Values

About the role

Since 1981, it has been a legal requirement for a workplace to have some form of first aid provision, in case anyone is injured or is taken ill at work. As a minimum, this will often take the form of a first aid kit in the office, and perhaps a First Aider who has been trained to administer first aid when needed. This is important for the physical health of employees, but unfortunately it doesn’t take into account any potential issues related to mental health.

Mental illness is the single largest source of burden of disease in the UK, based on prevalence, persistence and breadth of impact – the total cost of mental ill health on the economy is estimated at £70-100 billion per year, and 17.5 million working days were lost due to mental illness in 2018, so it makes good business sense to take mental wellbeing seriously.