Protecting staff’s mental health while undergoing change
Change can be hard. It can also present great opportunities. The level of workplace support organisations give to their employees can make or break change processes. Our new good practice guide developed in collaboration with the Mental Wellbeing Group provides advice on how to support staff in times of change.
Recent years have been full of change. And there’s more to come, in and outside of the rail industry. Supporting employees adequately through change is key to ensure they can navigate uncertainty to the best of their abilities.
Although the industry already has a mental health charter to guide work aimed at promoting, protecting, and supporting employee mental health, it was felt that specific guidance on how to support employee mental health at times of change and uncertainty was also needed.
Through aiding reflection on five different topics, this resource aims to guide organisations to action, keeping in mind the mental wellbeing of their employees.
What are the topics covered in the guidance document?
The topics covered are:
- Understanding the problem
- Reviewing
- Communicating
- Consulting
- Upskilling
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Watch a recorded webinar about dealing with uncertainty and staff mental health
In this webinar, Joana Faustino, RSSB’s Lead Work Psychologist, and Natasha Scoggins, Safety Development Manager at Eurostar, discuss how rail organisations can support the workforce and how each of us can take good care of ourselves .
