Understanding Mental Health Level 2
Our Understanding Mental Health Level 2 webinar is a six-hour training program that provides participants with an in-depth understanding of mental health. The webinar is designed to empower people to support individuals struggling with mental health challenges and break the stigma and discrimination associated with mental health issues.
The webinar covers many topics, including an introduction to mental health, common mental health disorders, and the signs and symptoms of mental illness. This is suitable for individuals from all sectors of the community, including healthcare professionals, social workers, educators, employers, and the general public. Upon completion of the webinar, successful candidates will receive a certificate valid for three years. This certificate demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of mental health and the ability to offer some support to individuals struggling with mental health challenges.
Learning Objectives
- Define mental health
- Identify and explain mental health facts and fiction
- Understand key legislation relating to mental health
- Explain how mental health care has evolved over time
- Identify common signs and symptoms
- Understand common mental health disorders
- Recognise common attitudes towards mental ill-health and the impacts these can have
- Explain the concept of parity of esteem
- Know how to support people and offer advice
Mental Health Courses
Understanding Mental Health
Aim: To raise mental health literacy in all sectors of the community, in order to dispel the stigma and discrimination that exists through lack of understanding, and empower people to offer support.
Mindfulness
Aim: To introduce learners to the concept of mindfulness and different mindfulness practices for relaxation and self-care.
Mental Health Awareness
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers gain an understanding of mental illness, the problems this can cause in daily life, and how they can support people.
Anxiety and Phobias Awareness
This training provides learners with a basic awareness and understanding of anxiety disorders and phobias, how they can be managed and treated, and how to offer support to someone dealing with anxiety or a phobia.
Self-Harm Awareness
Aim: To provide basic knowledge of self-harm, its causes, how to recognise signs of self-harm and how to support individuals who self-harm.
OCD Awareness
Aim: To provide learners with an understanding of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), its causes and impacts and how to support people.
Bipolar Disorder Awareness
This classroom training course is delivered in person by one of our trainers. At the end of the 3-hour course, learners will have an understanding of bipolar disorder, its symptoms and characteristics and be able to support individuals living with the disorder.
Suicide Awareness
Aim: To raise awareness and understanding of suicide, examine personal and societal attitudes towards suicide and understand how we may be able to offer help
ADHD Awareness
This 3-hour classroom training ensures learners have knowledge and awareness of ADHD in order to gain confidence and understanding in supporting those with ADHD.
Introduction to the Autistic Spectrum
Aim: To ensure healthcare support workers and adult social care workers have the knowledge and confidence to provide support for people with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome.
Loss and Bereavement
Aim: To provide learners with the knowledge required to understand the issues involved in loss and bereavement.
Dementia Awareness
Aim: To provide healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to understand dementia and help improve the quality of life for people living with dementia.
Classroom training
Online webinar
eLearning
Distance learning
Mental Capacity Act Awareness
Aim: To provide healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with an overview of the Mental Capacity Act, to ensure they have the knowledge and skill to deal with situations relating to mental capacity.
Mental Health in the Workplace
Aim: To raise awareness of the importance of promoting mental health in the workplace, and empower people to offer support.
Managing Personal Stress
This course raises awareness of the effects of stress and introduces techniques that can be used to manage stress.
Stress Management
Knowing how to handle stress effectively and recognising it in yourself and the people around you are useful skills to have.
Pressure Management
In the competitive workplace, pride is often gained from facing high-pressure situations head-on. However, while a little pressure may keep you motivated, too much is bad for your health and not conducive to productivity.