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Overview

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.  

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:

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
Benefits

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.

 
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
Takeaways

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
  • A workbook to use during the course

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.

Testimonial for Mental Health Skills for Managers

"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

Course structure

Four hour session

  • Mental health spectrum: The importance of knowing your team, knowing yourself, and early warning signs

  • Stress and workplace stressors: The Stress Container and barriers to mental health conversations

  • Preparing for mental health conversations: Including preparing for virtual conversations and managing remotely

  • Mental health conversation cycle: Effective questions, active listening, empathetic responses, supporting, and signposting

  • Wellbeing and stress in the workplace: Using the Stress Container for yourself

  • Commitments to change: What to do next to embed learning

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