Training to suit your workplace
Choose between:
Booklets for the workplace
Finding it difficult to talk about mental health at work? Mind's range of booklets and posters can help get you started.
Perfect for an office display or a workplace wellbeing event, our packs include free delivery usually within 2-3 working days.
In-person training:
Cost: £2,200
Length of session: 7.5 hours
What you need:
- A space big enough to fit the learners and our trainer
- Laptop and projector with audio and WiFi
- A flip chart and pens or a whiteboard
Virtual training:
Cost: £1,300
Length of session: 4 hours
What you need:
- Access to an online communication platform (such as Zoom)
Mental health training courses
There are 4 courses to choose from:
Who is the course for?
Mental health awareness is an introductory course for all employees. Use it as part of your induction programme or any mental health activities focused on better mental health at work.
What are the course aims?
The course aims to:
- Raise awareness of mental health and how it can vary
- Outline different mental health problems
- Share tips for supporting people
- Explore how mental health and wellbeing interact with daily life
- Highlight stigma and discrimination, and how to tackle them
- Share tips on how to have supportive conversations about mental
health - Give sources of support and information
What does the course cover?
This course covers:
- What mental health means to you
- Stigma – how can stigma affect our mental health, how can we tackle stigma
- Stress – stress versus pressure, dealing with pressure, managing stress, resilience
- Introduction to mental health – what are mental health problems, mental health and mental wellbeing, what is depression, what causes depression, what is anxiety, what causes anxiety
- Other mental health problems – schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, PTSD, eating disorders, OCD
- Suicide – who can be at risk, how to help someone feeling suicidal, if someone needs help urgently, looking after yourself
- Empathy – what is empathy and why is it important
- Mental health and life – 5 ways to wellbeing
- Sources of support – support at work, how Mind can help
Who is the course for?
Managing mental health at work aims to support managers and is designed to complement our Mental health awareness course. The course emphasises the importance of looking after your and your employees' mental health, and will build your confidence in supporting employees.
What are the course aims?
The course aims to:
- Raise awareness of mental health and how it can vary
- Build understanding of different mental health problems
- Outline managerial role in building positive and supportive cultures at
work - Explore how to build resilience and support people in the workplace
- Build skills to look after yourself while supporting others
- Give sources of support and information
What does the course cover?
This course covers:
- Introduction to mental health – what are mental health problems, the continuum of mental health and mental wellbeing, the business case, how has coronavirus affected our work
- Stigma – how can stigma affect our mental health, how can we tackle stigma
- Stress – what is stress, stress versus pressure
- Depression – what is depression, what are the signs of depression
- Anxiety – what does anxiety feel like, behaviours and physical signs, supporting someone
- Suicide – who can be at risk, how to help someone feeling suicidal, if someone needs help urgently, looking after yourself
- Offering support at work – having conversations, creating a framework, Wellness Action Plans and how to embed them at work and use them with your team, best practice for 121s, sources of support, supporting remote and home workers
- Mental health and performance – how can poor mental health affect us, supporting people in performance management conversations
- The law and reasonable adjustments – mental health and the law, your legal duty, supporting someone returning to work, taking stock of wellbeing
Who is this course for?
Mental health and how to support someone helps you to develop an understanding of mental health, so you can support employees or team members. We give practical guidance and tools to develop your confidence when supporting someone else and tips for looking after your own mental health and wellbeing.
What are the course aims?
The course aims to:
- Raise awareness and understanding of mental health and how it
can vary - Outline experiences of different mental health problems
- Give practical guidance and tools for supporting people
- Share information and practical tips for supporting people
- Build skills to look after ourselves when supporting others
- Increase confidence in having supportive conversations about
mental health
What does the course cover?
This course covers:
- Introduction to mental health – what are mental health problems, the continuum of mental health and mental wellbeing
- Stigma – how can stigma affect our mental health, how can we tackle stigma
- Stress – what is stress, stress versus pressure, supporting someone with stress
- Depression – what is depression, what are the signs of depression, supporting someone with depression
- Anxiety – what causes anxiety, what does anxiety feel like, supporting someone with anxiety
- Other mental health problems – schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, PTSD, eating disorders, OCD
- Suicide – who can be at risk, how to help someone feeling suicidal, if someone needs help urgently, looking after yourself
- How to support someone with a mental health problem – helpful approaches for supporting others, active listening, empathy, having conversations, supporting conversations, supporting someone to get help
- Sources of support
- Looking after yourself while supporting someone – your role in supporting a colleague, setting healthy boundaries, looking after yourself
Who is this course for?
This course outlines how mental health problems can impact us and our customers. We'll develop your understanding of how to respond to and support your customers. We'll also equip you with helpful approaches to cope with challenging situations.
What are the course aims?
The course aims to:
- Raise awareness of mental health and how it can vary
- Explain how mental health problems can impact us and our
customers - Understand how best to respond to and support your customers
- Build skills to look after your mental health and wellbeing at work
- Share practical tips for supporting people
- Give sources of support and information
What does the course cover?
This course covers:
- What does mental health mean to you – what are mental health problems, the continuum of mental health and mental wellbeing
- Mental health problems – stress versus pressure, anxiety and depression
- Suicide – who can be at risk, how to help someone feeling suicidal, if someone needs help urgently, looking after yourself, processes in place
- Mental health and customer support – what is meant by vulnerable, customer vulnerability in the UK, how can people be at risk, relationship between money and mental health, signs a customer may need support
- Supporting someone experiencing a mental health problem – how to support someone, active listening, LEGS, empathy
- How can we respond to customer needs – facing challenging situations, helpful boundaries, scenarios and roleplays, looking after yourself
Want to learn more about our training courses?
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Mental health awareness at work
This course offers an introduction to mental health and workplace wellbeing to employees at any level.
The course has 8 modules, exploring a variety of topics covering mental health and wellbeing. You can use it as part of an induction programme, or initiatives focused on better mental health in the workplace.
Managing mental health at work
Our Managing mental health at work course builds confidence in supporting others, as well as providing tools to take care of your own mental wellbeing.
The course emphasises the importance of looking after your and your employees' mental health. It’s designed to build your confidence in supporting others.
Find the right e-Learning course for your workplace on Mind's marketplace.
Why join an eLearning course?
Evidence shows that 74% of line managers who receive mental health training feel more confident in supporting their team's wellbeing. This can improve wider staff wellbeing, productivity and performance at work.
Watch this animation to learn about the relationship between pressure, stress and performance, and why we need to take care of our mental health at work.
Get in touch
If you have any questions about how Mind can help your workplace, send us an email at [email protected] .
