{"id":15903,"date":"2021-07-02T12:15:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T11:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cavendishconsulting.com\/?p=15903"},"modified":"2023-06-13T14:32:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T13:32:43","slug":"mental-health-first-aid-instructors-programme-delivers-5-5million-of-social-value-to-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cavendishconsulting.com\/article\/mental-health-first-aid-instructors-programme-delivers-5-5million-of-social-value-to-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health First Aid Instructors Programme delivers \u00a35.5million of Social Value to Society"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our charity partner the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity<\/a>, along with Building Mental Health<\/a> and the CITB<\/a>, have published a report detailing the social value of their Mental Health First Aid Instructors Programme; an initiative to train 288 construction industry dedicated Mental Health First Aid Instructors.<\/p>\n

The Social Value Report<\/a> shows that for every \u00a31 invested there has been \u00a35.50 of Social Value to society. This amazing result is despite the challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic, which meant that the programme had to be extended by a year. The programme achieved 99% of its target for training instructors and 166% of its target for training Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) to operate in the industry on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

Comprehensive support and expert guidance<\/span><\/h5>\n

\u2018Building Mental Health\u2019 was launched by a working group of construction industry leaders and experts in 2018 in response to findings published the previous year in the \u2018Thriving at Work<\/a>\u2019, Stevenson\/Farmer review of mental health and employers. Commissioned by the Government, the report looked into how employers could provide better support to employees, including those with poor mental health or wellbeing, to remain in and thrive at work.<\/p>\n

The Thriving at Work review identified not only the immediate human cost of poor mental health at work, but also the knock on impacts for society and the economy. It cited that employers are losing billions of pounds because employees are less productive, less effective, or off sick. In construction alone, stress, anxiety and depression accounts for a fifth of all work related illness. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the key objectives of the Building Mental Health Programme was to address the findings of the Thriving at Work report and provide companies of all sizes a portal of free and easily accessible information so that they could develop a positive mental health culture in their organisations. Contributions from across the industry ensured that an array of comprehensive support and expert guidance was easily accessible by all. The programme also includes a 5-step framework to better mental health, which focussed on the importance of pro-active training to support the industry.<\/p>\n

To help support the aims of the Building Mental Health framework, a specific training project was created and managed by the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity and funded with \u00a31m from the CITB in May 2018 to deliver a programme of bespoke construction-based instructor courses to achieve the following key objectives:<\/p>\n