Essay on Mental Health and Well-being in Public Service Workers

This essay explores the critical issue of mental health in public service workers, focusing on interventions, strategies, and the impact of colleagues and social media. It emphasizes the importance of supervision and provides a personal mental health and well-being plan. The essay is based on the UK's Civil Service Fast Stream organization.

Essay on Mental
Health

Table of Contents
Section 1: INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................3
Section 2: Interventions.......................................................................................................................3
Section 3: Strategies and policy...........................................................................................................3
Section 4: Social media........................................................................................................................4
Section 5: The importance of supervision............................................................................................5
Section 6 Impact of colleagues, friends and family on the public service worker's mental health and
well-being............................................................................................................................................5
Section 7: Personal mental health and well being plan........................................................................5
Section 8: Conclusion..........................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES....................................................................................................................................7

Section 1: INTRODUCTION
Mental health is a critical issue for the UK's public service. In the United Kingdom, the
workplace has various elements which can influence the people or worker's health and well-being.
Developing the appropriate work environment and controlling the various tools of harm will assist
the employees or workers at workplace. Several sources of harm in the organisation includes low
level of control, poor support and high work demand influence the mental health of workers or
employees at workplace. Report is totally based on the public organisation. Civil Service Fast
Stream is a public sector organisation in UK. This report will include the interventions that used by
organisation to promote health method to cope with stress. This report will also highlight the
strategies and policies that used to build resilience in individuals and the benefits and limitations of
the use of social media to promote mental health and well-being. This report will also state the
importance of supervision to promote mental health and impact of friends, family and colleagues on
public service worker's mental health and well-being and report also include the personal mental
health and well-being plan.
Section 2: Interventions
Various intervention that can be used to promote health methods to cope with stress. For
effectively promoting the mental health of the employees of private organisation, it is necessary to
take significant intervention in their policies. Stress management is a best tool for promoting mental
health. Intervention is classified according to the concern of stress management and on the basis of
level where the intervention takes place (Auerbach And et.al., 2016). The main objective of
intervention is to eliminate stress by decreasing the sources of stress at workplace and also
increasing the elements of well being. Positive mental health is essential in any workplace.
Psychologically healthy workplace is a best place for workers to conduct their activities or
operations in a very effective manner. It prevent the harm for psychological health of worker.
The another aim oaf intervention is to decrease the duration or severity of stress and take
necessary actions before the stress become more problematic. It focuses on to maximize
functioning and develop rehabilitate for those who are suffering or experiencing from
psychological sick health. Intervention mainly concern the assisting employees or workers to
improve management skills reduce and cope with stress. Effective intervention helps to create
systematic changes at workplace to conduct organisational practices effectively.
Section 3: Strategies and policy
Every business leaders should have a knowledge regarding the importance of effective
mental health of employees or workers in the organisation. They should have to consider the way of
employee think, behave and feel because all that activities impact the productivity and performance
of an organisation (James and Glaze., 2016). The company should have to take necessary actions to
maintain proper safety in the workplace. For improving the employee's mental health, Civil Service
Fast Stream public organisation adopts various strategies and policies such as:
Promote the balance between work and life
It is very essential to encourage the employees for balancing their work or life events in a
very effective way. Employees who are arrive early and work late, that will diversely affect their
work or life balance. Without the proper balance between the work or life, employee's productivity
will reduced and they faced unbalanced work or life structure and that can cause mental health
problems (Lawrence and et.al., 2015). Civil Service Fast Stream organisation should have to
encourage the employees to develop a best and rich life outside the office. People should have to
spend time with their family member, loved ones and friends and increase involvement in their

