CMHRA hosts program on dealing with employee mental health issues

LEWISTON — The Central Maine Human Resources Association will host a program for employers, big and small, about dealing with employees with mental health issues on Tuesday, Oct. 16.
The program will take place at 7:45 a.m. at the Carriage House ,and is sponsored by Kennebec Behavioral Health and the Looking Ahead Clubhouse vocational program.

The presenters will share information and discuss the most common mental health disorders that employers will encounter among employees; the payoffs for employers in employing those managing mental illness; the challenges and effective practices in application of the ADA to employees with mental illness; what employers need to know to maximize the effectiveness of employees managing mental illness; the value of job coaching, transitional employment and supported employment to employers; minimizing lost productivity and absenteeism for employees who are managing mental illness; and the role of treatment in supporting employees who manage major mental illness, as well as other related topics on what employers can do and what they face.
Questions may be submitted in advance to rwebber@sta-law.com, and those attending should feel free to come with questions.
Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. There is time to network before and after the program. Registration on line is preferred and available at www.cmhra.org. Members of CMHRA attend free; admission for nonmembers is $25, which includes the program as well as a full breakfast.