training to do this comfortably. In this workshop you will learn about:
• recognizing signs and symptoms of mental health issues
• responding when a worker discloses a mental health issue
• responding when you suspect a mental health problem is the underlying cause for workplace conflict, but the worker denies it
• understanding how you can advocate for and contribute to a mentally healthy workplace
• facilitating an effective stay-at-work or return-to-work accommodation
Fee: $310 per person (+GST), incl. lunch
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH STRATEGIES:
STAY-AT-WORK AND RETURN-TO-WORK AFTER MENTAL ILLNESS
Morning workshop: 9am - 12noon
Participants: Occupational health professionals
Limited to 18 participants
This 3-hour workshop looks at the role of occupational health professionals in facilitating a successful stay-at-work or return-to-work for people who have experienced mental illness. We address working with physician notes that are unclear, supervisors who do not believe this person ‘deserves' an accommodation, management who think you should not send people back to work until you ‘fix' them and employees who do not seem able to access effective treatment. If this sounds familiar you will enjoy the case studies and especially the practical strategies.
Fee: $140 per person (+ GST), incl. refreshments
HUMAN RESOURCES:
STAY-AT-WORK AND RETURN-TO-WORK STRATEGIES
Afternoon workshop: 1 - 4pm
Participants: Human Resources professionals
Limited to 18 participants
This 3-hour workshop is for human resource personnel who become involved in the stay-at-work, return-to-work, and/or performance management of people with mental health issues. We use case studies to engage participants in considering approaches to the difficult situations involving behavioural issues, fear of violence, perception of ‘faking it', and the hostility of co-workers or supervisors towards the individual. We look at this honestly and candidly to assist you in your role of helping people remain productive at work.
Fee: $140 per person (+GST), incl. refreshments
Kathryn Gretsinger
Afternoon Panel Moderator
and Conference Emcee Afternoon Panel: How I Am Making a Difference
Our expert panel shares their insights on successful programs and initiatives from the perspectives of corporate culture, prevention, early intervention, and return-to-work
Find out what BC's workplace leaders are doing to address the leading cause of workplace disability -- mental illness.
• Cindy Rogers
Human Resources Manager, District of North Vancouver
• Jim Sinclair
President, BC Federation of Labour
• Brenda Scott
Vice-President Human Resources, Coast Capital Savings
• Deborah Payment
Business Agent, Compensation Employees Union
Moderator and conference emcee Kathryn Gretsinger has been a radio journalist for almost 20 years. For many years she hosted The Afternoon Show on CBC Radio One. An award-winning documentary producer, Kathryn's pieces are regularly broadcast on CBC Radio. Her community work involves facilitating and moderating events which focus on social issues including mental health, HIV/AIDS, and native issues.
Learn more
From Knowledge to Action - Responding with Respect
Mike Schwartz, Executive Director and Mary Ann Baynton, Project Director of the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace reveal the latest management tools and strategies for addressing mental health issues from the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace, a nation-wide project to assist employers in turning knowledge into action.
For more information and the link to online registration for the Conference and the Workshops: http://www.cmha.bc.ca/bl/workshops
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