Mental Health in the Workplace
Level 3 (VTQ)
This two-day workshop encompasses the following subject areas:
- Understand the difference between mental health and mental ill health.
- Describe the components of mental well-being and how it relates to resilience.
- Understand how risk factors associated with mental ill health can lead to problems in the workplace.
- Be able to recognise how mental health problems can affect day-to-day living.
- Understand how social and cultural attitudes can lead to mental illness.
- Understanding causes of stress and knowing how stress can stem from influences resulting from work.
- Be able to understand different types of mental health.
- Understand how anxiety, phobias, depression, bipolar and schizophrenia is a denominator for related mental health. Using an action plan to help in a crisis.
- Understand the difference between mental health and mental ill health.
- Describe the components of mental well-being and how it relates to resilience.
- Understand how risk factors associated with mental ill health can lead to problems in the workplace.
- Be able to recognise how mental health problems can affect day-to-day living.
- Understand how social and cultural attitudes can lead to mental illness.
- Understanding causes of stress and knowing how stress can stem from influences resulting from work.
- Be able to understand different types of mental health.
- Understand how anxiety, phobias, depression, bipolar and schizophrenia is a denominator for related mental health.
- Using an action plan to help in a crisis.
- Understanding Mental Health
- Recognising and discussing different mental illnesses
- Health problems
- Mental Health and the legislation.
- Understanding the responsibilities in the workplace under mental health.
- Recognising a problem.
- Supporting an employee with mental health related problems
- Promoting a healthy workplace.
- Understanding problems in the workplace as a result of unidentified mental health.
- Be able to implement an action plan to promote recovery of mental ill health.
