Not 9 to 5 created CNECTing, an online platform for hospitality professionals to access educational content about mental health and bring the community together. Created for us by us.
CNECTing is here to train you in mental health and substance use support skills. By joining, you’ll have the chance to access a library of industry-specific resources including CNECTed, a groundbreaking training and certification course.
Join CNECTing + get CNECTed certified.
Having easy access to resources, education, community building, and support for you to take care of your own mental health has never been more important for hospitality workers. Being supported and informed gives you the tools to cope and manage.
Empowering your team with mental health education, community and certification is an excellent first step towards improving psychological safety in your establishment. Everyone benefits from committing to improving workplace mental health, including your guests.
Culinary and hospitality management students are the next generation of our industry. Students have the opportunity to break the cycle of emotional suppression, abuse and burnout.
The restaurant and foodservice industry is been one of the hardest hit by the pandemic and labour crisis. It’s crucial to invest in workplace mental health and empower your teams with mental health education, community and certification.
Doing this course was a necessary reminder that I’m not alone.I’m not alone in facing my own mental health battles. I’m not alone in thinking the way our industry is now is toxic, degrading, unhealthy, and needs to change. And I’m not alone in trying, advocating, and fighting for a better version of what our industry could look like for future generations, either.”
CDC of GUSTO54 Catering
By investing in education and empowering yourself with the tools and resources shared, you demonstrate the critical leadership needed in the hospitality industry to create real and lasting change.
Primary Concerns will help you understand, identify and respond to mental health crisis situations. This self-led course will provide you with tools to develop your mental health and substance use support skills.
A mental health certification and training program for hospitality professionals. Get CNECTed certified to have the skills, resources and tools to learn how to identify, understand and respond to crisis situations and equip yourself with vocabulary, tools and coping strategies for improving workplace mental health
Industry-specific support and lived experience is important when learning about mental health and substance use challenges in the foodservice sector. CNECTing offers engagement to other hospitality professionals and access to a library of free resources.
My biggest takeaway are the Primary Concerns: Anxiety, depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, burnout and trauma. By completing the course I was able to dive deeper into all of these concerns. I also gained confidence to continue discussions on mental health. I now have this amazing toolkit full of resources that I can share with anyone who is in need of assistance.
Corporate Chef at High Liner Foods
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Every member of our team has lived experience working in kitchens, restaurants, service or bars, witnessing and experiencing harm, abuse, addiction, exploitation and chronic stress. We know our experiences are also the norm for many of our peers, as the hospitality industry has a legacy of harmful work environments. We believe, when given access to the right tools and resources, change begin with us.
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The CNECTed content includes five modules on understanding mental health, stress & trauma, depression, anxiety, and substance use. It offers tools that you can start using right away to help guide yourself or others towards improving workplace mental health.
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