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Overview

Empower managers to put wellbeing at the heart of their leadership approach

Managers are under pressure – expected to support their team’s wellbeing while navigating rising workloads, burnout, and uncertainty. With so many feeling unequipped to have mental health conversations, it’s clear there’s a gap.  

To create a mentally healthy, productive workplace, it’s vital to build supportive relationships between managers and team members. 

Delivered by workplace mental health experts, the Mental Health Skills for Managers course gives managers the tools, confidence, and language to lead with wellbeing and help their teams thrive. 
 

Cost

£2,500 plus VAT for a commissioned cohort of up to 16 people. 

Please contact us for information on charitable discounts.
 

Learning outcomes

By attending the course, managers will learn to:  
 

  • Identify if an employee may be experiencing poor mental health
  • Feel confident having open conversations about mental health with their team members 
  • Appropriately signpost to available support and know where to go for support and guidance for themselves 
  • Role model good self-care practice, inspiring their teams to look after their own mental health and wellbeing
 
Format
  • Four-hour course delivered through the MHFA England Online Learning Hub 
  • Available for both face-to-face and online delivery
 
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. The course will help provide a consistent approach and understanding to mental health and wellbeing, promoting healthy performance and productivity throughout the whole organisation. 

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 certificate of attendance
  • Tools to take care of their own mental health as a manager and empower their teams
  • Digital workbook to use during the course
  • Digital support resource to help embed ongoing learning and development
Contact us

Get in touch with our workplace mental health experts to learn more and to discuss your organisation's requirements.

Contact the team

 
Compare our courses for managers
To understand how to differentiate this course from our other existing manager-focused courses and training, and see which is best for you, see our comparison table.
Mental Health Knowledge for Managers Mental Health Skills for Managers Supporting Team Mental Health and Performance
Overview A flexible and cost-effective e-learning solution offering bite-sized modules that allow managers to learn at their own pace and revisit the material throughout the licensing period Practical and immersive course equipping managers with the skills and confidence to have a mental health conversation as part of their everyday management In-depth course designed to help people managers effectively approach mental health and performance conversations within their teams
Course delivery Online Learning Hub or organisation’s Learning Management System via SCORM transfer Associate Instructor online or face to face Associate Instructor online or face to face
Course length 45 minutes for core module + 10 minute modules Half day (four hours) One day (two 3.5 hour sessions)
Number of learners Unlimited Up to a maximum of 16 people 12 people with the option to add up to a maximum of 16 people
Previous MHFA training required? No No No
Learner outcomes

Understand and fulfil managerial responsibilities around their teams’ wellbeing

 

Identify signs of poor and ill mental health

 

Know when and where to signpost team members to further information and support

 

Apply the Three-Step Approach to have effective conversations about mental health

The importance of knowledge your team, knowing yourself, and early warning signs

 

Confidently have open conversations about mental health with your teams - effective questions, active listening, and empathetic response

 

Appropriately signpost employees to available support

 

Role model good self-care practice

Build the confidence and capability to balance supporting employee mental health with driving team performance effectively

 

Apply practical knowledge of mental health, legislation, confidentiality, occupational health, and workplace adjustments

 

Hold effective conversations about mental health and performance

 

Identify and use tools to create a psychologically safe working environment

Customisation options

Main core modules (Supporting employee mental health, Ask, Listen, Respond)

 

Flexibility to choose additional modules that support specific workplace mental health challenges

Personalise parts of the course content and case studies to fit the sector or workplace and include organisation-specific support pathways Various course elements (e.g. additional course content, language, and terminology)
Materials Self-led digital learning modules

Digital workbook (physical workbooks available for face-to-face sessions)

 

Digital certificate of attendance

Digital workbook (physical workbooks available for face-to-face sessions) and digital resource

 

Digital certificate of attendance and digital learner badge

Mobile compatible Yes Yes Yes


Accessibility

We strive to create courses and resources that everyone can access. When you book training through MHFA England, please specify if you'll will need course materials in accessible formats.

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.

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

Course structure

  • 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: 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