Creating a Mentally Healthy Work Environment – E-Learning Course – CPDUK Accredited

Welcome to our Creating a Mentally Healthy Work Environment online training course. All our online training courses, programmes and qualifications are accredited by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK).

Learners will develop their understanding of strategies to promote mental health in the workplace as well as the barriers individuals may face when accessing mental health support in the workplace and how these can be overcome and understand where they can go for further information about a mentally healthy working environment, and create an action plan with practical steps to improve mental well-being in the workplace.

Course content

This online Creating a Mentally Healthy Work Environment training course covers the following:

• Introduction
• Session 1: The role of the Mental Health First Aider
• Session 2: Promoting mental health at work
• Session 3: Internal sources of support for mentally healthy environments.

Who is the course for?

This online Creating a Mentally Healthy Work Environment training course is suitable for the employers, managers and employees with an interest in developing their knowledge and understanding of actions to take to create a mentally healthy environment within the workplace.

Course aims

The aims of this online Creating a Mentally Healthy Work Environment training course are to:

• Enable learners to understand the actions they can take to create a mentally healthy environment within the workplace.
• Enable learners to understand the role and responsibilities of the Mental Health First Aider, the actions they can take and what falls outside the scope of their responsibilities.
• Support learners to understand what is meant by a wellness action plan and the content of this as well as its importance in promoting the mental health and well-being of employees.
• Enable learners to develop their understanding of strategies to promote mental health support in the workplace as well as the barriers individuals may face when accessing mental health support and how these can be overcome.
• Enable learners to understand where they can go for further information about a mentally healthy working environment.
• Enable learners to create an action plan with practical steps for improving mental health in the workplace.

Learning objectives

On completion of this online Creating a Mentally Healthy Work Environment training course, the learner will be able to:

• Understand the role of a mental health first aider.
• Understand what is meant by a wellness action plan, why this is important and what it should contain.
• Produce a template for their own wellness action plan.
• Understand strategies for promoting mental health within their workplace.
• Understand potential barriers employees may face when accessing support for their mental health and ways to overcome these.
• Understand internal and external sources of support for creating mentally healthy environments.
• Produce an action plan for promoting and improving mental health in the workplace with SMART targets for the next 1,6 and 12 months.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this online Creating a Mentally Healthy Work Environment training course, the learner will be able to:

• Understand the role and responsibilities of a mental health first aider.
• Understand what a wellness action plan is, why this is important and what this should contain.
• Produce a template for a wellness action plan that can be used in their workplace.
• Suggest strategies for promoting mental health within their workplace
• Identify potential barriers employees may face when accessing support for their mental health within the workplace and suggest practical ways to overcome these.
• Identify internal and external sources of support for creating a mentally healthy environment.
• Produce an action plan for promoting and improving mental health within their own workplace with SMART targets set for the next 1, 6 and 12 months.

Creating a Mentally Healthy Work Environment – Online Training Course – CPDUK Accredited.