Description
Welcome to the Halo Staffing eLearning course on Mental Health First Aid. In this course, we will cover everything you’ll need to know to be able to develop your workplace to support the mental health of your team members.
The first section will look at the causes of workplace mental health issues.
From there, we’ll move onto looking at strategies that you can use to tackle the causes of mental health issues.
After that, the benefits of promoting a sense of openness and clear communication around mental health will be looked at.
The fourth section will cover the six core standards of mental health first aid.
From there, we’ll look at workplace mental health plans, what they are, and how you can create one.
The section afterwards will cover strategies that you can implement that will allow you to promote the wellbeing of your staff or team members.
Following on from that, the benefits of encouraging conversations about mental health, and the advantages that clear communication around mental health has, will be covered.
After that, we’ll look at how to provide your employees or team members with basic mental health support.
The ninth section will be on identifying factors of the work environment of your team members that you can change or alter to help promote their mental health.
Afterwards, the next section will cover implementing proactive opportunities for your team members to discuss their health and wellbeing, and the impact their work environment has on their health and wellbeing, with yourself, their team leader, or trusted colleagues.
From there, we’ll look at techniques for training individuals to be able to treat their colleagues in a way that does not negatively impact their mental health.
The next section is on the benefits of regularly monitoring the mental health of your team members.
The penultimate section concerns methods of monitoring the mental health of your team members.
Finally, we’ll touch on what an annual wellbeing report is, and how you can create one.
You can view the introduction video for the Mental Health First Aid course below.
Is this for me?
This course has been carefully designed for Carers, Support Workers, Nurses, and Managers who want to learn more about Mental Health First Aid. As specialists in providing staffing solutions Halo Staffing’s courses are relevant for many industries including health and social care for carers, support workers, nurses and managers. Completing this course will ensure that you are fully up to date with relevant content to provide you with the skills and knowledge necessary to excel in your field. On successful completion of this course, you will be issued with a certificate and digital badge valid for 1 year.
Why should I take this course?
You should take this course if it’s necessary for you or your team to keep and protect people from harm and abuse. Keeping in line with Skills for Care and the key legislation such as the Equality Act 2010, Care Act 2014, Health and Safety at Work Act and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
What will I learn?
This course will provide you and/or your team with an understanding of what the causes of workplace mental health issues are, how to overcome them, how to create mental health plans, what the strategies of tacking the causes of mental health issues are and how you can promote wellbeing. You will also learn what the advantages of clear communication are and how to enforce it, the importance of regular monitoring and what an annual wellbeing report is.
Course Duration: 1 to 2 hours.
