Workplace Assessment: Mental Health Intervention Strategies CHC53315

This report provides a comprehensive workplace assessment focused on mental health intervention and prevention strategies, particularly addressing the prevalence of depression and the challenges faced by culturally and linguistically diverse employees. It outlines a plan for developing and implementing awareness campaigns, workforce development programs, and strategies to foster inclusivity and support within the workplace. The report emphasizes the importance of early intervention, accessible mental health services, and the role of social media in promoting awareness and reducing stigma. Furthermore, it highlights the significance of cultural sensitivity and tailored support for employees from diverse backgrounds, aiming to create a healthier and more supportive work environment. The implemented strategies are evaluated based on engagement and feedback, with a focus on continuous improvement and building trust among employees.

CHC53315 Cluster 5:
Workplace assessment 1

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK - 1..........................................................................................................................................3
Part – A – Planning and development.........................................................................................3
Part – B – Preparation and collaboration.....................................................................................4
Part – C – Implementation...........................................................................................................5
Part – D – Evaluation...................................................................................................................5
TASK – 2.........................................................................................................................................6
Part – A........................................................................................................................................6
Part – B........................................................................................................................................6
Part – C........................................................................................................................................6
Part – D........................................................................................................................................7
Part – E........................................................................................................................................7
Part – F.........................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
Books and Journals......................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Workplace assessment is a special service which is focused to have observation, evaluation
as well as reporting the physical environment and ergonomic requirements of the workers and
their responsibilities. Workplace assessments help in improving the overall performance of the
employees. A good workplace assessment helps in building talent within the organisation and
hiring the right people for the roles and responsibilities (Follmer and Jones, 2018). This report
deals with the intervention and health prevention of the common mental health issues for
working individuals. There is a strategy developed for the prevention of the issues as well as the
ways to promote its awareness. There is a development of systemic advocacy with the aim of
addressing the issue.
TASK - 1
Part – A – Planning and development
Mental health disorders are determined by the persistently depressed mood as well as
having loss of interest in the activities which are an important part of daily life. It is important
that the work which an individuals does for living is satisfying and brings some meaning to their
life. The working environment of many individuals is highly stressful because of the reasons
such as job insecurity, increase in workload and may more. Mood disorders and mental health
issues are one of the largest burden for diseases in the general working population. Depression is

the major mental health illness which affects the individuals coming under the working category.
One in every five young people working in Australia are suffering from serious mental illness.
Depression comes in the third highest burden of diseases in Australia which is 13% (Facts and
figures about mental health, 2020). The main issue identified is the major depression in the
working community of Australia. This is major factor of concern as the possible causes of this
mental illness leads to social sources of distress and have the ability to cause changes in the way
a brain functions. Depression is also associated with the thoughts and mindset to committing
suicide. This is the main objective as majority of people diagnosed with depression do not
receive any appropriate treatment and with a proper method, this illness and its causes can be
reduced making a better living life for them.
Part – B – Preparation and collaboration
There are many ways by which depression can be prevented. The initial stage for prevention is
aimed to reduce the incidence of new episodes of depression. Moreover, the use of medication
and regular therapy sessions are also effective in reducing depression. People working in
corporate offices suffers from depression and the most elements leading to this are because they
are unable to have a proper work life balance. The modern business works mostly with the use of
technology, this eliminates the chances of having face to face human interactions and thus
leading to an individual feel lonely in the workspace (Waugh, and et.al., 2017). The high loads of
work and the low salaries creates stress in individuals about future and deadlines. This stress on
the daily basis develops into depression disorders. The strategy to raise awareness for the
prevention methods for depression is by starting from arranging workforce development. It is the
process which focuses on an individual and its ability to grow skills and develop according to the
needs and requirements of the job profile.
This strategy will train individuals to be more productive in work which will benefit the
employer as well as the employee. The implementation steps for workforce development is by
initially assessing the level of knowledge and training the employees with the help of appropriate
solutions. Next step is to track the results and repeating the process. There are many media
campaigns which can help in the promoting the cause and symptoms for depression as the
platform such as social media helps in reaching out to the maximum audience (Milligan-Saville
and et.al., 2017). This is implemented with the help of creating a page in the most used social

media platform and then starting with posting the symptoms to gain the attention of people who
are actually going through this as well as the ones which are not aware of this illness. After this
preventative methods will be posted which work on the home level such as having proper sleep,
methods for meditation and so on. People suffering through severe depression will be given a
consultation of doctors and therapists.
Part – C – Implementation
The implementation of the workforce development is dependent on the managers and
management of the organisation. It is not easy to convince them about the pros and cons of the
having workforce development within the organisation. The implementation of social media
campaign for the promotion of the preventive sources for depression in the working
professionals. Social media is very popular in the generation of young people and moreover, they
trust the sources of information from these channels over some other. Social media plays a huge
role in the daily life of working millennials. Creating awareness with the help of social media is
the best approach and strategy. The resources used for social media campaign are the design
costs for websites and the content to be put these platforms. Not just this, there will be
advertising costs to advertise the site and channel to attract the maximum audience. It is required
to hire a digital marketer and an individual who can handle the online channels. The barriers
such as not gaining the required attention to the main issue can be solved with the help of
showcasing more relatable content rather than just the in general areas. There are people who
will create opposition to the methods and ways used for the prevention and dealing with such
people is a great barrier.
Part – D – Evaluation
The evaluation of the effectiveness of the strategy which is implemented in order to raise
awareness about depression will be measured with the help of responses on the posts and the
traffic on the online sites related to the campaign. The way how the people will be respond to the
content of these sites will show how they feel about such initiations. The campaign having the
use of social media will fulfil the objective of preventing and raising awareness about the
disorders of mental illness especially the problems and causes associated with depression. Opting
social media to promote such required cause is a great step as it provides the platform for

