Supporting Employees in Mental Distress/Ill Health Course Programme

Who Is This Course Intended For?

This course is aimed at Line Managers, Supervisors, Human Resources professionals

Supporting Employees in Mental Distress/Ill Health Course Programme – Content

• What is Mental Health?
• Benefits of supporting employee’s mental health
• Outline of employer’s legal obligations with regards to employee mental health
• Line Managers role & concerns regarding mental health
• How to recognise and respond to employees in mental distress/crisis
• Practicing through roleplay how to listen and respond to a person in mental distress/crisis
• How to support and signpost to someone in mental distress where help can be accessed
• Responding to the risk of suicide
• Minimising mental health stigma in the workplace
• Establishing the boundaries of the role and being aware of your limitations
• How to take care of your own mental health

Certification

Supporting Employees in Mental Distress/Ill Health Course Programme – CMSE Certification

Supporting Employees in Mental Distress/Ill Health Course Programme – Objectives

On completion of this course, participants will have:

• an improved understanding and recognition of common mental health problems
• an improved understanding of how to give immediate care to someone in a mental health crisis or in mental distress and support them to access effective help
• a better understanding of the stigma facing people with mental health difficulties and how to assist them in overcoming this
• a better emphasis on the boundaries of their role i.e. that they are NOT TRAINED

          –  as mental Health professionals

          – as counsellors

          – to diagnose mental health problems

Assessment Type

5 x MCQ, 5 x short answer questions