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We\u2019ve been thinking and talking a lot recently about the idea of duty of care for wellbeing and Mental Fitness in organisations.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n Historically the term has been used in the context of an employer\u2019s responsibilities in terms of Health and Safety where it is the employer\u2019s job to spot potential hazards or safety issues and ensure that the correct protocols, resources and equipment is in place to remove or minimise risks. <\/span><\/p>\n But this in turn is a reciprocal relationship. It is the employee\u2019s duty of care to themselves, colleagues, customers and the organisation to make sure they understand the protocols and safety rules and use the resources and equipment correctly. <\/span><\/p>\n In today\u2019s working relationships the duty of care extends beyond the realms of health and safety to encompass far more, but we like this idea of reciprocity when it comes to thinking about Mental Fitness. <\/span>When we broaden the scope of duty of care, and we continue to use the historic bounds of health and safety to model our thinking, we can start to think about how we might approach a duty of care for Mental Fitness.<\/span><\/p>\n It is, of course, an organisation\u2019s duty of care to their employees to help ensure that they are protected against challenges to their Mental Fitness. Helping to minimise stress or to ensure that they can get support if they are experiencing burnout. <\/span><\/p>\n But this can feel a bit too much like seeing health and safety obligations as the provision of first aid kits. <\/span>Great when things go wrong. Not so great at proactively making sure that the risks of anything going wrong are minimised in the first place. <\/span><\/p>\n So what would it look like if organisations developed a more reciprocal duty of care based model of Mental Fitness?<\/span><\/p>\n We believe the key is in creating an environment and culture that understands that Mental Fitness is a shared responsibility, of both employee and employer. <\/span>The organisation\u2019s duty of care is to provide access to services and resources that allow individuals to develop and strengthen their Mental Fitness. <\/span>Whilst the role of employees is to develop a proactive approach to Mental Fitness, for themselves and for others. <\/span><\/p>\n Here are a few things that help create a \u2018contract of care\u2019 within the organisation:<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][dvmd_table_maker tbl_row_header_count=”0″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” tbl_chead_text_level=”h3″ global_colors_info=”{}”][dvmd_table_maker_item col_label=”Organisational Duties” col_content=”Organisational Duties With this shared and reciprocal approach to a duty of care, that includes Mental Fitness in its scope, we believe that we can all work towards a future of work that is more positive, based on a stronger relationship between employee and employer, with a more purpose driven organisational culture.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n If you want to speak to someone within our Consulting team about how we might help you shape your wellbeing strategy to include Mental Fitness, get in touch with us today.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We\u2019ve been thinking and talking a lot recently about the idea of duty of care for wellbeing and Mental Fitness in organisations. Historically the term has been used in the context of an employer\u2019s responsibilities in terms of Health and Safety where it is the employer\u2019s job to spot potential hazards or safety issues and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[212,220],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mental-fitness-en-au","category-wellbeing-strategy-en-au"],"yoast_head":"\nCreating an organisation based around a mutual duty of care<\/h3>\n
\nMonitor and track Mental Fitness across the organisation and share insights
\nCreate and nurture a culture of Mental FitnessProvide access to Mental Fitness support resources such as mentoring, workshops and transformational coaching
\nBe innovative to enable Mental Fitness tools to accessible to your employees, where they are, especially when we think of hybrid working practice
\nIncorporate Mental Fitness KPIs into personal development and appraisal cycles
\nModel resilience and proactive Mental Fitness from the top of the organisation down” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/dvmd_table_maker_item][dvmd_table_maker_item col_label=”Individual Duties” col_content=”Individual Duties
\nAdopt a proactive approach to Mental Fitness
\nSupport, participate and be part of the culture
\nMake use of available resources to proactively manage individual Mental Fitness
\nAdopt new tools that your employer develops. Be proactive in feeding back on new tools to ensure you play a positive role in their adoption
\nIncorporate Mental Fitness into personal and career development
\nModel resilience and proactive Mental Fitness to colleagues and teams
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