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Managers today face growing pressures — balancing their own workload, managing rising demands, and navigating ongoing uncertainty, all while supporting the wellbeing of their teams. Many feel underprepared and lack the skills or confidence to have meaningful conversations about mental health.
Managers shape the heart of work—nearly 70% of people say their manager influences their mental health as much as a partner, far more impact than that of doctors (51%) or therapists (41%). ((UKG, Mental Health at Work)
Fewer than 29% of organisations provide line managers with mental health training. For those that do, 73% report their managers feel confident having sensitive discussions and signposting support (CIPD, 2025).
Mental Health Skills for Managers gives managers at all levels the tools to have meaningful conversations about mental health and wellbeing – enabling individuals, teams, and the wider organisation to thrive.
This course will build on your managers’ current experience and provide a practical structure around the conversations they are already having.
By investing in this training, you will be giving your managers the skills and confidence to have conversations about mental health and encourage staff to seek early support.
£2,500 plus VAT for a commissioned cohort of up to 16 people.
Please contact us for information on charitable discounts.
By attending the course, managers will learn to:
Delivered by workplace mental health experts, Mental Health Skills for Managers gives managers the tools to have meaningful conversations about mental health and wellbeing — enabling individuals, teams, and the wider organisation to thrive.
By investing in this training, you will be giving your managers the skills and confidence to have conversations about mental health and encourage staff to seek early support.
When managers are empowered with these skills and tools, they transform the employee experience. They proactively protect wellbeing, address issues before they escalate, and unlock higher levels of performance across their teams.
By role-modelling good self-care practice, your managers will inspire their teams to look after their own mental health and wellbeing.
Together, we can build workplaces where people, communities, and business outcomes all thrive.
Everyone who completes the course gets:
We now offer sector-specific Mental Health Skills for Managers training for both the NHS and financial services sectors. Recognising that one size doesn’t fit all, each course is designed specifically for those in the sector addressing the unique pressures of your workplace. This makes the impact longer lasting, implementation more strategic, and gives you a better return on investment.
The content is bespoke to each industry and uses sector and role-specific scenarios, statistics, and activities, as well as appropriate imagery and signposting pathways, where relevant.
Developed with subject matter experts from both sectors, our tailored training ensures relevance, credibility, and measurable impact.
The result? Managers who are better supported, healthier teams, reduced staff turnover, and higher productivity. With tailored training, performance and wellbeing go hand in hand.
If you’re interested in tailored training for your sector and you aren’t part of the NHS or financial services sector, we can still help. Get in touch at: workplace@mhfaengland.org
Get in touch with our workplace mental health experts to learn more and to discuss your organisation's requirements.
Mental Health Skills for Managers course sits within our wider portfolio of manager training. Recognising that one size doesn’t fit all, our courses are designed to complement one another seamlessly.
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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.
The trainer was excellent and for a course that was delivered all online, it was still as interactive as if you were there in person. They kept us engaged with all of us drawing on a shared whiteboard and group work in breakout rooms to role play potential scenarios. We were impressed with how slick the online experience was and appreciated how attentive MHFA England were before the course to understand our needs."
Octopus Energy