Workplace
Training
By enhancing awareness and knowledge, we empower individuals to prioritise their wellbeing and equip them with the skills and confidence to support their colleagues effectively.
1.
Mental Health
in the Workplace
Target Audience
Adults
Delivery Mode
1 hour face to face or online
Participant Numbers
Min 3 | Max 50 pax
Description
Mental Health in the Workplace is a workshop session designed engage leaders, increase mental health awareness and highlight the importance of a mental health strategy. Building a healthy workplace is good for business and psychosocial risk is something businesses need to take seriously. The session will help individuals understand the need, benefits, roadblocks, systems and process when starting their journey.
Outline
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Introduction and safe learning environments
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Group discussion: why are we here?
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Mental health awareness
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Timeline of mental health in the workplace
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Contributing factors and psychosocial hazards
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Guide to developing a mentally healthy workplace
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Group discussion: roadblocks
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Positive benefits of a mental health strategy
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Call to action
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Q and A
Objectives
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Increased awareness
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Provide access to information and resources
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Understand workplace requirements
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Identify and promote existing initiatives
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Build better work culture
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Increase early intervention
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Support leaders
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Promote help-seeking behaviour
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Reduce stigma
Additional Notes
Mental Health in the Workplace has been developed for leaders within organisations. The content and open discussions will help identify key focus areas and guide the organisation towards mentally healthy workplace.
2.
Breaking the
Silence
Target Audience
Adults
Delivery Mode
1 hour face to face or online
Participant Numbers
Min 3 | Max 50 pax
Description
Breaking the Silence is a workshop designed increase mental health awareness and break down the stigma associated with poor mental health, mental illness and mental health crises. The session will help individuals understand the relationship between mental health and wellbeing and how that affects work and everyday life.
Outline
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Introduction and safe learning environment
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Understanding the landscape: prevalence, impact and stigma
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Wellbeing & mental health awareness
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Contributing factors and self-awareness
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Mental Illness and mental health crisis
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Wellbeing battery: sign and symptoms
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Self-care strategies
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Strategies for support
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Q and A
Objectives
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Increased awareness
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Provide access to information and resources
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Identify early warning signs
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Understand the importance of self-care and support options
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Increase knowledge and access to support
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Promote help-seeking behaviour
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Reduce stigma
Additional Notes
Breaking the Silence is an effective introductory session for the entire workforce. The content will cover sensitive topics such as suicide. The presentation is accompanied by a resource that individuals can engage with and share with others. This presentation can be customised to meet the client needs e.g. RUOKDAY?
3.
Stress management and Resilience
Target Audience
Adults
Delivery Mode
1 hour face to face or online
Participant Numbers
Min 3 | Max 50 pax
Description
The Stress Management & Resilience workshop is a proactive session designed to improve wellbeing. The session will help individuals create self-awareness and identify strategies and supports they can implement to manage stress and build resilience.
Outline
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Introduction and safe learning environment
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Wellbeing & mental health awareness
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Understanding stress; acute v’s chronic.
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Common contributing factors (external & workplace)
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Sign and symptoms of burnout
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Techniques for managing stress (short term & long term)
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Building resilience
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Strengthening support systems
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Q and A
Objectives
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Increased awareness
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Increase knowledge of physical and mental health
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Identify stressors and early warning signs
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Understand the importance of self-care and support options
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Identify, build and action a self-care plan
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Increase help seeking behaviours
Additional Notes
This workshop can be extended by 15 – 30 minutes to include a practical breathwork and mindfulness activities.
4.
Mental Health Response
Target Audience
Adults supporting adults or 17 years and above
Delivery Mode
6 hours | Face to face
6 hours | Online
Participant Numbers
Min 3 | Max 25 pax | Face to face
Min 3 | Max 25 pax | Online
Description
Mental Health Response is a contemporary course that focuses on understanding mental health issues and developing the confidence to engage and offer support to those developing a mental health issue or mental health disorder. This course also provides evidence-based strategies to follow when generating self-care, support or in the event of a crisis.
Outline
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Wellbeing & mental health awareness
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Identifying barriers to support
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Understanding the contributing factors to declining mental health
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Sign, symptoms, treatments and support for common mental health problems
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Scenarios & videos of lived experience
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IDEA support scaffold
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Mental health crisis
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Self-care
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Quiz
Objectives
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Increase awareness
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Learn signs and symptoms
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Become familiar with contributing factors
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Learn a support scaffold
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Understand what to do in a crisis
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Generate self-care and support options
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Identify and build a self-care plan
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Assess knowledge
Additional Notes
The Mental Health Response Course has been approved by the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) for ongoing professional development and by Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA) for CPD points and by Fitness Australia for continuing education credits (5CECs).
5.
