Back on track: managing return to work

Category
Mental health & wellbeing
Audience
leader
Format
Workshop
Duration
2 hours

This workshop outlines how you can support an employee who is off work, or returning to work after sick leave, due to a mental health issue. It covers your responsibility as a manager, effective communication, understanding your organisation's return to work policy, and the important role the employee plays in their own return. It also shows how to introduce workplace adjustments and monitor the return to work process.

Course overview

Course overview


This workshop outlines how you can support an employee who is off work, or returning to work after sick leave, due to a mental health issue. It covers your responsibility as a manager, effective communication, understanding your organisation's return to work policy, and the important role the employee plays in their own return. It also shows how to introduce workplace adjustments and monitor the return to work process.

Learning outcomes


  • Understand your responsibility as a manager when an employee returns to work after a mental health issue
  • Communicate effectively with an employee who is off work or returning
  • Understand your organisation's policy on return to work
  • Recognise the important role the employee plays in their own return to work
  • Introduce workplace adjustments and monitor the return to work process

Compliance outcomes


  • Strengthen understanding of managers' responsibilities in return to work
  • Support consistent application of organisational return to work policy

Benefits

  • Confidence to support someone returning after sick leave
  • A clear process for adjustments and monitoring
  • A more consistent experience for employees returning to work

Contact us

We will work with you to embed safety, care and accountability across your organisation.