SOCIAL SCAFFOLDING: Mental health & COVID-19 in the workplace

What has COVID taught your organisation?

The outbreak of COVID-19 has resulted in many people experiencing heightened levels of stress and anxiety across society. What has your organisation done to support the mental health of employees and the broader community during this time?

We would like to know about employee mental health and well-being during COVID-19, and how organisations have responded so that we can identify any practices we can all learn from.

By answering 10 questions, you can help us generate insights that will be shared with business and community leaders, profiling the importance of comprehensive mental health responses in the workplace and society.

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* 1. What sector do you work in?

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* 2. 1. Did your organisation have a business continuity plan, prior to COVID-19?

Yes

Not sure

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* 3. Was the plan your organisation deployed effective in supporting employees function during the crisis period?

Yes it worked fairly quickly.

Not at first but after a week or so it started to work.

It took a few weeks before it became effective.

We didn’t have an effective plan for the majority of the crisis.

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Did the plan consider employee well-being during the crisis in a meaningful way (e.g. supports, action plans)?

Yes

Not sure

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* 5. Was your mental health impacted by the changes in the workplace resulting from the COVID-19 crisis?

Significantly

Slightly

No impact

Not sure

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* 6. Did your organisation offer support for the mental health and well-being of employees?

Yes

Not sure

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* 7. Did you personally use any of the mental health supports offered by your organisation?

Yes

None offered

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* 8. From your experience, how effective was this support for your mental health and well-being?

Low

Very low

Medium

High

Very high

Not offered

Low

Very low

Medium

High

Very high

Not offered

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* 9. What did your organisation do to support mental health that you think other organisations can learn from?

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* 10. If an extreme event happens again (flood, fire, pandemic etc), what would you like your organisation to do to ensure the mental health of all employees is considered?

(Please provide as much detail as you are comfortable sharing, and this could include strategies your organisation has put in place to mitigate potential impacts on employee mental health)