Remote Working & COVID-19 - Managing Your Mental Health

Introduction

This webinar is designed for individuals who want to support good mental health whilst working remotely and assist with dealing with the specific challenges that we all face during COVID-19.

You will find out how to avoid mental health issues arising by making reasonable adjustments to your remote working day.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• What is Mental Health?
• The scale of the issue and why it is important
• What mental health is and is not
• Understanding the MH continuum
• Work and Mental Health
• Why work is good for mental health
• When work impacts on mental health - the causes
• The challenges of remote working
• Stress
• What is stress
• Eustress v Distress
• Stress v Pressure
• Spotting the signs in ourselves and others
• Stress triggers and pandemic factors
• Why does it seem uncomfortable for us to talk about - breaking the stigma!
• How to Work Remotely and Maintain Good Mental Health
• Improve wellbeing/peer support/taking a break
• Making workplace adjustments whilst at home

This webinar was recorded on 30th April 2020