Mental health awareness (for teams)

This is a 1 day in-house course (we come to you).

Also currently available (online for individuals) and (online for teams).

Training will be delivered face-to-face with Covid-safety measures and clear guidance in place.

If for any reason the course cannot be delivered face-to-face, we will take a flexible and responsive approach to keep people learning by delivering the training on the same day as a live interactive online session or transferring bookings to the next available dates.

Course overview

Develop your awareness of mental health; gain ideas and guidance for promoting wellbeing, and understand how to respond to difficulties that can arise.

The course focuses on the social, psychological and biological aspects of mental health including factors related to diversity. The views of people with ‘lived’ experience of emotional or mental health ‘issues’ will be central, as well as up to date information on approaches and services.

This course aims to raise participants' awareness of mental health issues in order to enable them to better understand and support individuals experiencing emotional distress and/or mental health problems

Course aims

To increase awareness and understanding of mental health issues to enable workers to better understand and support individuals experiencing emotional distress and/or mental health problems

Course objectives

By the end of the course participants will have had opportunities to:

• Raise awareness of some of the key issues within the field of mental health
• Explore the spectrum of mental health including what we mean by mental wellness, mental ill health and mental illness
• Raise awareness of diversity issues related to mental health
• Gain some practical insight into the experience of hearing voices
• Increase understanding of specific medical diagnoses of mental illness
• Find out about the mental health services and the systems for arranging and managing care
• Consider what we need to promote mental wellness

Competences - AA3.1, AA4