Resources
This area contains information and links to resources for people who are planning to start work, or make changes to help them to stay productive at work, or to return to work when recovering from a period of mental ill-health.
NHS Choices: Advice and information on returning to work after mental distress
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/mentalhealth/Pages/returning-to-work-mental-health.aspx
Royal College of Psychiatrists: contains signposts to relevant guidance and practical tools, for employees, employers, clinicians and carers on returning to work after mental distress.
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/usefulresources/workandmentalhealth.aspx
ACAS: Advice and information on maintaining good mental health in the workplace and on returning to work after mental distress for employees and employers
http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1900
Health and Safety Executive: Advice and information on returning to work after mental distress including links to further sources of information and support.
https://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/mental-health.htm
Mental Health and Work – Gov.uk: a pdf version of a supplementary report commissioned by the cross government Health Work and Wellbeing Programme aimed at inform policy and guide action in relation to mental health and employment.
Mental health and work - Gov.uk
Bi Polar UK: Advice and information on returning to work after mental distress
Employees' Guide to Bipolar
Employers' Guide to Bipolar
http://www.bipolaruk.org.uk/
Evenbreak: Employment specialist
Evenbreak is an AAA accessible specialist job board that helps disabled candidates find work opportunities with employers who will value their skills. It’s free to register and candidates can set up job alerts for the kind of role they are looking for.
https://www.evenbreak.co.uk/en