This is an introductory mental health awareness course of up to five hours (depending on numbers) that will help equip you in this area. The aims and objectives of the course include enabling participants to:

  • gain a wider understanding, for themselves and others, of some issues surrounding mental health;

  • gain a greater understanding of how and why positive and negative mental health affects business;

  • work more effectively with people experiencing mental health problems.

‘We’ve put on some voluntary mental health training for staff. All new staff attend ‘active listening’. We then put on whole school compulsory CPD with external providers.’

‘I used what I learned on the course to set up the staff wellbeing initiative in school, run the staff mental health and wellbeing CPD, and work with LA psychologists to help teachers develop their own resilience.’

Please be aware that this course includes discussion of mental health issues, including suicide, which some may find distressing. Support and time-out options will be available throughout.​