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SUMMARY:Bridging the Gap – Mediation Supporting Return to 
 Work from Mental Health Absence
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  </p>\n \n <p><strong>FREE for SOM Members (please
  <a href="https://www.som.org.uk/user" target="_bl
 ank">log in</a> on the SOM website first). </stron
 g></p>\n \n <p><strong>Summary of presentation:</s
 trong></p>\n \n <p>Bridging the Gap: Workplace Med
 iation\, Mental Health Absence and Return to Work<
 br />\n With mental health-related absence continu
 ing to rise and reforms proposed to the fit note s
 ystem\, organisations are being encouraged to adop
 t earlier and more collaborative approaches to sup
 porting employees. <br />\n This session explores 
 how workplace mediation can help address the commu
 nication breakdowns\, workplace tensions and relat
 ionship issues that often sit behind prolonged abs
 ence. Drawing on the Government’s  Keep Britain Wo
 rking Review agenda\; the presentation considers h
 ow mediation can support sustainable return-to-wor
 k outcomes and become an integral part of future w
 ork and health strategies.</p>\n \n <p><strong>Spe
 aker bio:<br />\n  </strong><br />\n Louisa Spicer
  is an independent HR consultant\, accredited work
 place mediator\, and Non-Executive Director of the
  College of Mediators. A former employment lawyer 
 and senior HR practitioner\, she specialises in co
 mplex workplace issues\, including investigations\
 , grievances\, disciplinary matters\, and conflict
  resolution. Her current focus is on how workplace
  mediation can support sustainable returns to work
  following mental health-related absence and contr
 ibute to the objectives of the Government's Keep B
 ritain Working agenda.<br />\n  </p>\n \n <p><stro
 ng>Chair</strong>: Dr Charlie Vivian    <br />\n  
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DESCRIPTION:   \n \n \n \n FREE for SOM Members (please log in
  (https://www.som.org.uk/user) on the SOM website 
 first). \n \n \n \n Summary of presentation:\n \n 
 \n \n Bridging the Gap: Workplace Mediation\, Ment
 al Health Absence and Return to Work\n \n With men
 tal health-related absence continuing to rise and 
 reforms proposed to the fit note system\, organisa
 tions are being encouraged to adopt earlier and mo
 re collaborative approaches to supporting employee
 s. \n \n This session explores how workplace media
 tion can help address the communication breakdowns
 \, workplace tensions and relationship issues that
  often sit behind prolonged absence. Drawing on th
 e Government’s  Keep Britain Working Review agenda
 \; the presentation considers how mediation can su
 pport sustainable return-to-work outcomes and beco
 me an integral part of future work and health stra
 tegies.\n \n \n \n Speaker bio:\n \n  \n \n Louisa
  Spicer is an independent HR consultant\, accredit
 ed workplace mediator\, and Non-Executive Director
  of the College of Mediators. A former employment 
 lawyer and senior HR practitioner\, she specialise
 s in complex workplace issues\, including investig
 ations\, grievances\, disciplinary matters\, and c
 onflict resolution. Her current focus is on how wo
 rkplace mediation can support sustainable returns 
 to work following mental health-related absence an
 d contribute to the objectives of the Government's
  Keep Britain Working agenda.\n \n  \n \n \n \n Ch
 air: Dr Charlie Vivian    \n \n  \n \n \n \n FREE 
 for SOM Members (please log in (https://www.som.or
 g.uk/user) on the SOM website). You will then be s
 ent the join link.\n \n \n \n  \n \n 
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