Put wellbeing at the heart of your leadership approach to create a mentally healthy, productive workplace

To create a mentally healthy, productive workplace, it’s vital to build supportive relationships between managers and team members.   
  
When workplace leaders, managers, and colleagues have the right knowledge and tools, they can better support their team’s mental health.   

Delivered by workplace mental health experts, Mental Health Skills for Managers will enable you to have meaningful and effective conversations with your people about their mental health and wellbeing for them to thrive at work. 
 
This four-hour training course will provide a consistent approach to mental health and wellbeing, promoting healthy performance across the whole organisation.  
   
This evidence-based course is ideal for people managers who want to help create an open culture around mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.   
 

Cost

£160 plus VAT per learner, or £2,500 for a full course of 16 learners.
 

Learning outcomes

By attending the course, you’ll learn to:

• Describe mental health and the impact of stress on employees in the workplace
• Identify if a team member may be experiencing poor mental health 
• Confidently have open conversations about mental health at work
• Respond empathetically to challenging situations related to mental health in the workplace 
• Appropriately signpost your team members to available support
• Describe what support and guidance is available for yourself and your employees and how to access it

Format

• Four-hour course delivered face-to-face or online
• Immersive training session, led by an instructor with people management experience
• Opportunities to practice embedding skills through group activities and discussions to share best practice
• The course is delivered to a maximum of 16 people to allow for rich discussion

Benefits

Delivered by workplace mental health experts, Mental Health Skills for Managers will enable you to have meaningful and effective conversations with your people about their mental health and wellbeing for them to thrive at work.  
 
By supporting the mental health of your team, you’ll encourage your people to thrive, increasing talent retention, and reducing the impact of presenteeism and long-term sickness absence. 
 
Better understanding of mental health and less stigma ripples out into communities, with the potential to improve and save lives. 

Takeaways

Everyone who completes the course gets:

• A digital certificate of attendance 
• Tools to take care of their own mental health as a manager and empower their teams 
• Digital workbook for online sessions
• Physical workbooks available for face-to-face sessions 

Accessibility

We strive to create courses and resources that everyone can access. When you book onto a course through the MHFA England® website, please fill in the 'Accessibility requirements' section of the booking form and tell us what you need to access the course venue and materials.

Visit our accessibility page for more information.

Course structure