Small businesses and sole traders can now provide mental health and wellbeing support for their employees through Mind Australia’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support services. 

Supporting your employees’ mental health can significantly improve productivity and shows your commitment to your staff.

Targeted psychosocial support is our core expertise. The new OHS obligations in Workcover legislation concerning psychosocial hazards in the workplace apply to all states and make this all the more important for small businesses and sole traders to be on top of.

Staff burnout is an especially big issue for small businesses, Adele Henwood, Mind’s General Manager for Specialist National Services said.

“We’ve seen a real need for support for staff and managers who are dealing with the stress of constantly changing environments that comes with operating as a small business or as a sole trader.” 

“It’s not just stressors at work that lead to burnout. Often these are exacerbated by concerns and experiences in our personal lives as well.”  

The program is designed to be delivered over three sessions, with single sessions available as well to suit your employees’ needs. Sessions will be billed post-delivery, with invoices sent out at the end of the month.  

Service details
Nationally (Telehealth)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Get support for you and your employee's mental health and wellbeing through Mind's EAP.
Both in person and online 18-100 Paid

Mind’s experienced Allied Health clinicians take a holistic approach in supporting employees to improve their mental health and wellbeing. This includes: 

  • providing individually targeted education about what influences their mental health, and the strategies they can follow that support good mental health and wellbeing 
  • counselling 
  • stress management 
  • service navigation. 

Mind CEO Gill Callister said the new initiative would allow small businesses to access vital support for their employees.

“Mind’s EAP services offer small businesses or sole traders an accessible way to provide support for their employees’ mental health and wellbeing when they need it. It’s a great way to improve productivity and demonstrate how much you value your staff in what they contribute to your business.” 

This service is delivered by Occupational Therapists and psychologists and is available nationally. The profiles of our clinicians on our website will help you see if there is a preferred discipline that best meets your needs.  

Find out how we can help your business today by emailing our Administration through [email protected] and they will provide a short referral form for you to complete.  

You can also call Mind Connect on 1300 286 463 for more information.