Mental health awareness and responses for Line Managers

This is a 1/2 or 1 day in-house course (we come to you).

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 overivew

Increase understanding of mental health in the workplace, and develop strategies to support employees whilst remaining objective about business needs.

Develop skills to initiate H.E.L.P.F.U.L. conversations to support employees experiencing distress, handle disclosure, manage performance, and help them to remain in or return to work.

Course aims

To increase understanding and literacy of mental health issues in the workplace and to develop the skills to have supportive conversations with employees whilst remaining objective about the business needs

Course objectives

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

• Raise awareness and understanding of mental health at work
• Understand how to proactively manage employees’ mental wellbeing to reduce mental ill health and associated absence
• Learn how to initiate a H.E.L.P.F.U.L conversation about mental health and how to handle disclosure
• Develop strategies to manage staff performance where a mental health problem may be a factor
• Identify the steps that can be taken to help employees return to work from a period of absence due to mental ill health
• Increase confidence in supporting colleagues experiencing a mental health problem

Resource: Each participant will receive a hardcopy of the Line Managers resource.