Coach2Cope
Target Audience
Adults/ Supporting young people
Delivery Mode
1.5 hours face to face and online
Participant Numbers
Min 3 | Max 30 pax
Description
This 90 minute Coach2Cope course has been designed by Equi Energy Youth’s co-founder Dr Stephen Spencer (PhD). The course is an evidence based and trauma informed professional learning session with programs designed for Executive, Wellbeing Teams, School Counsellors, Classroom Teachers, SLSO’s and Coaches. The training will teach an ‘in the moment’ response to young people experiencing an episode of psychological distress.
Outline
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Dr Stephen Spencer’s background, expertise and research
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Contributing factors impacting on young people’s mental health
Attachment styles for young people -
Systemic support for enhanced developmental outcomes
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Coping, resilience (distress tolerance), and positive help-seeking behaviour.
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TAR3 Psychological first aid framework
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Practical scenarios
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Questions & answers
Objectives
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Understand challenges young people face
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Understand your role in improving mental health outcomes for students
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To work effectively with your team and other systems
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Assessing and responding to a child/student’s level of distress
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Learn a trauma informed approach to ‘in the moment’ support
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Improve confidence when supporting young people
Additional Notes
The Coach2Cope program can be linked with further sessions to individualise support, build TAR3 support plans and to reflect and analyse episodes of distress. This training can be supported by an online subscription-based system customised to your organisation.
6.
Mental Health
First Aid
Target Audience
Adults supporting adults
Delivery Mode
12 hours | Face to face
Participant Numbers
Min 6 | Max 24 pax
Description
MHFA provides awareness around mental health and mental illness and teaches a support scaffold to guide supportive conversations. The course provides practical scenarios for general support and highlights the actions needed in a mental health crisis.
Outline
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Mental health
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Impact of poor mental health
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MHFA & support scaffold
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Depression & suicide
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Anxiety & panic attacks
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Psychosis & sever psychotic state
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Substance use and aggressive behaviour
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Quiz
Objectives
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Increase awareness
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Identify signs and symptoms
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Learn a support scaffold
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Understand what to do in a crisis
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Generate self-care and support options
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Assess knowledge
Additional Notes
The 12-hour course caters for all learning styles and provides hands-on scenario-based learning. In depth resources (MHFA textbook) included. Participants will receive a certificate and 3 year accreditation as a Mental Health First Aider.
7.
Mental Health
First Aid Refresher
Target Audience
Adults supporting adults
Delivery Mode
4 hours | Face to face
5 hours | Online webinar
Participant Numbers
Min 6 | Max 24 pax | Face to face
Min 6 | Max 12 pax | Online
Description
MHFA refresher allows people that have previously completed the 12 hour course to refresh knowledge and skills in a safe supportive environment. It provides an opportunity to extend their accreditation for a further 3 years.
Outline
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Refresh mental health problems
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Identify successes & challenges when applying MHFA
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Refresh MHFA support scaffold
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Recap signs, symptoms & treatments for common mental health problems
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Practise skills with scenarios and videos
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3 key actions for crisis
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Self-care
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Quiz
Objectives
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Increase awareness and understanding of the latest research
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Refresh common mental health problems
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Learn a support scaffold
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Work through complex MHFA interactions
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Learn 3 keys actions for helping someone suicidal
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Assess knowledge
Additional Notes
The 4 hour course caters for all learning styles and provides a safe environment for MHFAiders to increase their knowledge, skills and confidence. Participants need a copy of the MHFA text book (ed 4). On completion of the MHFA refresher participants will extend their accreditation for a further 3 years.
8.
Mental Health First Aid Engaging Leaders
Target Audience
Leaders
Delivery Mode
1.5 hours | Face to face
1.5 hours | Online
Participant Numbers
Min 6 | Max 24 pax | Face to face
Min 6 | Max 12 pax | Online
Description
The MHFA Engaging Leaders Course is designed for leaders and decision makers to learn how to support their employees who may be experiencing a mental health problem. It helps leaders understand the benefits that MHFA can offer in helping create mentally healthy workplaces.
Outline
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Mental health problems in the workplace
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Mental health awareness
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Identifying signs and symptoms
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Workplace analysis - challenges and opportunities
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Awareness of workplace contributions to mental health problems
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A framework to promote mental health in the workplace
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Tips on how to support employees
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How MHFAiders can support the workforce
Objectives
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Increase awareness
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Information about signs and symptoms
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Highlight the benefits of the MHFA course
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Show Leaders how the workplace can contribute to mental health problems and how a framework and MHFA can help a workplace
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To encourage action
Additional Notes
The 90min workshop provides Leaders with the opportunity to identify focus areas in their organisation and provides guidelines on how a implement MHFA and other initiatives to support the workforce.
