Building on the mental health support workforce:

a central resource toolkit

Resources and evidence to help you develop the mental health support workforce for staff, patients and services.

Networks

Identify and engage with the local, regional and national networks that can help build on the mental health support workforce

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Key publications

Understand the national policies that provide a framework for developing the mental health support workforce

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Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Build on the diverse representation present in the mental health support workforce, reduce barriers and identify benefits

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Workforce Planning

Recognise the importance of robust workforce planning for the mental health support workforce and adapt your current processes

Recruitment

Apply recruitment best practice to help you reduce turnover and increase engagement from the mental health support workforce

Induction

Create a tailored induction package for the mental health support workforce by learning what others are doing

Day to day management

Improve your management practices by understanding what the evidence shows us is important when managing the mental health support workforce

Learning and development

Create development plans for the mental health support workforce to build on skills within role and beyond. Action plan for what can be done to reduce barriers to CPD

Career planning

Understand the opportunities available and how to enable the mental health support workforce to pathway into other roles

Exit planning

Collect data, review themes and action plan to value the mental health support workforce