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Sharing our success

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SuperFriends Priorities

Partner Funds

& Partner Group

Insurers

Workplaces Organisational readiness diagnostic, strategy development and implementation advice Programs & Initiatives for individuals & organisations Resources, Tools, Education and Training

Financial Services Industry Education and Training Best Practice Evidence, tools, resources & how to Value add for Partners (members & employers) Advocacy, Insights, Communications and Events

Systems Change Cross-Sectoral Collaborations International, national, state-based and thematic Suicide Prevention (workplace focus) Health Benefits of Good Work Promote the Positive Policy, Practice, Advice and Advocacy

Outcomes Capacity Development & Behaviour Change

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Why should you invest in mental health?

Group Insurers are paying over $160 million per year in mental illness claims

(primary claim cause) and over $100 million per yearin death claims where the known cause of death is suicide.

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Almost 1 in 2 Australians will experience a mental illness in their lifetime

Why should you invest in mental health?

20% of workers will experience a mental health condition in a year

20% Suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians aged 1544

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Why should you invest in mental health?

$8,000 is the average cost to business annually, per person experiencing mental illness

$8,000Mental illness is the biggest barrier to workforce participation

More than 3,000 Australians die by suicide every year(8 per day)

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More than 17,000 people have increasedtheir knowledge and skills around mental

health and wellbeing by participating in SuperFriends programs and initiatives.

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Every dollar invested in SuperFriends Mental Health and Wellbeing Training is a

return in social value of $3.10$3.60

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SuperFriend can bring knowledge

and expertise, provide practical guidance and tools, bring people together, influence government,

and collaborate in alliances things that will make a

huge difference. DAME CAROL BLACK

DBE, FRCP,Senior Policy Advisor on work and health

to the British Government

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Theres so much opportunity for collaboration,

for synergy.to see business leaders [from Superannuation Funds

and Insurers] step up and say this matters to us, were

going to make a difference, is really reassuring.

MARY ANN BAYNTON,

Program Director, Great-West Life Centre

for Mental Health in the Workplace

(Canada)

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SuperFriend has allowed our fund to assist our keyemployer groups with their workforce planning around developing mentally healthy workplaces and

promoting the flow on benefits of staff wellbeing, increased productivity, staff retention and reducing

absenteeism and presenteeism.PARTNER FUND REPRESENTATIVE

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Our association with SuperFriend has strengthened our relationships with

key decision-makers within each employergroup and made the fund more relevant to their

day to day operations, providing an edge over competitor super funds.

PARTNER FUND RELATIONSHIP MANAGER

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We have had a number of real scenarios whereby the Mental Health & Wellbeing Training has better prepared our staff in dealing with very stressful situations often leading to successful outcomes

for our members. PARTNER FUND HEAD OF MARKETING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

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R U OK?Day advocates and former sponsors

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SuperFriend has educated

over 18,000 people through a strong presence at Financial Services sector events.

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SuperMIND 13 FUNDS mental illness and suicide claims data analysed and benchmarked against ABS data.

Over one-third of the labour force represented.

10% 15% claims mental illness, with some cohorts as high as 25%

Australian First project

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Cover

WORK IN

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A national sna

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Year 1

2015

Year 22016

Year 12015

WORK IN PROGRESS2016Moving towards mentally healthy workplaces.

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More than 2,000 people

have accessed our Work in Progress reports

which identify, for the first time, the measurable

characteristics of a mentally healthy workplaces and track how Australian

workplaces measure up to those year-on-year.

51%

Work in Progress: 51 percent of

Australians have left a job because of

poor mental health conditions

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More than 2,500 people accessed SuperFriends Promoting Positive Mental Health in the Workplace just last year.

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SuperFriend

PEER SUPPORTBOOKLET

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Over 2,000 people accessed SuperFriends Peer

Support Booklet just last year.

This booklet teaches people about mental health and how to get help for themselves or others. It provides practical suggestions for listening

to and supporting work colleagues.

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Best Practice Framework for the Management of Psychological Claims

TAKING ACTIONThis evidence based framework is the first of its kind in Australia and provides practical recommendations for improving psychological claims management in both the group insurance and broader personal injury sector.

TAKING ACTION provides an overview of all the interlinked areas for strategic action to harness evidence-informed best practice for the management of psychological claims.

Visit superfriend.com.au to obtain a copy

Looking to the future approach rather than

the rear mirror

Very, very impressive

The language and layout is great

DEVELOPING THE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL CLAIMS

OPTIMISING CLAIMS MANAGEMENT TEAMS

BRINGING EVIDENCE TO TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION

EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING SUPPORTED BY ANALYTICS AND AUTOMATION

TAILORED SUPPORT FOR THE PERSON ON CLAIM

TRANSFORMING PRODUCT DESIGN

ENGAGING EMPLOYERS IN STAY AT WORK/RETURN TO WORK

RECORDING PROGRESS

8 KEY ACTION AREAS

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Over 3,000 people

have accessed TAKING ACTION:

A Best Practice Framework for the Management of

Psychological Claims and the Action Area Guides.

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TALKING ABOUT

SUICIDE

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The language we use is a large contributor to reducing

mental health stigma.

We can all help by ensuring we are speaking about mental health respectfully, using this

resource as a guide!

TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH & MENTAL ILLNESS.MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS ARE NOT THE SAME THING.Mental Illness is a diagnosable illness/disorder that can be defined as a health condition that changes a persons thinking, feelings, and/or behaviour and that causes the person distress and difficulty in functioning. Diagnosis of mental illness is made by a qualified medical health practitioner using clinical criteria. There are range of mental illnesses, with anxiety and depression most commonly affecting Australians.

Mental Health describes our state of mental health, without illness/disorder. Like our p