PRESS RELEASE: Converge Partners With BHP For Employee Mental Health & Wellbeing Services
Industry-leading employee mental health and wellbeing provider Converge has been awarded the global EAP services contract to deliver key counselling services to BHP across 17 countries worldwide.
Through the partnership, BHP’s 80,000-strong employee and contractor network will have access to a range of specialist mental health and wellbeing services. Converge will deploy its holistic wellbeing support solution, including mental health counselling and specialist counselling services across areas including Nutrition and lifestyle, Financial Coaching, Family Counselling, Manager Support, Career Coaching, Conflict Support, and Legal Counselling.
BHP is one of the largest mining companies in the world, with a substantial global footprint, and is a leader in the production of iron ore, copper, and other crucial resources. With many workers located across regional and remote areas, BHP recognises the challenges of living and working remotely and aims to deliver community-wide health outcomes as part of BHP’s culture of care commitment.
Andrew Hume, Chief Executive Officer at Converge, said: “We are delighted to announce our partnership with BHP. We pride ourselves on helping our clients create mentally healthy workplaces by delivering personalised care anytime, anywhere. BHP employees will use our online booking engine and supporting mobile app, AI chatbot, phone, messaging and social channels to connect themselves with our professional clinical network, gaining access to specialist care when they need it, wherever they are.”
“We are very excited to be chosen to provide mental health care counselling as well as critical incident emergency support and wellbeing education, awareness and coaching to BHP’s global workforce.”
Converge provides accessible and immediate care anytime, anywhere to more than 2.6 million employees and their families across Australia and New Zealand. Converge helps employees improve their productivity and mental fitness and addresses psychosocial risks such as burnout, motivation, and mental illness. Converge partners with ComPsych to deliver services globally with 24/7/365 in-country access to clinical experts via a variety of modalities.
Converge International is an Australian company based in Melbourne that provides a range of services aimed at supporting workplaces and their employees.
Their offerings include:
-Employee Assistance Programs (EAP): Providing confidential counselling and support services to employees.
-Career Change Support: Assisting individuals in navigating career transitions.
-Conflict Resolution: Helping resolve workplace conflicts through mediation and other techniques.
-Leadership Development: Offering training and development programs for leaders.
-Critical Incident Response: Providing support and management during critical incidents.
-Onsite Wellbeing Support: We embed wellbeing consultants, carefully matched to the needs and culture of your workforce, into your workplace.
-Mental Health Services: Offering various mental health services
Converge provides expert clinical care to over 2.6 million employees and their families and is trusted by over 1,600 organisations. We currently have over 1,800 clinicians to support employee wellbeing anytime, anywhere.
