Date: January 14th, 2025
Time: 11:30AM - 1:30PM
Location: In-person Meeting at Bellevue Hilton 300 112th Avenue SE, Bellevue, WA 98004
Speaker: Ty Reed
In "Building Mental Health and Recovery-Friendly Workplaces: Compassionate Leadership and Transformational Support," HR professionals will learn how to create psychologically safe, non-toxic environments that support employees facing mental health and substance use challenges. The session highlights the business and cultural value of offering recovery coaching to help employees struggling with substances or transitioning back from treatment. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies for ADA compliance, fostering a culture of compassion, and improving workforce retention and productivity.
Participants will leave energized with these key takeaways.
Understand the financial and cultural benefits of creating recovery-friendly and mental health-supportive workplaces.
Gain insights into ADA compliance and best practices for supporting employees dealing with mental health struggles or recovering from substance use disorders.
Learn how recovery coaching can help retain valuable talent by supporting employees struggling with substance use, improving their performance, and fostering long-term workplace engagement.
Speaker Info: Ty Reed
Author and Certified Recovery Coach
Ty Reed, a certified recovery coach and author, is passionate about helping businesses understand the value of second chance hiring. After overcoming his own struggles with addiction, homelessness, and incarceration, Ty rebuilt his life and now coaches individuals with similar backgrounds on how to regain their careers. Through Recovery Career Services, Ty has assisted dozens of people in recovery and criminal justice reentry, providing career coaching and job readiness training. He also delivers workshops and trainings for service providers and employers on how to better support justice-involved job seekers.