hobbies to make yourselves a better employees.
Offer in-service trainings
It is crucial to offer effective in-service trainings on the stress management, resilience and
self care. Organisation should have to organize a effective training and development programs to
remove the stress and improve mental illness of the employees. These type of trainings will helps
the employees to reach their best potential and also increase company's profitability.
Talk about mental health in the workplace
The leaders of the Civil Service Fast Stream organisation should have to put up the issues or
problems related to mental health in the workplace. They should have to discuss all reacted
problem related to depression, stress, mental illness and anxiety. It is crucial to create best path for
the workers to their remove their stress and mental illness in the workplace. Provide the effective
education to the managers about the effects of mental health issues and trained them to resolve that
issues appropriately. A caring and encouraging conversation between an employee and a supervisor
will be effective tool to encouraging workers towards work.
Discuss regarding EAP advantages
It is essential to discuss with employees about employee assistance program and its benefits.
Leaders of the organisation should have to remind their employees about the uses of EAP and its
benefits. EAP helps the employee when they suffering from insomnia and marital issues, it
encourage the employees to deal with that problems that detract them form their work or
performance.
Develop Wellness as a priority in the workplace
Healthy eating, exercise and indulged in relaxation activities are useful ways to improve
mental health and develop mental strength. Developing wellness in the organisation helps the
people to engage in good habits (Mental and Office of the Surgeon General (US, 2016).
Organisation should have to offer a free gym and mental exercise to remove mental health issues
from the workplace.
Provide free screening tools
Organisation should have to prove free screening tools that will assist the employees to
identify various risk factors which can affect their mental health. By this, they becomes able to
recognize certain mental health issues such as anxiety, depression and other illness issues. It can
promote the mental health and well-being in emergency services.
Section 4: Social media
The potential benefits and limitations of the use of one type of social media to promote mental
health and well-being
For promoting the mental health an d well-being with the use of social media can be
generated positive and negative results also. Social media is a best way to encourage the people
towards the development of mental health and well-being (Olson and et.al., 2016). It is best way to
promote any activity because maximum people uses social media or networking sites. Promotion
on the Facebook directly affect the peoples' mind because people are very addicted to Facebook.
Various positive effects of social media on the mental health such as:
Organisation can use the social media like Facebook as a motivational tool to inspire people
for healthy lifestyle. It helps the people to accomplish healthy lifestyle goals like attending gym,
exercise for reduce mental illness, quitting smoking etc. Regularly posting on the Facebook about
their healthy lifestyle goals will developing positive reinforcement from online friends to take more
actions for eliminating mental issues. It also provide the huge knowledge regarding the maintaining

mental health at workplace and improve employees work efficiency in a very effective manner
(Pilgrim., 2019).
Section 5: The importance of supervision
The role of supervision in supporting the well-being of public service workers and people
mental health and well-being
Supervision plays an important role in the supporting the well being and mental health of
public service workers. Employee development and growth is very essential for the healthy
workplace. Supervisor plays a crucial role to encourage the employees towards their mental health
and well being.
They motivate the employees or workers for the benefits of mental health and improving
their performance in the organisation. They mainly focus on the area and influences which can
affect the mental health of the workers. Supervisor in the organisation inspire the employee for
more physical and mental exercise to remove their stress and depression. They focus on basic
prevention to reduce mental health issues. They take necessary actions to create a smoke free
environment at workplace (Russell and Fish., 2016). Time to time, supervisor organize the fun and
entertainment activities for the enjoyment of employees and enhance their well being. They also
inspire the employees for healthy eating and reduce alcohol intake. Supervisor takes necessary
actions to create a stress free environment in the workplace. They also help the employees or
workers by reducing their workloads. They supervise the all activities of public service workers and
take effective actions to prevent them from mental health issues and complexions.
Section 6 Impact of colleagues, friends and family on the public service worker's mental
health and well-being
The colleagues in the organisation, family members and friends can help the people to
improve their mental health and well being. Family relationship also affect the behaviour and
mental health of people. The social relationship can have short term and long term effects on the
mental health of an individual.
The experience of family, friend and colleagues are useful for the employee because provide
the knowledge regarding early stages of mental illness (Townsend and Morgan., 2017). The family,
friend and colleague's care and helpful nature remove the stress of workers in the workplace and
they become able to tolerate difficult issues about their mental health and well being.
Section 7: Personal mental health and well being plan
Name xx Date of birth 02/11/90
Address Brown street, xx phone [phone]
Presenting issues Stress , depression ,
mental illness , mental
disorder
Allergies nil
Precautions Regular physical and
mental exercise,
indulged in with the
hobbies. Meeting with
friends and spend time
with family members
and loved ones to

remove stress
(Worden., 2018).
Any other relevant
information
Work load in
organisation.
In the Mental health care plan, it is very necessary to consider the main reason behind the mental
disorder. The appropriate mental care plan helps the people to reduce their stress, depress and
mental illness with effective precautions and activities. It assist the workers of the organisation to
conduct their operations without any mental health issues and in a very significant manner (World
Health Organization, 2016).
Section 8: Conclusion
From the above report, it is concluded that the effective mental health and well being of
employees or workers is very necessary in the work place. The effective mental health and well
being helps the public service workers to improve their performance in the organisation and also
increase productivity of organisation. It is essential for the leaders of an organisation to develop a
effective and stress less environment in the workplace because mental illness increase the
employee's stress and depression.

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