Duration: 1 Day
Length of Certification: 3 Year
Accreditation: Certificated
Aim
This course is designed to look at how delegates achieve and maintain positive mental health and wellbeing including how it affects behaviour, and ability to fulfil a role, responsibilities and management of emergency situations. Delegates will have increased knowledge, understanding and awareness of practical steps to prevent mental ill-health and strategies to manage work/home life balance and to ensure delegates have:
• An understanding as to what underpins positive mental health
• How it affects their role and responsibilities set out within Directive 2003/59/EC
• Tips to help improve wellbeing.
Content
• Mental health and stigma
• Mental health vs physical health
• Knowledge of risk and protective factors
• Wellbeing and lifestyle behaviours
• Accessing information, advice and support
• Reflection and self-management
Knowledge
Upon completion of the course, delegates will:
• Have an awareness of mental health and the impact of stigma
• Knowledge of some common mental health problems
• Understand the relationship between mental health and physical health
• Understand how mental health, wellbeing and lifestyle behaviours contribute to all aspects of their role and responsibilities
• Have knowledge and practical strategies as to how to improve wellbeing including managing the effects of fatigue/stress and work/rest cycle
• Have an awareness of how to access mental health support
Training Methods
Classroom Based exercises with group participation.
There is No Pass/Fail Element of this Course.
Additional Information
This course is suitable for 16+
