Mental Health Skills for Managers

In-person · Online · Half-day · Up to 16 people

This half-day MHFA England training gives managers the knowledge, skills and confidence to recognise when someone may be experiencing a mental health issue, have a supportive conversation and signpost to appropriate professionals and resources.

Increasingly, managers are expected to support team members experiencing stress or poor mental health. Many aren’t sure how to have conversations about mental health and worry about getting it wrong.

Managers aren’t expected to be mental health experts or act as therapists. However, they are expected to notice when a team member may be experiencing poor mental health and know what to do.

Stress, depression and anxiety account for 62% of working days lost to work-related ill health (Health and Safety Executive).

Give your managers the knowledge and confidence to support their teams without expecting them to be mental health experts.

For managers who:

  • are increasingly expected to respond to mental health concerns within their teams

  • worry about saying or doing the wrong thing when someone is experiencing poor mental health

  • want clearer boundaries around their role and responsibilities

  • are new or experienced managers who haven’t had practical training in workplace mental health

The benefits

  • increases managers’ knowledge and confidence around mental health
  • gives managers a clear framework for mental health conversations
  • helps managers recognise when someone may be experiencing poor mental health
  • gives managers clearer boundaries around their role and responsibilities
  • increases mental health awareness and literacy across the organisation
  • helps managers know when and where to signpost for further support

What’s covered

  • mental health and the impact of stress on employees in the workplace

  • identifying when a team member may be experiencing poor mental health

  • confident conversations about mental health at work

  • responding empathetically to mental health situations in the workplace

  • signposting your team members to appropriate support

  • describing what support and guidance is available for yourself and your employees and how to access it

Beyond training

After training, we offer additional mentoring and upskilling to support managers and other mental health trained staff in their role.

  • managing your Wellbeing or MHFAider network

  • skills practice and upskilling for your managers, Mental Health First Aiders or wellbeing networks

  • skills and best practice surgeries

  • support to embed what you have learned into your workplace culture

Duration

4 hrs

Cost

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A safe environment

“The trainer created a really safe environment to discuss a difficult subject. Esther is very knowledgeable and reassuring. It’s a great course and inspires empathy and confidence…”​