Recovery Friendly Workplace-Missouri Webinar Materials
This presentation will detail the efforts behind the grant to develop a Recovery Friendly Workplace credential through training, technical assistance, and support that assists businesses in fostering a workplace culture that promotes employee safety, health, and well-being. The RFW initiative offers strategies that provide support for managers and employees, including reducing stigma and providing recovery resources related to the challenges surrounding substance use disorders. Recovery Friendly Workplaces decrease costs due to impaired productivity and absenteeism, and improve safety, productivity, and profitability in the workplace. RFWs impact the bottom line through resources that foster a supportive work environment that encourages the success of all employees. RFWs promote individual wellness by empowering workplaces to provide support for employees recovering from substance use disorder.
Learning Objectives:
- To increase the support for the Recovery Friendly Workplace Initiative by helping programs, individuals, and organizations learn about becoming designated as a Recovery Friendly Workplace.
- To increase an understanding about substance misuse and behavioral health through evidence-based trainings, resources, and services to meet the emerging needs of businesses and organizations at all levels of readiness.
- To build a network of businesses and organizations interested in creating healthy and safe work environments where employers, employees, and communities can collaborate to create positive change, eliminate stigma, and support recovery.
Presenter(s): Ann McCauley, MEd, CHW,
Chiquita Chanay, MPH, MCHES and Douglas Swanson, Ed.D., ACUE