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.
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.
£160 plus VAT per learner, or £2,500 for a full course of 16 learners.
By attending the course, you’ll learn to:
Identify if an employee may be experiencing poor mental health
Feel confident having open conversations about mental health with your team members
Managers who can support the mental health of their teams will encourage employees and the organisation 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.
Four-hour course delivered face-to-face or online
Everyone who completes the course gets:
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"We wanted our less experienced people managers to feel able to open up conversations about mental health with team members. This course was really helpful in laying down the foundations to give our managers both the skills and the confidence to start these potentially difficult conversations."
MHFA England client
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