Mental Health Awareness for Managers
This CPD-accredited Mental Health Awareness for Managers course, empowers managers to develop a supportive work environment, effectively address employee wellbeing, and optimise productivity and overall team performance.
Book a Mental Health Awareness for Managers course today
Choose the training you require accordingly with trainer-led learning available both in person at a venue or via our virtual learning options, as well as convenient online (e-learning) courses.
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From £311 (Ex. VAT) per learner
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1 day course
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UK-wide availability
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Book at a time that suits you
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CPD accredited
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Certified by the British Red Cross
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From £2180 (Ex. VAT) per group of 6-24 learners
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1 day course
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Train at your premises
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Learn with your team
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CPD accredited
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Certified by the British Red Cross
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From £1640 (Ex. VAT) per group of 6-24 learners
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1 day course
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Ideal for UK-based hybrid teams
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Learn from home or office
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CPD accredited
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Certified by the British Red Cross
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£86 (Ex. VAT) per learner
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3.5 hours online
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Train at your convenience
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Learn at your own pace
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CPD accredited
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Certified by the British Red Cross
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From £311 (Ex. VAT) per learner
-
1 day course
-
UK-wide availability
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Book at a time that suits you
-
CPD accredited
-
Certified by the British Red Cross
-
From £2180 (Ex. VAT) per group of 6-24 learners
-
1 day course
-
Train at your premises
-
Learn with your team
-
CPD accredited
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Certified by the British Red Cross
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From £1640 (Ex. VAT) per group of 6-24 learners
-
1 day course
-
Ideal for UK-based hybrid teams
-
Learn from home or office
-
CPD accredited
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Certified by the British Red Cross
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£86 (Ex. VAT) per learner
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3.5 hours online
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Train at your convenience
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Learn at your own pace
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CPD accredited
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Certified by the British Red Cross
What is a Mental Health Awareness for Managers course?
This Mental Health Awareness for Managers training course is for leaders, managers, and supervisors who may encounter people in emotionally challenging situations. It is ideal for leaders across all industries including telecommunications and utilities, retail, and financial and public services, who are looking for knowledge and tools to recognise the signs of mental health problems, support individuals, and lead a resilient team.
Across the four modules, this course includes discussion on stress and helps to develop strategies for building supportive relationships and implementing stress management policies. It emphasises the benefits of trust, effective teamwork, conflict resolution, and a supportive work environment, to boost productivity and reduce absenteeism through stress.
This Mental Health Awareness for Managers module includes:
- how people can be affected by mental health problems
- understanding and supporting anxiety and depression
- recognising unusual and challenging behaviours
- suicide and self harm risk factors and signs of intent
- having safe conversations around suicide
- using CALMER to support someone with mental health problems.
This Leading a Resilient Team module includes:
- understanding what makes a resilient team and how leadership can influence them
- recognising what makes an effective leader
- developing skills and knowledge for leading a team
- implementing strategies and tools for dealing with challenges successfully
- using CALMER to lead a resilient team.
This Stress Awareness at Work module includes:
- recognising stress and understanding its causes
- the impact of stress and trauma
- building a trauma-informed workplace using the CALMER framework
- managing stress and enabling resilience
- using mindfulness to improve wellbeing
- strategies and tools for managing stress in your team
- developing effective team resilience and support.
This Wellbeing Support at Work module includes:
- different reactions to difficult situations
- powerful emotions, feelings and ambiguous loss
- the Red Cross CALMER framework tool for use in emotionally challenging situations
- effective communication and active listening
- identifying the needs of others, effective responses, resources and support strategies
- building resilience and improving wellbeing.
Here for Mental Health at Work
Customer service you can trust
Our friendly team is happy to talk through your mental health training needs.
Nationwide coverage
Our training venues cover the whole of the UK – we can even come to you.
Flexible course options
Choose to learn in person, virtually with a trainer, or online.
CPD-accredited courses
Every Mental Health at Work course is CPD accredited.
