Managing Mental Health in a Hybrid Workplace

Overview

Businesses everywhere must learn to adapt to the changing expectations and needs of employees in the workplace. In response to this cultural change, we are proud to offer a one-day training course in partnership with CPSL Mind, to address the shift in the workplace.

The workshop will help you to improve and support your team’s wellbeing, whilst taking care of your own.

Objectives

By the end of the training course, you will:

• Know how to spot the signs of stress in the workplace
• Understand how to talk to staff about mental health and build boundaries, whilst strengthening listening and empathy skills
• Have established ways to keep hybrid teams engaged and know how to develop strategies to support teams' wellbeing 
• Understand what ‘reasonable adjustments’ look like for you and your team

Course Content

Morning

• How society perceives mental health
• The impact of stigma and discrimination
• What is mental health?
• The hybrid working landscape
• A hybrid working survey
• Challenges faced as a manager
• Organisational drivers for mental health awareness
• Stress in the workplace
• Spotting the signs of workplace stress
• HSE stress management standards
• Creating your culture
• Proactive management
• Wellness action plans
• Engaging and empowering a team

Afternoon

• Causes of mental health problems
• How stress can lead to depression
• Signs of depression and anxiety, and other mental health problems
• Understanding treatment for mental health problems
• How to talk about mental health problems
• Active and attentive listening
• Empathy vs sympathy
• Suicidal thoughts
• What to do if someone is feeling suicidal
• The Equality Act 2010 and mental health
• Mental health problems as a disability
• Reasonable adjustments
• The importance of setting boundaries as a manger
• Looking after yourself
• Making an action plan

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