Mental Health Awareness Week 2024

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, and the mental health charity Mind’s ( Mind ) theme for the week is “no mind left behind”. This leads us to ask the question: how equipped are managers within your organisation to support all employees with mental health and wellbeing issues?

Guidance published in March 2022 by NICE and PHE on Mental Wellbeing at Work outlines the following essential skills for managers. They recommend that managers have the skills and knowledge to…

• Know how to identify early warning signs of poor mental wellbeing
• Be aware of the stigma associated with poor mental wellbeing
• Point colleagues towards appropriate information and resources on mental wellbeing
• Have a conversation about mental wellbeing with an employee
• Provide ongoing monitoring of mental wellbeing in the workplace

Our Managing Mental Health and Wellbeing at Work course equips managers, team leaders and supervisors with the essential skills they need to manage mental health and wellbeing at work. We are committed to supporting your organisation in ensuring mental health and wellbeing is prioritised and your leaders’ knowledge confident is up-to-date, relevant and of a high quality.

Managing Mental Health and Wellbeing at Work

We recognise that the topic of mental health can be emotive for managers and we aim to create a safe and inclusive space where everyone can participate. Our courses are engaging and interactive whether delivered face to face or online. Workshops include a mix of small and large group discussions, quizzes and polls, individual activities that encourage self-reflection and small group activities for skills practise.

The course can be delivered face to face in one day or online in 2 live sessions (either one day or across 2 days according to your organisation’s requirements). The course is also fully accredited by the CPD Standards Office and delegates will receive a certificate on completion of the training. Delegates will also receive an accompanying workbook which includes self-care tools and other information and resources to refer to after the workshop.

What will I learn?

• To be aware of common mental health conditions (stress, anxiety and depression) and how to recognise early warning signs of poor mental wellbeing.
• Gain an awareness of the stigma that surrounds mental ill health.
• The importance of self-care as a manager – delegates will have the opportunity to complete their own self-care audit and develop their own wellbeing action plan.
• Have a broad understanding of the responsibilities and legal frameworks governing managing mental health and wellbeing at work.
• Be aware of the range of options to support an individual’s mental wellbeing.
• Feel confident in having conversations about mental health (skills practice).
• Where to go for further support and resources.

Session Outlines

Part One: Mental Health and Wellbeing Awareness (3 hours)

• What is mental health and why is it important to understand in the workplace?
• Stigma associate with poor mental health
• Triggers for mental ill health
• Early warning signs and symptoms of common mental ill health conditions (stress, anxiety and depression)
• Self-care audit – wellbeing tips and tools
• Wellbeing action plan

Part Two: A Manager’s Role in Wellbeing and Wellbeing Conversations (3.5 hours)

• Exploring the manager’s role in wellbeing.
• The legal framework.
• Case study.
• Creating opportunities and conditions for conversations about mental health and wellbeing.
• Skills practice.

If you would like to find out more about our Managing Mental Health and Wellbeing at Work training course, or would like to arrange a no-obligation meeting to discuss your organisation’s training requirements in further detail, please get in touch.