You want to support your staff with their mental health and understand the importance of getting the right sort of training in place.
You recognise the equal importance of both physical and mental health, therefore mental health training is an obvious choice to achieve this.
Yet, where do you start? What does this training initiative look like and how can you arrange this for your organisation?
It’s one thing deciding what training you want for your staff, but how easy is that to implement?
In my blog, I will explain the simple steps that you need to take to start your organisation’s training journey with me.
Which Mental Health course is the right one for your organisation?
Mental health related illness is one of the biggest causes of staff absence and costs the economy millions of pounds every year. So now, more than ever, it is vital that we all learn the tools and techniques to provide the assistance people deserve.
Mental Health Awareness training serves as an ideal first step in the journey to learn about mental health. I recommend this training course for everyone as it creates a solid foundation of knowledge across all levels of staff and helps reduce the stigma surrounding mental health. When you consider that 25% of us all experience mental health struggles in any given year, it makes sense to empower your staff with at least some basic knowledge of this topic. This course is available to any organisation within the UK and is the perfect starting point to begin your strategy with supporting mental health in the workplace.
The more in-depth Mental Health First Aid course is recommended for at least 10% of your staff in order to achieve an efficient network of support in your organisation. National businesses already working towards that 10% goal include Royal Mail, Skanska and Network Rail.
This First Aid course is particularly beneficial for team leaders and management in order to understand more about the early warning signs of potential developing problems and, therefore, to be able to address them quickly. As you will find, the course explains how early intervention is key and by investing in training for your staff, you will help to prevent financial loss due to mental health related absenteeism and presenteeism.
If you are an organisation based in Wales, you would require the MHFA Wales course and if based in England, you need to have the MHFA England course.
I will support you in deciding how many of your staff would require training, which course and help you to make the right decision on which type of staff that you could include.
Find out more about these courses on my services page by clicking here.
Arranging your Mental Health Awareness course
This Awareness course is composed of one live webinar, with me as your instructor. The core learning time of webinar is 3½ hours and is usually run between 09:15 – 13:00. However, we can discuss alternative times to suit your organisation’s needs.
The webinar is a live, interactive session with a mix of presentation, group discussion and workbook activities.
For more information about the Mental Health Awareness course content and structure, click here.
To arrange this course with me:
- Contact me to discuss details such as dates and number of participants
- Once these details have been agreed, I will issue an invoice for the full training cost – unless an alternative arrangement has been agreed due to multiple courses required
- On receipt of your invoice payment, your training course dates are secured and confirmed by email
Once your course has been confirmed, the next steps are:
- Participants’ names and emails are required in order to register them on the course and receive their required links to the live training webinar on Zoom or Microsoft Teams
- Participants’ training materials are sent to your organisation
- Training webinar to be attended to complete the course, after which participants will access their certificates
Arranging your Mental Health First Aid Wales training course
The courses available to Welsh organisations are the Adult Mental Health First Aid Wales and the Youth Mental Health First Aid Wales online training. The learning time for both courses comprises 6 hours of self led modules and two webinars, each three hours in length, with me as your instructor. The webinars are live, interactive sessions with a mix of presentation, group discussion and activities.
The course structures, outlining the topics covered, can be found here.
To arrange either of the MHFA Wales courses with me:
- Contact me to discuss details such as dates and number of participants
- Once these details have been agreed, I will issue an invoice for the full training cost – unless an alternative arrangement has been agreed due to multiple courses required
- On receipt of your invoice payment, your training course dates are secured and confirmed by email
Once the course has been confirmed, the next steps are:
- Participants’ names and emails are required in order to register them on the course and to receive the required links for the live training webinars on Zoom or Microsoft Teams
- Participants will receive an email with a link to access the e-learning hub on the MHFA Wales website – this hub is where the online manual and self led learning modules are accessed
- Both training webinars must be attended to complete the course, after which participants will access their certificates
Arranging your Mental Health First Aid England course
This Mental Health First Aid training is an online course delivered through the MHFA England Online Learning Hub.
Learning takes place through four live training webinar sessions with me as your instructor. These are spread across two to four weeks, with self-learning activities in between. The webinars are live, interactive sessions with a mix of presentation, group discussion and workbook activities.
Full details of this course content and structure can be found here.
To arrange this MHFA England course with me:
- Contact me to discuss details such as dates and number of participants
- Once these details have been agreed, I will issue an invoice for the full training cost – unless an alternative arrangement has been agreed due to multiple courses required
- On receipt of your invoice payment, your training course dates are secured and confirmed by email
Once the course has been confirmed, the next steps are:
- Participants’ names and emails are required in order to register them on the course and to receive the required links to the MHFA England online learning hub
- Participants’ training materials are sent to your organisation
- All four training webinars must be attended to complete the course, after which participants will access their certificates
Still not sure where to start or which Mental Health course is right for your organisation?
This is where I can help advise you. You are busy in your own role and there are many training course options available to organisations like yours that would take valuable time to research.
The courses I deliver are successful worldwide, with over 4 million people trained in Mental Health First Aid alone. You can discover more about the history of Mental Health First Aid and how it has been rolled out to 26 countries and the evidence behind it’s success by visiting the website of MHFA International here.
I help support organisations like yours to put in place measures in order to build a healthy workplace by delivering this training in both Mental Health First Aid and Mental Health Awareness. You will find more steps to help you by reading my blog ‘How to build a mentally healthy workplace’.
Add to your value as an employer of choice for your current and future employees. Invest in mental health for the benefit of your organisation.
Contact me and let’s talk about how I can help you achieve your goal of implementing your workplace mental health training strategy.
