MHFA England Workplace Info Pack

Mental Health Skills for Managers Empower managers to put wellbeing at the heart of their leadership approach with this practical and immersive course.

Learning outcomes – Identify if an employee may be experiencing mental health issues – Feel confident having open conversations about mental health with their team members – Appropriately signpost to available support and know where to go for support and guidance for themselves – Role model good self-care practice, inspiring their teams to look after their own mental health and wellbeing Delivered by workplace mental health experts, this course builds skills in your leaders to feel confident to have mental health conversations as part of their everyday management. Managers who are able to support the mental health of their teams will encourage employees to thrive, increasing talent retention. Providing this training to everyone with people management responsibilities will ensure a consistent approach to mental health and wellbeing across teams and departments, promoting healthy performance throughout the whole organisation. Online delivery This is a four hour course delivered through the MHFA England Online Learning Hub. It is an immersive live training session, led by an experienced associate Instructor Member. The flexible integrated platform gives learners opportunities to practice embedding their skills through group activities and

Takeaways – Certificate of attendance – Tools to take care of their own mental health as a manager and empower their teams – Digital workbook to use during the course – Digital support resource to help embed ongoing learning and development The trainer was excellent and for a course that was delivered all online, it was still as interactive as if you were there in person. They kept us engaged with all of us drawing on a shared whiteboard and group work in breakout rooms to role play potential scenarios. We were impressed with how slick the online experience was and appreciated how attentive MHFA England were before the course to understand our needs.” Octopus Energy “We wanted our less experienced people managers to feel able to open up conversations about mental health with team members. This course was really helpful in laying down the foundations to give our managers both the skills and the confidence to start these potentially difficult conversations.

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