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Mental Health Awareness Training Courses
Mental Health Awareness Training for Managers
As managers play a key role in supporting their team members’ physical and mental health, this 1-day course endorses the importance of workplace mental health and equips managers with the basic knowledge essential to supporting a mental health diagnosis.
Mental Health Awareness: Training for all Employees
As basic training for all in mental health awareness is considered good practice, this 1-day course is suitable for anyone working in a team environment. Focusing on the most common mental health problems, the training includes recognising signs and symptoms and advice on practical strategies to support others.
Workplace MHFA 2-day course
Enlightened employers are now highlighting first aiders for both physical and mental health in the same way. This course is designed to teach participants how to spot the signs and symptoms of mental ill health together with a set of skills which enables them to support someone experiencing mental health issues.
Workplace MHFA Champions
Completion of this 1-day mental health awareness and skills course qualifies participants as adult MHFA Champions. The session is built around a mental health first aid action plan and includes a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities.
Workplace MHFA Half Day
A 4-hour training course designed to raise awareness and provide an introductory understanding of what mental health is. Some organisations encourage all employees to attend this course with some then going on to qualify as mental health first aiders by attending the Workplace MHFA 2-day course.
Higher Education MHFA
Providing a deeper understanding around the issues that relate to student and staff mental health, this 1-day course is suitable for anyone who either works or studies in a higher education environment. It teaches participants to spot the early signs of mental ill health, listen, reassure and guide a person towards support.
ASIST: Applied Suicide Intervention Training
The world’s leading suicide intervention workshop is suitable for anyone who wants to be able to provide suicide first aid, regardless of their prior experience. The ASIST model equips participants to carry out an intervention and risk assessment with a colleague, customer or client who is having thoughts of suicide.
SafeTALK Suicide Alertness for Everyone
Participants can expect to leave the 3-hour safeTALK course with practical knowledge, helping identify those who are at risk, confidently asking them about the topic of suicide, and connecting them with resources that can help them stay safe. Suitable for anyone in the workplace who wants to become a suicide-alert helper.
A Managers Guide to Suicide Postvention Planning in the Workplace
This 1-day course helps an organisation consider the activities they should undertake if the unthinkable happened and a death by suicide of an employee, contractor or client occurred. Participants will learn the skills to construct and initiate an appropriate, sensitive organisational & individual response and the syllabus will support the production of a company specific plan.
Youth MHFA
Youth MHFA is designed to teach staff, volunteers and parents alike how to spot the signs and symptoms of mental ill health. The training gives people the skills and confidence to safely address mental health issues in young people aged 8 to 18, with a strong practical focus on how to support a young person experiencing mental distress.
Mental Health Awareness - Customised Training
As there may be occasions where one of the above courses does not provide the best solution to an organisation’s training needs, we can also offer specifically designed bespoke courses, customised courses to include examples/exercises pertinent to your organisation as well as a confidential one-to-one coaching service.
Find our full training course repertoire here
Click here to view our full course repertoire. This includes training courses under the sections of Stress Management, Resilience, Mental Health Awareness, Equality & Diversity and Tackling Bullying & Harassment. If you can't find what you are looking for, please ask!
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