Undersatnding mental health
Overview
What does the term "mental health" mean? Low mood or depression, stress or anxiety?
Designed to challenge some stereotypes about mental health, this course takes a look at the good, the bad and the illness.
In this 3 hour course we will openly discuss difficult emotions such as guilt and shame and normalise what these emotions are. We will also discuss the more chronic conditions like depression, anxiety and PTSD.
This course will also explore stress, the stress response and the true causes behind it.
The course will explore the minefield that is the mental health system and what's the difference between a counsellor and psychologist? What does a diagnosis mean? Will anti depressants make me numb?
We will then look at how to stay well, sleep hygiene and the importance of diet. I have been a PTI in the UK Fire and Rescue service for over 10 years and the knowledge and experience I have gained from this has helped firefighters stay fit, well and sleep better. Let me pass that knowledge on to you!
The course culminates looking at a stress management plan, wellbeing action plan and mental health tool kits.
What you will learn
- The difference between difficult emotions, conditions and illness
- What is stress and what causes it?
- An understanding of the mental health system, medication and therapy
- How diet and exercise affects mental health
- How to best manage mental health and stress using practical tools
Managers training - creating psychological safety
Overview
As a manager we hold some responsibility in keeping those in our charge well. This can be seen as a daunting task, but it needn't be. Psychological safety is the goal and this means being proactive as well as reactive.
Based around ISO45003, the international standard on psychological safety, I also draw on the Health and safety at work act and the equalities act to breakdown a managers legal responsibility, but also the opportunities to support.
Most mental health problems stem from the environment we live in. Work is a huge part of most peoples environments. As an employer and manager we hold responsibility to keep people well in work and ensure their work doesn't cause psychological injury.
Bringing together my experience of managing, suffering from mental ill health and psychological therapy, this 3 hour course is designed to teach managers the techniques of creating a psychologically safe workplace.
This course covers manager responsibility, boundaries, listening skills, stress risk assessments, wellness action plans, mental health tool kits and where to signpost others as well as ways to look after your own wellbeing..
What you will learn
- What a managers responsibilities are in the law
- How to create psychological safety
- What are primary and secondary interventions
- How to use and apply stress risk assessments, talking tool kits and wellness action plans
- When and where we should sign post people on to for further support
- What to do in a crisis situation such as suicide
- How to keep yourself well
Psychological resilience
The ability to feel emotions better
Psychological resilience is a term that is thrown around. But what is it? Is mental strength different to resilience? How do I build psychological resilience?
In short, you learn to feel emotions better and ask what they are telling you. We all face adversity, resilience is the ability to better feel that adversity and respond to what our emotions are telling us. My 90 minute resilience course can show you how best to do that.
What you will learn
- What psychological resilience is and is not
- Emotional management techniques
- An action plan for resilience
suicide awareness and Safeguarding
IFAA level 2 safeguarding awareness course. The hardest, yet most important question
In my opinion, a knowledge of safeguarding and suicide awareness should be the starting point and bedrock of any mental health strategy. Understanding safeguarding, confidentiality and personal boundaries is a must in all psychological work.
If we are asking people to open up, then we must accept all that might bring. Domestic abuse, suicidal ideation, addiction to name a few.
Whilst no one is asking a manager or mental health first aider to be a therapist, these core skills are still just as vital to give a person the feeling of security and confidence to keep all staff safe.
Suicide is not an easy discussion to approach. But it may be the most important one you ever do. This course is designed to look at why suicide occurs, the risk factors for people and how to spot signs and symptoms of it.
It will also cover how to keep people safe and who needs to be involved when someone is suicidal.
What you will learn
- An understanding of suicidal ideation and how to keep people safe
- What may constitute a safeguarding issue
- How to make a safeguarding referral
Mental health first aid
Overview
MHFA training courses were first developed in Australia in 2001. In the years since, it has evolved into a global movement with licensed programmes in 24 countries and counting. Over two million people have been trained in MHFA skills worldwide. MHFA came to England in 2007 and was launched under the Department of Health: National Institute of Mental Health in England (NIMHE) as part of a national approach to improving public mental health.
I currently teach the -
- 1 day champion
- 2 day mental health first aider
- Refresher course
What you will learn
- An in depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can effect well-being
- Skills to respond in a crises
- Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
- Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress
- Enhanced inter-personnel skills such as non-judgmental listening
- Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support
A full company approach
My recommendation of how to deploy the courses are below
For all teams and employees
Understanding mental health
Psychological resilience
For managers
Understanding mental health
Psychological resilience
How to create psychological safety
Follow on support
For business leaders
Understanding mental health
Psychological resilience
How to create psychological safety
Oversight and leadership
HR/People team
Suicide awareness and safeguarding
Follow on support
Mental health first aiders
Regular updates
Follow on support
Suicide and safeguarding
Wellbeing leads
Regular updates
Follow on support
Suicide and safeguarding
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