{"id":887,"date":"2019-12-09T12:06:10","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T12:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/?p=887"},"modified":"2019-12-09T12:11:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T12:11:39","slug":"over-three-quarters-77-of-young-workers-in-the-uk-have-experienced-mental-health-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/over-three-quarters-77-of-young-workers-in-the-uk-have-experienced-mental-health-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"77% of young workers have experienced mental health challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li><em>Nearly\nhalf (48%) of younger workers (aged 18-30) say they have experienced suicidal\nthoughts<\/em><\/li><li><em>However,\nin organisations that are providing the right support, young workers were 37%\nless likely to have recent experience of a mental health challenge <\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>92% of all workers have been touched by mental health challenges,\nfound Accenture\u2019s survey in partnership with workplace mental health conference\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tchevents.com\/\">This Can Happen<\/a>. Younger workers in\nthe UK are more likely to have had recent mental health challenges than their\nmore senior colleagues and nearly half (48%) of young workers said they have\nexperienced suicidal thoughts or feelings compared to 35% of older workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite having more experience of mental health challenges,\nyounger workers find it more difficult to talk about their own mental health\nthan more senior colleagues. 45% of younger workers hold back because of not\nhaving the language to express how they feel, versus 22% of older workers.\nFurthermore, younger workers report more feeling more pressure in their lives\nthan older colleagues. Four in 10 workers aged 18-30 said pressure from work\nand concerns about their own health affected them on a daily or weekly basis,\nwhile one in three worried about the health of someone close to them (32%). &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s clear that many young people face challenges with\ntheir mental health before they enter the workforce and while working, and that\nthey are affected more often than their senior peers,\u201d said Barbara Harvey, managing\ndirector and mental health lead for Accenture UK. \u201cTherefore, mental health must\nbe a priority issue for employers. Businesses need to look at how they can\ncreate an open, supportive work environment which enables employees of all ages\nto look after their mental health, support one another, and perform at their\nbest.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research found that where organisations create a\nsupportive, open culture around mental health it makes a significant difference\nto the way employees feel and their ability to thrive. The incidence of\nemployees with recent or current experience of a mental health challenge was\nlower in the more supportive cultures; this was especially true for younger\nworkers with 41% having recent experience in more supportive companies, and 65%\nin the less supportive cultures.&nbsp; Employees\nin more supportive cultures were 4 times more likely to say that work\npositively impacted their mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith this survey\nwe hope that many employers will examine their recruitment, induction and\nmanagement styles to support younger members of their workforce\u201d comments Zoe\nSinclair, Co-founder of This Can Happen. \u201cUndertaking large scale insightful\nresearch programmes that highlight the challenges faced by those entering the\nworkforce is an integral part of what This Can Happen and Accenture are working\ntowards.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly half (48%) of younger workers (aged 18-30) say they have experienced suicidal thoughts However, in organisations that are providing the right support, young workers were 37% less likely to have recent experience of a mental health challenge 92% of all workers have been touched by mental health challenges, found Accenture\u2019s survey in partnership with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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