About Us
MINDFUL EMPLOYER® is the work of a voluntary, informal network of
employers and support organisations and is open to any employer in the UK,
whether small, medium or large, private, public or voluntary sector.
MINDFUL EMPLOYER is facilitated by WorkWAYS which provides
information, advice and practical support for people whose mental
health affects their ability to find or remain in employment, training,
education and voluntary work. WorkWAYS is run
and managed by Devon
Partnership NHS Trust. In conjunction with the
National Institute for Mental
Health in England (which is part of
Care Services
Improvement Partnership), we are involved in addressing
employment-related social inclusion issues of people with mental
health problems on local, regional and national levels.
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information and also for details of our
comments and
complaints procedure. The Sainsbury Centre for Mental
Health have kindly secured funding from the Big Lottery Fund
to enable further development of MINDFUL EMPLOYER in the South East. MINDFUL EMPLOYER is a Registered Trade Mark of Devon Partnership
NHS Trust. The name MINDFUL EMPLOYER® and the logo can only to be used
by signatories to the Charter for Employers
who are Positive About Mental Health and
supporting organisations who have
signed our Partnership Agreement. We are very grateful to Keith Portlock, Chairman
of the Trust, whose Chairman's Initiative Fund provided substantial
funding towards the process of approval and registration and also Ashfords,
Solicitors for their legal advice, support and sponsorship. Council of Reference
The initiative is overseen by a
group of people representing different specialisms, sizes and sectors of employers
and supporting organisations. They are willing to be
contacted should you have a specific enquiry - alternatively, use
the main contact links.
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information.:
Alistair Macintosh,
Executive Director, Exeter Community Initiatives (Voluntary sector; small employer) Darran Armitage,
Associate Director of Human Resources, Devon Partnership NHS Trust (Public sector; large employer)
Di Jacob, Occupational Health Advisor, University of Exeter
(Public sector; large employer)
Janet Turner, Human Resources Advisor,
Exeter City Council (Public sector; large employer)
Emma
Towell, Equal Opportunities Advisor, Devon
& Cornwall Constabulary (Public sector; large employer)
Roger Cousins,
Community Care Trust (South Devon) Ltd (Private sector; small employer)
Stephen Lear,
Managing Director, Headland Lear (Private sector; small employer)
Susan McAdie,
Network Coordinator, Business Health Network (Employer network)
Tom Bromwich,
Development Manager, PLUSS (Supporting organisation) Vacant
(Private sector; small/medium
employer)
We are gradually developing informal partnership agreements with a range
of organisations across the UK. This free arrangements enables other
organisation to show that they work in partnership with MINDFUL
EMPLOYER and to display the logo alongside their own. Please
contact us if you would like to know
more.
Partnership agreements have been
signed with:
Addaction South West
bWell Birmingham
Cheshire & Wirral
Partnership NHS Trust
Creating Bridges
in Kent Leeds Mental Health Employment Consortium
MHNE Employers Consortium
in the North East
Milton
Keynes MINDFUL EMPLOYER Network Open Mind Consultancy in London Pentreath
Ltd in Cornwall Plymouth Business Health Network
Retain (part
of Richmond Fellowship) in
various locations in the UK
Richmond Fellowship Wiltshire
South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Step Up in
Dudley, West Midlands
Surrey MINDFUL EMPLOYER
Group 0845 650 2638
Wakefield & District Mental Health Employment Consortium
We also continue to receive support from the following:
Care Services Improvement
Partnership
Employers Forum on Disability
National Institute for Mental Health in England
National Social Inclusion Programme
Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
Employers
Launched in October 2004, MINDFUL EMPLOYER would not have been possible without those who
gave freely of their time and provided invaluable support, advice, sponsorship and practical assistance in its
planning and development. We have received such support from many
different places and people. Representatives from the following
employers made invaluable contributions during the initial development
period from October 2003 to May 2005:
MINDFUL EMPLOYER continues to receive support from many
different employers including our
Charter signatories and others (too many to list
individually) who wish to be kept in touch with the initiative.
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