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The self-learning material from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health provides supervisors with tools for supporting mental well-being in the workplace. It covers topics like “how to support mental health through leadership”, “how to improve employees’ resources”, and “how to handle challenging situations in the workplace”.

English
Swedish
Finnish
1 hour

This guide from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work offers a practical five-step approach to managing psychosocial risks and musculoskeletal disorders. Designed for micro and small businesses, it provides clear explanations and exercises to create lasting workplace improvements that benefit both employees and employers.

English
German
Estonian
Finnish
Icelandic
Swedish
1-2 hour

This tool by Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority offers industry-specific templates for identifying work environment risks, such as interpersonal interactions and work organisation. While the tool itself is in Norwegian, you can use translation tools to adapt the templates to create a customised action plan.

Norwegian
30-45 min

This guide for managers by the Mental Health Commission of Canada provides tips, considerations and insights to help managers provide mental health first aid to their employees. It helps you identify potential signs of mental health problems and gives actionable steps that you can take when addressing mental health with your employees.

English
15 minutes

This Right Direction for Me webpage raises awareness about depression and other mental health conditions and provides numerous free resources, tools, and expert guidance on workplace mental health for both employers and employees.

English
1-3 h

Are you struggling with mental health and want to bring it up with your own manager? Nuffield Health provides instructions for employees on how to bring up your mental health in your workplace.

English
5-10 min

This guide from Mind UK supports employers and other workplace leaders in setting up mental health standards in their workplaces.

English
30-45 minutes

This from Mind UK provides practical advice on how to collect crucial information about your employees’ mental wellbeing in a coordinated manner. It covers key factors influencing mental health, strategies for collecting wellbeing data within your workplace, and techniques for incorporating regular wellbeing checks into your team culture.

English
30-45 min

This guide from Mind UK sets out simple, practical and inexpensive steps that line managers and human resources teams can take to promote wellbeing. It covers how to encourage dialogue, feedback and engagement and to tackle the causes of mental health issues.

English
30-45 min

This resource from Acas offers guidance for managers and workplace leaders on conducting mental health conversations. It covers preparation, including finding a suitable setting, the conversation itself, and providing ongoing support. It also advises on addressing concerns when a colleague assures to be well but the manager remains concerned.

English
30-45 minutes

This visual infographic from Mental Health UK provides key facts about the signs of poor mental health and tips for having a supportive conversation about them in the workplace.

English
5 min

The survey by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health helps you assess and develop workplace practices for promoting exercise, physical activity and recovery of the employees. It is aimed at managers, supervisors, HR, occupational health care, occupational safety and health and personnel representatives. You should fill in the survey as a team, but it can also be filled in individually.

English
Swedish
Finnish
15 min