Mental Health Awareness For Managers

Mental Health Awareness For Managers

This one-day workshop is for managers who want to be pro-active about supporting the mental health of their teams.

You will gain the tools to talk about mental health in the workplace. This includes insight into common mental health conditions and practical ideas about how to support mental wellbeing in the workplace.

Course Overview

Our public programme for our Mental Health Awareness For Managers workshop is currently only available in the classroom for public course bookings (open to all).

What you will learn

The aim of this course is to equip you with the tools to talk about mental health in the workplace, gain insight into about common mental health conditions, and feel confident in your approach through using practical ideas about how to support mental wellbeing in the workplace.

Themes covered

Mental health and work

• What is mental health and wellbeing

• Mental health and the Equality Act

• Identify common mental health diagnoses

• Understand the shame and stigma that can be associated with mental illness

• Explore the benefits and risks associated with being at work in relation to mental health

When a team member may be unwell

• Identify signs to look out for to indicate a potential mental health challenge

• Skills to instigate a conversation with someone who needs support

• Responding to a diagnosis

• What is expected of a manager?

• What might appropriate support look like?

Absence and Return to work

• Appropriate contact while someone is off work

• Return to work conversations

• Wellness Action Plans

• Ongoing support

Proactively support the wellbeing of your team

• Share and discover real examples of wellbeing initiatives

• Create your own action plan

Our approach to programme delivery

Every programme is designed to ensure complete individual involvement and participation, it will stimulate your thinking and challenge you. The key focus is on practical skills and real outcomes throughout. The content will involve an innovative and engaging blend of activities so that you can directly apply it to your current performance and your future success.