Mental Health Essentials Program

About the program

Focussing on small to medium-sized businesses who employ a significant number of young* workers (*under 25), the comprehensive program will help employers better understand mental health risks and improve their workplace practices to prevent harm, educate and support their workforce. Delivered over three years, the Mental Health Essentials Program will include:

• information forums – to be delivered in metro and regional Victoria
• the delivery of the Workplace Improvement Program– which involves conducting two workplace visits per participating business, developing a tailored mental health action plan based on the WorkWell Toolkit and delivering onsite mental health training for up to 9,000 leaders and employees
• the development of practical business resources – for dissemination to workplaces and to support ongoing improvements
• the collection and analysis of extensive data to further inform this and future activities.

Importantly, this initiative leverages VCCI's extensive work with young people, including their Supporting Young Workers Program and long-standing relationship with Apprenticeship Support Australia.

Conducted by industry experts, it also builds on VCCI's history of delivering WorkSafe’s WorkHealth and OHS improvement programs.