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Adjustments, Access to Work and return to work.
- Level
- Bitesize
- Learning time
- 1 hour 15 minutes
- Where
- Mental Health at Work for Managers
- Price
- £39
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Certificate of Completion
Content Note.
This topic is about mental health at work. Part 3, Safe to Speak, Safe to Seek Help, talks about suicide and how to respond when someone is in crisis. It follows the Samaritans' guidance on talking about suicide safely and gives no detail of methods. Take it at your own pace, pause whenever you need to, and come back to it later if that helps.
If you need to talk to someone now, call Samaritans free on 116 123, any time, day or night. For urgent mental health help, call NHS 111 (in Wales press 2, in England choose option 2; in Scotland NHS 24 is also on 111). In Northern Ireland, call Lifeline on 0808 808 8000. If a life is at risk, call 999.
Overview and Outcomes.
Overview
This module shows that, read properly, the law asks for much the same things as good management. It covers when a mental health condition is a disability under the Equality Act 2010, the duty to make reasonable adjustments, the Access to Work Mental Health Support Service, and the common law duty of care through Walker, Hatton v Sutherland and Barber. The message: adjust early, write it down, follow up. This module covers how to respond well when someone is off work with their mental health. It explains the Statutory Sick Pay changes from April 2026 under the Employment Rights Act 2025, how to read a fit note, keeping in touch as connection rather than pressure, managing disability-related absence fairly in light of the Griffiths case, and planning a phased, reviewed return, set in the context of the Keep Britain Working review.
What you'll develop
In this Bitesize, you will develop the ability to:
- Explain when a mental health condition meets the Equality Act 2010 definition of disability, and why a diagnosis is not the test.
- Plan reasonable adjustments with a colleague by focusing on barriers, recording what is agreed and reviewing it.
- Describe the duty of care set out in Walker, Hatton and Barber, and what it requires of a manager once they know someone is struggling.
- Explain the Statutory Sick Pay changes from April 2026 and what fit note advice does and does not require of an employer.
- Plan keeping in touch arrangements during absence that offer connection rather than pressure.
The Modules.
1 hour 15 minutes of learning.
- 04The Law: Disability, Adjustments and Access to WorkThis module shows that, read properly, the law asks for much the same things as good management. It covers when a mental health condition is a disability under the Equality Act 2010, the duty to make reasonable adjustments, the Access to Work Mental Health Support Service, and the common law duty of care through Walker, Hatton v Sutherland and Barber. The message: adjust early, write it down, follow up.36 min
- 05Absence, Fit Notes and Returning to WorkThis module covers how to respond well when someone is off work with their mental health. It explains the Statutory Sick Pay changes from April 2026 under the Employment Rights Act 2025, how to read a fit note, keeping in touch as connection rather than pressure, managing disability-related absence fairly in light of the Griffiths case, and planning a phased, reviewed return, set in the context of the Keep Britain Working review.36 min
Keep going.
Part of the Mental Health at Work for Managers topic, also sold whole as Minds that matter.
Go deeper, and pay only the difference
- You are hereBitesize, 1 hour 15 minutes, £39
- Next stepFocus, The manager's role, 3 hours, £69. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £30.
- The whole topicExplore, Minds that matter, 5 hours 30 minutes, £129. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £90.
When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Prices per person. Read the full terms
Also part of: Well at work, Fair, firm and lawful