Our approach to Mental Health at Work training
A proactive and preventative approach
Build a positive work environment where signs and symptoms are identified early.
Red Cross expertise
Courses are designed by our psychosocial professionals and delivered by our expert trainers.
Post-course support
Our practical Safe Minds toolkit helps you apply your new skills to the workplace.
Our learning options
We offer a number of learning options for your convenience.
How our trainer-led (in-person) based training works
Course learners can attend a physical course either in one of our training venues or at your own premises. In-person courses allow learners to interact face to face with their trainer and peers, helping to build relationships and teambuilding skills.
It typically involves group discussions, a mixture of visual content, and practical activities to make the course interactive and engaging for all learning styles.
How our trainer-led virtual training works
Our virtual learning is a live trainer-led class and includes all the same course content and discussion you would expect to find in our in-person courses, with adapted interactive elements.
Virtual learning offers a range of benefits, including increased flexibility, convenience and accessibility for learners. It is particularly useful if you have a team spread over a large geographical area or have a hybrid working arrangement.
How our online learning works and what happens next
Our online courses offer the same course content as our in-person and virtual courses, available as e-learning modules for the learner to complete at home or in the office.
After purchase, you will receive an email with access to log into out online learning platform.
How it works for the learner
Learners can access the course materials through our learning management system at their own convenience.
The course modules can be completed independently – a great choice for those that prefer to work through learning at their own pace and have time limitations. It can also be beneficial to those who may not be comfortable talking about mental health publicly.
Questions that you may be thinking of
Our face to face and virtual courses are CPD accredited. CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development and is the term used to describe the learning activities in which professionals engage in to develop and enhance their abilities.
Accredited CPD training means the learning activity has reached the required Continuing Professional Development standards and benchmarks. The learning value has been scrutinised to ensure integrity and quality.
Creating awareness of mental health in the workplace allows managers to better manage their own mental health and support the wellbeing of their teams. Reducing stigma and building an environment where everyone feels comfortable to talk about their mental health helps managers recognise the signs and symptoms of poor mental health, support individuals experiencing emotionally challenging situations, and lead a resilient team.
By creating awareness of mental health in the workplace, managers can benefit from engaged and motivated individuals, less absenteeism, increased productivity, better staff retention, satisfied customers and an improved professional reputation.
Looking after your own mental health as a leader is crucial to better understanding and supporting the mental health of your team. Leading by example is an important part of any manager, supervisor or team leader’s role.
By developing better understanding and awareness of what causes your own stress, you will be able to better adapt to emotionally challenging situations and become a more supportive and empathetic leader. By ensuring you look after your own wellbeing, you can employ the same tools and techniques to your team, encouraging open communication, supporting each other, and building resilience.
Both new and experienced managers will benefit from developing their skills in managing stress and building their understanding of mental health.
Everyone experiences stress in their life and workplace – it's what makes us get up in the morning and motivates us throughout the day. Everyone has mental health and both new and experienced managers can better support themselves and their teams by gaining knowledge of what impacts on mental health in the workplace.
It is everyone’s responsibility in the workplace to help reduce stigma and encourage open conversations about mental health and wellbeing.
HR managers are often used as a signpost by team leaders or employees who are supporting someone experiencing poor mental health. Part of the duty of a Mental Health Champion or being the first point of contact for an individual experiencing an emotionally challenging situation is to signpost them to resources which may be beneficial.
This could be talking to their line manager, raising an issue with the HR department, or reaching out to more professional services such as utilising the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) or contacting their GP service.
Mental health training can be emotionally challenging, but our experienced trainers are skilled at helping individuals cope with any challenges that may arise during the training programme. Some learners may experience unexpected emotions during the training because of past experiences. The course content is varied and may include relatable trauma or crises experienced by some individuals.
If you, or your learners, have any concerns they wish to discuss prior to the course please get in touch with our team.
Suitable for learners over the age of 16.