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Driving good mental health in the workplace: a course for Managers and Directors.

'Driving good mental health in the workplace: a course for Managers and Directors' is a 2-day course from the Association for Psychological Therapies (APT), a leading provider of accredited courses for professionals working in mental health and related areas in the UK and Ireland.

It is APT-accredited and also gives you access to APT’s relevant downloadable resources for use post-course. The course is available for teams and individuals and can be attended face-to-face or online.

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Executive Summary:

This course is for managers and directors and focuses on how to manage in a way that generates good mental health and wellbeing in the workplace, and doing so in a realistic way that works well for everybody.

Many people spend more waking hours at work than they spend anywhere else, so it is imperative that we do our best to get matters right in the workplace.

Who should attend?

Managers and Directors committed to creating a workplace that engenders peak wellbeing.

The course covers a great deal:

Day 1:

• Developing a clear management philosophy: The RAID® Philosophy.
• How to develop good relationships: the 3 key factors, in order.
• Key Principle: Empower, and boost self-efficacy.
• Key Principle: Notice good things more than not so good things.
• Key Principle: Recognise and remove irritants.
• Key Principle: Apply these principles to yourself.
• Key Principle: Know how to ask people to do things.
• Key Principle: Know how to motivate the team.
• Key Principle: Use Feedback, and use it skilfully. Why give negative feedback? Why give positive feedback?
• Major Exercise: Making an action plan and using The Checklist.

Day 2: Focusing directly on mental health.

• The 5 major factors involved in mental health and wellbeing.
• Putting Square pegs in Square holes.
• Breaking out of the punishment cycle.
• Delegating skilfully and supportively.
• Biological factors, including: Sleep, Diet, Mood-altering substances, Exercise and Relaxation.
• Talking about emotions: is it a good idea?
• If not, what can we do?
• Social factors, including: when people actively dislike each other; people having no real friends at work; ongoing arguments and feuds at work; changes in role or workplace.
• Thinking style: Everything else can be pretty much perfect, and yet people can still spoil it for themselves by taking a gloomy or anxious perspective. So what then?
• Appraisal Interviews
• Making an action plan and using the Checklist.
• Quiz.
  
  

What you receive.

All delegates on this course receive a workbook covering all the slides in the presentation, a certificate of attendance, and registration as having attended.

Booking this training is easy... Booking Options...  for individuals  for teams and organisations For individuals: Option 1: Online Anytime course: a pre-recorded course you can study any time. An engaging and relevant online course that can be started and accessed at any time and completed at your own pace, taking breaks to assimilate and practice the skills as they are introduced. Price: £140 plus VAT per person. The fee covers: 3 years access to the course, certification, registration, and Level 2 APT Accreditation by completing the course and inbuilt exam. Guaranteed completion; full refund if you don’t complete for any reason. Book Now Top of page For teams and organisations: Option 1: Online Anytime course: Engaging and relevant online course, your colleagues attend from home or workplace at times that suit. Price: £140 plus VAT per person. (Completion guarantee, for attendees who don’t complete for whatever reason, you can transfer the training to other staff members.) Book Now Top of page Option 2: Online Live and Exclusive course: Live, interactive online course exclusively for your team or organisation. Price: £3,170 plus VAT for a group of up to 15 people (workbooks for every delegate are included in this price - if you require workbooks being sent to more than one location, there is an extra charge of £10 per extra address). Extra delegates £190 plus VAT per person.  Book Now Top of page Option 3: Face-to-Face Onsite course: We bring the course and tutor to you, for an all-inclusive fee. Price: £4,370 plus VAT for a group of up to 15 people. Extra delegates: £260 plus VAT per person.  To book, call (UK) 0116 241 8331, or click the button: Book Now Top of page Option 4: 'Train the Trainer': If you or a colleague are a senior professional (e.g. consultant psychologist) and have a talent for communication and teaching, then you are welcome to apply to become an APT-accredited tutor. You could then tutor the course - or your chosen modules from it - in your own organisation, under license. This is not only a highly appropriate use of senior professionals, but it also saves your organisation the tutor-component of the fee (around 50%) each time you run it or your chosen modules. To see the full benefits of this and to see whether you are eligible, click the button: Check eligibility criteria Top of page

Downloadable information sheet:

As a bona fide APT event, this course automatically has accreditation from The Association for Psychological Therapies. This means (i) that it contains the right amount of relevant information for its duration, and (ii) the information is presented in an engaging way, and in a way that will make it likely to be used after the course. APT verifies the accreditation by publishing the delegates' average ratings of relevance and presentation-quality for all its accredited courses. The accreditation is given value by over 125,000 professionals having attended APT courses.

Quick Links

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Mental Health Awareness, for people working with the general public  ❯

Reviews.

APT prides itself on the written feedback we receive about our courses. Below are just some of the great comments our Mental Health Awareness courses have received.

"Was extremely impressed with the workshop and what was included, it gave me a better understanding about mental health. The tutor was exceptional and always expanded on his points! Amazing!"

"Presented in a brilliant way and just at the right pace. The course gave me a fantastic grounding of both mental health and mental illness."

"I found the whole exercise engrossing and enlightening. It was presented excellently and I came away feeling as though I have learnt something."

"A fascinating and very useful course. Very well delivered, extremely engaging. Has given me a real insight and was taught in such a way that I feel better equipped for the future."