Screen Well has opened applications for its inaugural industry awards, designed to recognise wellbeing initiatives and innovations in the screen industry.
NIDA senior counsellor Kareena Hodgson has set herself a goal: That NIDA alumni become known in the industry for their resilience and capacity to take care of their mental health.
On World Mental Health Day next year (October 10), Screen Well will hold an inaugural awards program, designed to recognise and celebrate wellbeing initiatives and innovations in the screen industry.
Screen Well is set to run a job-sharing pilot aimed at creating a new pathway for screen workers to enter or return to the industry, upskill, and enhance their work/life balance.
Griffith University researchers have launched a survey to assess the state of mental health in workers across the film and television industry.
Screen Well was inundated with more than 200 applications for a recent Matchbox Pictures’ production job-sharing pilot scheme, but managed to place just one role.
Screen Well is currently developing a suite of wellbeing resources and training designed for small screen businesses and sole traders.
Screen leaders have outsize influence on industry workplace culture, with producers the most influential of all. Yet the vast majority have received no leadership or people management training, according to new research.