Mental Health Awareness Courses
One in four people in the UK will have some sort of mental health problem in their life time.
Why is understanding and addressing mental health important?
A recent Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development study highlighted the impact that mental ill health can have on organisations. The study found that:
- 37% of sufferers are more likely to get into conflict with colleagues
- 57% find it harder to juggle multiple tasks
- 80% find it difficult to concentrate
- 62% take longer to do tasks
- 50% are potentially less patient with customers/clients.
The study also found that, for the first time, stress is the major cause of long-term absence in manual and non-manual workers.
Our Mental Health Courses
• 3 hours
• Half day
• Full day
We also offer bespoke courses at Clients request
Mental Health Awareness Course
This programme aims to raise awareness and understanding of the most common mental health disorders. It highlights important information on how stress impacts on mental health, dispel some of the misconceptions frequently linked with mental health issues and offer a range of practical strategies to support learning.
Course Aims & Objectives
Aims
This training course focuses on raising awareness and understanding of the most common mental health disorders. In addition to learning how to recognise early signs and symptoms, delegates receive practical tools and strategies to support themselves and individual members of their teams and others they work with.
Objectives
To provide individuals with the knowledge they require to more effectively understand someone with either a suspected or diagnosed mental health condition and how to assess and support them.
Course Outline
- What is Mental Health?
- Definition of stress, anxiety and depression
- Why understanding and addressing mental health is important
- What the employers responsibility is to promote mental health in the work place
- Identifying the main mental health conditions, their symptoms and treatment
- What barriers there are in dealing with mental health at work
- An opportunity to work in small groups
Mental Health Awareness For Managers
This programme aims to raise awareness and understanding of the most common mental health disorders. It highlights important information on how stress impacts on mental health, dispel some of the misconceptions frequently linked with mental health issues and offer a range of practical strategies to support learning.
Course Aims & Objectives
Aims
This training course focuses on raising awareness and understanding of the most common mental health disorders. In addition to learning how to recognise early signs and symptoms, delegates receive practical tools and strategies to support themselves and individual members of their teams and others they work with.
Objectives
To provide individuals with the knowledge they require to more effectively understand someone with either a suspected or diagnosed mental health condition and how to assess and support them.
Course Outline
- What is Mental Health?
- Definition of stress, anxiety and depression
- Why understanding and addressing mental health is important
- What the managers responsibility is to promote mental health in the work place
- Identifying the main mental health conditions, their symptoms and treatment
- What barriers there are in dealing with mental health at work
- An opportunity to work in small groups
- A chance to explore the most appropriate coping strategies for the individual and the workplace
- Supporting employees experiencing distress at work
- Supporting employees to remain in or returning to work
- Tool kit and further support
Understanding risk in both positive and negative terms and the ability to manage risk in relation to relationships, health, finance, enterprise and career choices will aid all delegates. However other links are important, for example, between the concept of personal identities and that of a career in which developing a sense of personal identity is essential for career progression. Both require an understanding of personal qualities, attitudes and skills will help to create the coherent and relevant learning experiences.