individuals to freely and openly share their problems related to mental illness, moreover, it
allows to reach to maximum people without having any limitation regarding the demographic
and geographic factors. The areas which requires change is advancing on gaining more trust of
people so that they will feel free to come forwards as an individual going through depression.
TASK – 2
Part – A
The chosen groups and its issue is about the culturally and linguistically diverse people
undergoing mental health issues within the workplace. The work place in most of the
organisation is usually diverse having people from different back grounds and following
different cultures and values. These people are often a minority within the work area and are
dominated by the local people and speaking the same language (Maulik, 2017). This leads to
excluding such people which builds up the mental problems within such individuals. Such
behaviours at the workplace place results in having no one to talk to and isolating one self. This
issue generates many mental health problems such as depression, extreme mood swings which in
turn has some severe impacts on these individuals. It is important for the place of work to be
comfortable for every employee working there and the job satisfaction thy desire. This issues is
major as it is ignored by most of the people who does not understand what it feels to be in such
situation. Some of these individuals are living away and alone from their family which already
makes up for having home sickness. It is hard for culturally diverse people to adjust n a new
place where people speak different language, this becomes more hard from being a victim of
mental issues.
Part – B
The group of culturally and linguistically diverse people are presented as the different group in
the eyes of local public. They will be treated differently and in some cases can be bullied. There
are very few people to which they can communicate, this lack of communication leads to
creating lack of information about the mental health and illness as well as related services. It
results in creating major barriers to access the mental health services (Sayers, and et.al., 2019).
The issues of over- representation of a particular culture group along with the mental health
facilities excludes the different cultural groups and there are number of areas where the
interaction of mental health and culture needs to be under consideration by the professionals.

Part – C
Australia has a culturally and linguistically diverse population some even coming from the non
English speaking countries and communities. Some people have often undergone some traumatic
experience in their past. It is important to consider the prevention of mental health problems in
the multicultural sense. The impact of such behaviours is about the relapse prevention for people
coming from diverse cultural and lingual backgrounds. They are less likely to have an access to
the mental health services. It is important for such cultural groups to have privacy issues and in
some cases are very strong. It becomes a priority to reduce their mental sufferings along with in
the trans- cultural sense which will help to encourage and support these individuals. They are in
the state of being lonely and have to handle everything on their own thus, it makes them feel
good to have some support. One opportunity to which will help the organization improve their
services regarding mental health is providing the patients with free information related to the
symptoms and causes of mental health. This will in raising awareness among the affected group.
Part – D
The strategy to help the people from different cultures working is to promote health working
culture where everyone will celebrate the cultures and traditions of one another. Organisation can
helps these individuals by providing training and supporting their needs and requirements to
make feel comfortable (Follmer and Jones, 2017). The company and its employees can start with
acknowledge differences and offering implicit training for each employee. The employees who
are disconnected with other people can be provided with mentors who will encourage their
participation. It is good to encourage personal evaluation where they can open their mind to their
friends and family.
Part – E
All the people involved in this process have given positive feedbacks and are in favour of having
such activities within the workplace. All this makes them feel being a valuable part of the team.
Moreover, it helps to overcome the work place stress with the proper communication.

Part – F
The strategy of bringing in some changes in the workplace has helped the employee from
different cultural backgrounds to not be excluded and take less stress. This has helped them
socialise easily and build connections. Communication has worked like a therapy for them to
overcome the mental illness and working with full potential and productivity in the workplace.
CONCLUSION
It can be concluded that there are many mental health related issues such as depression which
often roots from the work place of an individual. Such mental issues have a severe impact on
individuals and in case can even lead to thoughts of suicide. There are some people unaware of
the impact and symptoms of depression which is very important. To create awareness and
promote its prevention, social media platforms can be used. Moreover, organisation can use
workforce development to help the employees undergoing some mental issues. People coming
from different cultural backgrounds and speak different languages also suffer from mental
problems which magnifies due to the workplace discrimination. It is important to take certain
measures in order to avoid such issues.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Follmer, K.B. and Jones, K.S., 2017. Stereotype content and social distancing from employees
with mental illness: The moderating roles of gender and social dominance
orientation. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 47(9), pp.492-504.
Follmer, K.B. and Jones, K.S., 2018. Mental illness in the workplace: An interdisciplinary
review and organizational research agenda. Journal of Management, 44(1), pp.325-351.
Maulik, P.K., 2017. Workplace stress: A neglected aspect of mental health wellbeing. The Indian
journal of medical research, 146(4), p.441.
Milligan-Saville and et.al., 2017. Workplace mental health training for managers and its effect
on sick leave in employees: a cluster randomised controlled trial. The Lancet
Psychiatry, 4(11), pp.850-858.
Sayers, and et.al., 2019. Does help seeking behavior change over time following a workplace
mental health intervention in the coal mining industry?. Journal of occupational and
environmental medicine, 61(6), pp.e282-e290.
Waugh, and et.al., 2017. Exploring experiences of and attitudes towards mental illness and
disclosure amongst health care professionals: a qualitative study. Journal of Mental
Health, 26(5), pp.457-463.
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