Our mission is to de-mystify mental health in the workplace and enable organisations to help people flourish at work
Our Philosophy
Our aim is to help employers develop great workplace mental health culture.
We have designed our products and services using our experience as leaders and managers with experience of supporting and managing people with mental health conditions as well.
We have undertaken in depth training in workplace inclusion and in mental health and have collaborated with mental health practitioners to design our products.
Our range of products enables organisations to:
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Understand and evaluate what your organisation needs in the arena of workplace mental health so that you can build something which is right for your people and your organisation. Our products will show you where to start and what to tackle in order of priority.
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Understand how to build a fully effective workplace mental health programme which will enable you to develop great workplace culture on mental health.
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Train people to understand their role in relation to workplace mental health, understand the boundaries and be confident in holding conversations about mental health.
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Demonstrate genuine commitment to positive workplace mental health.
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Assess effectiveness.
How do our products and services differ
from other mental health toolkits on the market?
Ours contain clear, simple and jargon-free guidance on what every workplace needs in order to have an effective mental health programme, rather than just ad hoc initiatives or training which can appear tokenistic and may have little impact.
Ours make it clear what needs to be done, in what order of priority and how. We will help you to design policies, initiatives and culture which is right for your organisation and aligned with
your values.
Ours are bespoke, tailored to your organisation’s needs. Sample or toolkit policies don’t help employers to understand what to focus on and how to make changes. Ours are inexpensive and many of the initiatives we will recommend to you require little (sometimes no) budget.
Ours have been developed by people who have expertise in inclusion and mental health and who have personally dealt with mental health in the workplace and who have been rated by colleagues as compassionate yet effective leaders.
Our products have been reviewed and approved by mental health practitioners and are designed with the aim of delivering truly positive outcomes.
We want to enable employers to build great culture, to be able to attract and retain talent, to enable people to flourish at work and, where necessary, to be proactive and avoid and reduce problems, rather than responding to problems when they arise.
Who we are
Jennifer Nicol, Director
Jennifer is highly experienced in leadership and people management and has been successful in leading workplace initiatives to support and enhance positive mental health.
Jennifer has supported organisations and people dealing with mental health challenges and has undertaken specialist training in workplace inclusion and mental health. Her objective is to help organisations to build great workplace mental heath culture by ensuring that organisations know how to implement the right systems and offer the right training and guidance to the people in their workforce who are accountable for mental health.
The training, guidance and advisory services devised by Jennifer and Joanna embody the OMhAS mission to simplify workplace mental health and to help organisations achieve great results.
Jennifer finds that spending time outdoors, cooking, meditation, HIIT and Reformer Pilates are great for her wellbeing. She recently discovered yoga, and might best be described as enthusiastic and is slowly making progress in that arena.
Jennifer is also a lawyer who has many years of experience in helping clients to tackle every imaginable workplace problem involving mental health. Jennifer provides legal advice via our partner organisation, JMA HR & Legal Ltd.
Joanna Atkinson, Director
Joanna has many years of leadership and management experience. She has been helping employers to tackle mental health and other complex workplace issues for over 25 years and is often praised by her clients for her pragmatic, approachable and compassionate style.
Joanna's career has also involved working for an HR Consultancy and from that she brings an understanding of what it's like to be at the 'coal face' dealing with the many challenges faced by HR professionals and business owners.
Joanna is also the owner and an experienced employment lawyer at JMA HR & Legal Ltd, a niche employment practice and our partner organisation.
Joanna is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and the CIPD and is also a fully trained Mental Health First Aider, reflecting her commitment to supporting employers and employees to manage mental health issues in the workplace positively.
In her spare time and to focus on her wellbeing, Joanna likes to walk her dog, run, swim, practice yoga and create ceramics.
Sarah Bettin, Head of Client Services
Sarah is responsible for Client Services and supports the team at OMhAS, running the office, dealing with everything from our marketing and social media communications to our office administration, including bookkeeping.
In her spare time Sarah has a small flock of Hebridean sheep, ducks and chickens which keep her busy. When the weather allows she also goes flying in her hot air balloon. To support her wellbeing, Sarah swims and practices yoga.
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