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To create a mentally healthy workplace it is vital to build supportive relationships between managers and team members. 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. The course is available online or face to face. See our ‘Book a course’ section below to view upcoming courses.
By attending the course, you will learn to:
Identify if an employee may be experiencing poor mental health
Feel confident having open conversations about mental health with your team members
Appropriately signpost to available support and know where to go for support and guidance for yourself
Role model good self-care practice, inspiring your teams to look after their own mental health and wellbeing
Managers who are able to support the mental health of their teams will encourage employees to thrive, increasing talent retention and reducing the impact of presenteeism and long-term sickness absence. Providing this training to everyone with people management responsibilities will ensure a consistent approach to mental health and wellbeing across teams and departments. By role modelling good self-care practice, you will inspire others to look after their own mental health and wellbeing.
This course costs £150 plus VAT per learners, or £2,400 for a full course of 16 learners.
30-minute self-reflective work before the course
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
Everyone who completes the course gets:
A certificate of attendance
Knowledge and tools to take care of their own mental health as a manager and empower their teams
Digital workbook to use during the course
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.
"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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Wellbeing and stress in the workplace: Using the Stress Container for yourself
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