Mental Health Awareness Training for Managers

Overview

Good employee mental health is the foundation of a successful and productive team.

There is also a legal requirement from the HSE to ensure psychological wellbeing is protected in the workplace.

However, despite positive progress in recent years, far too many employees feel unable to discuss their mental health with their managers. They fear being judged, misunderstood or worse, and many try to hide their illness.

Most managers sincerely want to help and support their staff, but they don’t know how to recognise the signs of poor mental health at work or are afraid of saying the wrong thing. This is compounded by the fact that many managers don’t know how to help their team access available support, and do not understand their own limitations and boundaries.

This highly interactive and practical training course will equip managers with the basic mental health awareness information. You’ll be provided with a framework for understanding the most common mental health issues and how they might surface in the workplace.

It will also give you crystal clear guidance on what your role is – and the limits of what you can do – so you feel confident to manage and support the mental health issues you can assist with – and are knowledgeable enough to find expert help when it’s required.

What you''ll learn

1. An understanding of the difference between good mental health, poor mental health and mental illness
2. A look at the most common mental health conditions and how you might notice them
3. A look at Primary interventions- how to keep employees well at work and in work
4. A look at Secondary interventions which involves where to sign post employees for further help and  support
5. A look at wellbeing initiatives or Tertiary interventions.
6. A brief overview of suicide ideation and how to respond correctly.
7. How managers can start and maintain conversations about mental health.
8. A look at manager’s boundaries and limitations.

Post course you will receive a tool kit of resources which you can use in your own workplace. Examples include:

1. Stress risk assessments
2. Wellbeing action plans
3. Tool kits for depression PTSD and anxiety
4. Hub of hope referral manual
5. Stress talking tool kit
6. Return to work tool kit

Who is it for?

This mental health awareness training is for any manager who would like to have the knowledge, skills and confidence to address mental health issues at work.

Your trainer

Shona Ward

Shona loves to help people make changes in their people skills that produce big results. She is a Managing Partner of the Learning Curve Network and has been designing and delivering interactive training events since 1987.