Employment

Join CAFE TAC for Integrating Mindfulness Practices in the Workplace: A Four-Part Series

Join CAFE TAC for our new series, Integrating Mindfulness Practices in the Workplace, beginning on Wednesday, October 30th at 2 PM ET and continuing weekly through November 20th. Register here! For individuals with mental health conditions, it can be a challenge to maintain a sense of wellness in the workplace while succeeding professionally. The combination […]

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Navigating the Workplace: A Four-Part “Case Scenario” Series

Want to know more about navigating the challenges that come with being a person with a mental health condition in the workplace? Whether you’re an employee trying to figure out how to talk about your mental health at work, or a leader trying to create a supportive workplace culture, this is the conversation for you!

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A Focus 2.0 on Twenty-Five Years of Olmstead

The latest edition of CAFE TAC’s Focus 2.0 newsletter is here! This edition of Focus 2.0 looks back on twenty-five years of the Olmstead decision, which effectively ended legal institutionalization and the placement of people with mental health disabilities in segregated settings. How far have we come, and what remains to be done? We also

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A Focus 2.0 on Peer Support and Crisis Services

The latest edition of CAFE TAC’s Focus 2.0 newsletter is here! This edition of Focus 2.0 takes a look at an important new resource on the role of peer support in responding to mental health crises from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health. With communities across the country looking for new, better ways to respond

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Supporting Employees with Mental Health Conditions: A Short Case Scenario on Creating a Culture of Understanding

Building a positive culture that promotes understanding and support in the workplace requires intent, thought, and commitment. It’s an ongoing process that every employer should attend to. Of course, there is no shortage of competing priorities, and the need to address workplace mental health can catch managers and employees off guard. This new case scenario

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Beyond Peer Support: Peer Leaders Inspiring Systems-Level Change

The CAFÉ TA Center recently hosted Beyond Peer Support: Peer Leaders Inspiring Systems-Level Change, a conversation about leadership roles people with lived experience are embracing to infuse peer support and recovery values into the systems that serve people with mental health conditions. View the recording here! As peer support continues to grow, people with lived

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A Focus 2.0 on Social Determinants and Mental Health

The latest edition of CAFE TAC’s Focus 2.0 newsletter is here! This time we take a look at the growing mental health crisis, the role of social determinants in it, and how the peer support and recovery community can bring a new and necessary perspective to addressing its root causes. We also share some new

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Supporting Employees with Mental Health Conditions: A Short Case Scenario on Facilitating Peer Connection

Employers that pay attention to the mental health and wellness of their employees sometimes recognize opportunities for their employees to support each other. Sometimes connection happens organically; other times, it takes some intention and effort to bring people together. How can managers that know their team members would benefit from connecting with each other and

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Supporting Employees with Mental Health Conditions: Two Short Case Scenarios

CAFE TAC is pleased to share two new guides designed to help employers understand how to support employees with mental health conditions. A helpful way for employers to think through mental health in the workplace and the issues that come up in dealing with it is by imagining possible scenarios that could take place in

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