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MHT16 – Mental health in the workplace Training. A workshop for managers

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Mental Health Training is one of the UK’s leading providers of onsite mental health and psychology-based training. We provide a wide range of evidence-based training in all areas of general psychiatry and clinical / social psychology to support your learning objectives.

This workshop supports managers, HR and key staff to better understand and recognise mental health diagnoses common to the workplace. It offers advice, knowledge and skills to better support workplace mental health and staff with mental health needs.

The training also provides advice on the signposting and the process of reasonable adjustments to comply with the Equality Act obligations.

This training is delivered by a psychology / psychiatry qualified facilitator and post training support is available.

Mental Disorder in the workplace. An overview of the training

Key staff and managers may need enhanced skills to recognise, respond and refer individuals presenting with mental health needs. This training provides a focus on the following key areas

  • Understanding the psychology that underpins positive mental wellbeing in the workplace
  • Understanding the psychology and psychiatry of mental illness, and the common precipitants (including cognitive factors) that undermine mental well-being in the workplace
  • The common presentations of mental disorder, this includes the signs, symptoms, behaviours and diagnostic contexts – i.e., Stress related conditions, depression & anxiety-related diagnoses. Other diagnoses and disorders can be addressed as required.
  • Assessing for any workplace issues that may be contributing to impaired mental well-being
  • Identifying and modifying and perpetuating factors that may be exacerbating an individual’s mental well-being. (It’s important that managers and organisations know what can be realistically influenced and the factors outside of its control)
  • A framework of listening and conversational / counselling based support strategies / skills-based training which may provide appropriate adjustments or supports for people who may present with impaired mental health
  • An improved ability to screen, identify and manage potential safeguarding concerns
  • Knowledge and skills to signpost and advocate for individuals experiencing mental health difficulties
  • Bespoke and tailored content is available – we are experts in most areas of psychiatry

This training is delivered by facilitators trained in psychiatry and specialise in general psychiatric illness and abnormal psychology, personality disorder and stress-related illness training.

We offer a wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary knowledge and skills with high quality, integrated evidence-based training that you can trust.

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