Mental Health Awareness for Managers

Duration: 50 Minutes

Spotting the signs of someone who may have mental health problems is often the first step towards helping them. This Mental Health Awareness Training for Managers is designed to make managers or supervisors aware of mental health issues and illnesses inside and outside the workplace. It provides wellbeing-management techniques and aims to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health at work.

Poor mental health is a very serious issue at work. It can create a negative working environment and can have a huge impact on productivity and the health of employees.

Management teams have a duty to recognise and acknowledge poor mental health and they must know how to deal with a variety of situations relating to the topic.

This Mental Health Awareness Training for Managers raises awareness of mental health and it explains different working practices that management can use to offer support to colleagues. It also provides simple and effective tools that can be used on a daily basis for management to enhance both their own and their employee’s mental health.

It’s not only a moral responsibility to take care of one another at work… it makes financial sense too.

Mental Health Awareness for Managers Course Contents

1. Mental Health Awareness

This section provides a complete overview of mental health and raises awareness about removing stigma, the importance of good mental health and the common triggers of poor mental health. It also provides an insight into what can influence negative thought patterns, which are proven to impact productivity levels.

2. Mental Health Problems

How do you go about managing poor mental health? Particularly things like loneliness, stress, depression or anxiety? We give you guidance and practical tips on how to do so, and we look at changes in staff behaviour and what to watch out for. Section 2 also has additional resources that provide handy overviews of other mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder and personality disorders.​

3. Wellbeing Toolkit

Here is your very own Wellbeing Toolkit that can be used to manage day-to-day mental health! It offers a variety of mini exercises, insights, practical strategies and some food for thought – so you can use whatever suits you!

4. Tips for Management

This section looks deeper into how poor mental health can impact businesses and the importance of providing good working conditions. We look at the importance of having a ‘mental health at work plan’, making workplace adjustments when needed and we also show you how to effectively monitor staff wellbeing at regular intervals.

5. External Help

In this final section, we’ve created a ‘hub’ for external mental health management. It offers great starting points for improving wellbeing, information on external books, websites, apps and helplines.

Test & Certificate

There will be one or two questions in between sections which are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum engagement but do not count towards the final test. This test usually has around 20 multiple choice questions and when passed, a printable certificate can be downloaded.

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