Invest in the Mental Health of Your Employees
When an employer invests in the mental health of the people in their workplace, it can make a substantial impact on employees, their families, and the business itself. This online Mental Health Toolkit provides free mental health resources for you to help build a healthy and supportive workplace environment at your company.
As part of our Individual Placement and Support (IPS) program, Goodwill Greater Milwaukee and Chicago provides free mental health resources for employers.
Toolkit | Mental Health Awareness Resources
Discover potential accommodations by disability
Explore low-cost accommodations for you
Learn about the role of a job coach for employees
Mental Health Articles
Positive mental health awareness helps honor the needs of the employer and the employee. Learn from insights provided by the Goodwill IPS team.
How workplaces are helping employees with mental health challenges
Mental health challenges can show up at work in many ways. Learn how employers can support employees and managers when creating a mental-health friendly workplace.
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How workplaces are helping employees with mental health challenges
Five Mental Health Facts Employers Should Know
1 in 5 adults have a diagnosable mental health disorder. Learn the facts about mental health in the workplace to create and support your employees on the job.
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Five Mental Health Facts Employers Should Know
How the Bucks are creating a mental health-friendly workplace
Goodwill is highlighting the important work being done by employer partners like The Milwaukee Bucks around mental health awareness. The organization has worked with Goodwill’s Individual Placement and Support (IPS) team.
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How the Bucks are creating a mental health-friendly workplace
Watch and learn about mental health
Watch an informative discussion that answers the question, “What does mental illness look like?
Learn about mental illness and accommodations.
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What is a Recovery-Supportive Workplace?
A recovery-supportive workplace aims to prevent exposure to workplace factors that could cause or perpetuate a substance use disorder while lowering barriers to seeking care, receiving care, and maintaining recovery. A recovery-supportive workplace educates its management team and workers on issues surrounding substance use disorders to reduce the all-too-common stigma around this challenge. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides tips and recommendations to help your business create a recovery-supportive workplace.
Connecting people to work. Preparing people for life.
Goodwill’s IPS professionals have supported many individuals with mental illness and/or substance use disorders as they find and keep jobs. Read about the success stories of our IPS program participants.
Individual Placement and Support: Connecting people to jobs
Individual Placement and Support (IPS) helps people with mental health and/or substance use conditions find and keep jobs.
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Individual Placement and Support: Connecting people to jobs
Gaining purpose and independence through individual placement and support: Billy's story
For Billy, the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) program opens the door to possibility, purpose and independence. His employment specialist connected him to the DVR to partner in his support and help match Billy’s interests, abilities and skills to different types of work.
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Gaining purpose and independence through individual placement and support: Billy's story
Get additional resources
If you have questions about these resources or need more information on mental health in the workplace, connect with our IPS team.