Griffith graduate Ingrid Ozols
A passion for improving mental health in the workplace has been the fuel behind the successful career of Griffith University graduate Ingrid Ozols.
The founder and managing director of Melbourne-based mental health service mh@work, Ingrid’s passion is in providing essential workplace mental health and training services.
Now EPIC, a not-for-profit disability employment service, is commencing a wide roll-out of the mh@work program including face-to-face Managing Mental Health in the Workplace workshops, with content created by Ms Ozols.
Uni Mental Health and Awareness Week
The move comes as Griffith gets ready to host its annual Uni Mental Health and Awareness Week (March 27-31) with events across its five campuses.
Ms Ozols completed a Masters of Suicidology with Griffith’s Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention in 2015 and wants to support employers to “be brave” by removing the fear of employing people with mental health challenges and disabilities.
“There’s still a lot of stigma around