Mandi J. Buckner, MHA, CCC, CPS, Cert. in Adult Education
Mandi J. Buckner Consulting
Return to Work & Workplace Mental Health
Mandi Buckner is a Return to Work, Workplace and Peer Consultant specializing in the field of Mental Health. As a Peer Specialist, she balances the needs of employers for a productive workforce, with the needs of employees who are struggling at work due to psychological injury, trauma or life stressors or who are in the midst of the return to work process.
Mandi creates presentations and facilitates workshops that cover a wide range of topics with the goals of 1) building resilient employees by helping them achieve their goals for wellbeing and recovery and 2) enhancing the current practices of employers by equipping both with the skills, knowledge and awareness that will improve productivity and engagement in a healthy workplace environment.
To improve workplace mental health literacy, Mandi developed Toward Recovery©, a 5-stage framework that helps employees navigate their return to work processes and maintain their wellbeing while at work. To support and enhance employee confidence she explores the essential workplace competencies needed for success in the 21st century.
Mandi has over 10 years of experience as a Return to Work and Career Practitioner. Her work is based on a career in corporate management and as an employee who recovered from a mental health condition. Her education includes a Masters in Healing Arts, and certifications in Adult Education, Career Consulting, Psychological Health & Safety, and as a Mental Health Peer Specialist.
Mandi has been involved in various mental health initiatives including:
Sheridan College; developing and delivering skill development and mental health and return to work courses and workshops
CMHA Mental Health Works; contributed to “Think Outside the Box – Accommodation Resource” and wrote an article “What I Wish-my personal experience”
Great West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace: initiated and member of working group ‘Working Through It’ -http://www.workplacestrategiesformentalhealth.com/wti/Home.aspx
Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation; contributed to “When Something’s Wrong – Strategies for the Workplace’
Bell Canada; mental health panelist for the ‘Let’s Talk’ initiative
CERIC (Advancing Career Development in Canada); “Career Service Workers Guide to Supporting People with Mental Health Issues”; served as an expert advisor