Workplace Mental Health

Managing Mental Health and Legal Responsibilities in the Workplace

PARTICIPANTS

Workplace Mental Health training is suitable for HR and OHS professionals (including workcover, injury management and rehabilitation specialists) Managers, Business Owners and employees in leadership positions, looking to broaden their knowledge and skills regarding mental health and legal compliance and responsibilities in the workplace.

COURSE OVERVIEW

Across all workplaces, an average of one in five employees will experience mental health problems during their working life. This can have a significant impact on the culture, working environment, and productivity of the workplace.

Creating a mentally healthy workplace is as important for organisations as promoting a physically healthy workplace. Organisational Managers and Leaders play a critical role in driving policies and practices that promote mental health. Ultimately, workplace health is a leadership issue and change must start at the top.

Managers and Leaders have the ability to positively influence workplace culture, management practices and the experience of employees, whilst meeting all legal responsibilities.

Learning basic mental health literacy skills and understanding legal requirements and responsibilities in various jurisdictions can greatly improve management and staff confidence and the overall work environment.

This course is delivered by expert facilitators, delivering an innovative and interactive educational workshop. Facilitators have 25+ year’s experience in their respective fields (Mental Health and HR / Employment Law / OHS & WC) and have both practical and theoretical experience.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Understanding organisational responsibilities in the OHS, WorkCover, employment law and Anti Discrimination areas with regard to mental health in the workplace
Dealing with performance management issues
Learning about signs, symptoms and treatment of
various mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. Identifying problems with Mental Health and Substance misuse and learn to understand why people use drugs
How to approach and support people who have, or may have mental health issues in the workplace, and where to go for help.
Information about local services that can help with mental health and alcohol and other drug problems.
Understanding the impact within Gippsland / Latrobe Valley with statistics specific to the region
What should be included in your policies.

COURSE FORMAT

This session is interactive, informative and engaging.

Course format is inclusive of:

Facilitator led discussion
Case law review of recent decisions within various jurisdictions
Case studies
Workgroup activities

CONTACT DETAILS

For further information, and a quote for corporate inhouse training contact:

ann@talkingmentalhealth.com.au 0417 383 045

hr@kineticmanagement.com.au 0407 862 927

This session can be complemented by the following:

Mental Health First Aid
ASIST Training
Working with the suicidal person
Working with unhappy customers

The instructor did a fabulous job and clearly has lots of experience in the subject presented. She presented the information in an engaging and easily understood format with a little fun thrown in as well.

Participant July 2022

Thank you Ann for providing us with such a clear and concise Mental Health First Aid 2 day Course. Your manner was so engaging and you allowed everyone to share their stories. Your own personal stories added a personal touch to the sessions, and I feel showed that you were just like us, anyone can have experiences with Mental Illness regardless of profession.

OPMHFA training July 2022 ~ Participant

MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID – 2 DAY TRAINING

‘Ann was awesome. She had a lot of knowledge and experience and was able to make clear anything we asked. Ann was able to show us real life examples so as to make the learning relatable’

‘Ann was VERY knowledgeable in this field drawing upon theoretical and practical experience which gave her a huge amount of credibility. She was very engaging and allowed a great deal of student participation’

‘Ann was a wonderful facilitator and tailored the content delivery to make it relevant for our team’

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Country Fire Authority ~ Participants April 2022

ASIST Training May 2022

‘Thank you! I found the training very supportive-also excellent pace and extremely relevant to my work. Facilitators were extremely skilled and passionate’

‘Committed, professional and committed trainers’

‘Excellent Training Program-content was extremely useful and the facilitators were very skilled and responded to all our concerns/questions. Thank you Ann and Michelle’

‘Michelle and Ann were wonderful facilitators, creating a supportive and positive training experience on a very difficult topic of suicide. I now feel more comfortable in providing suicide intervention at work and personal environments’

ASIST 2 day Training ~ Participants - Dementia Australia

Facilitators Ann and Vee were amazing. Really enjoyed the content and loved applying the PAL model via role play.

Participant ~ ASIST training Wonthaggi, March 2021

Participant ~ Thank you for your patience and the relaxed and neutral way in which the 2 days were run. The snacks and lunches were excellent and the role plays are essential, I would have liked more.

Participant ~ The ASIST training humanised and simplified responses to suicidal behaviours, made practical and user friendly

Both instructors gave me a clear overall understanding of mental health issues and solutions. Your

knowledge and personal experiences shared made the course very real, without being ….”I’ve done this and

seen that”. Thank you Ann ad Susanne, I really enjoyed your course.

Anonymous surveys ~ Youth Mental Health First Aid - Feb 11th and 12th, 2021, Traralgon

I very much appreciated the friendly nature your presented this course and made me feel very at ease. Your

knowledge and experience you so discreetly shared and your professionalism was very much appreciated. I

will move forward into my role as Liaison Officer Volunteer with the confidence you have taught me. Many

thanks Ann.

Participant ~ Youth Mental Health First Aid - Feb 11th and 12th, 2021, Traralgon

‘Good group engagement and lots of practical examples and interaction with other participants’

‘It was very well presented! Ann and Chris did an amazing job for a wonderful day, thank you!’

‘Easy to understand, loved that she had a full understanding of what she was presenting, including real life experience after years in the field’

‘Ann was a very engaging instructor, who clearly understood this area of practice. It was great to get examples of clients/situations to be able to relate the course information to’

‘Thank you Anne for well ...

Participants from Standard Mental Health First Aid ~ Wonthaggi PCP and Royal Flying Doctors Services, Victoria, Oct 2018

‘Your presentation which encompassed mental health, substance abuse and trauma, together with information on service providers, your participation on the panel, and the materials and links you provided, were very well received. You provided a very informative, insightful, engaging and entertaining presentation. The inclusion of Gippsland specific statistics, which was a shock, was also a highlight for many attendees. You provided attendees with the opportunity to engage in dialogue with you, which was greatly appreciated’.

November 2016

~ Australian Human Resource Institute Gippsland (AHRI)

‘Ann was an excellent instructor, she explained everything in a way it was easy to understand and I felt no question was dismissed’

‘Ann was a very engaging instructor, who clearly understood this area of practice. It was great to get examples of clients/situations to be able to relate the course information to’

‘Ann was an excellent facilitator. As an ex facilitator myself, who plans to do more of this again in the near future I took away lots of new ideas for teaching activities’

‘Ann you were fantastic so open and ...

Participants from Standard Mental Health First Aid ~ Yarram District Health Service November, 2018

‘It was really good to get prepared for when we come across someone having a mental health problem’

‘It was really good doing this course and now I feel I can use what Ive learned in my day to day life’

‘I liked learning what sort of things you need to look for in a friend if they may have a mental health issue’

‘it was a really good curse that I gained lots of info from’

‘this course was very informative. It was an eye opener. I learned how to ...

Students from Year 10 ~ Point Cook Senior Secondary College, May 2018

‘It was great to learn how to help people out and learning how to deal with someone who is injured’

‘My favourite part was learning about the action plan’

‘It was really good to learn all this’

‘My favourite part was learning how to help a friend who is going through hard times’

‘It was educational and I feel like I could help a friend having a mental health problem’

‘Overall it was really good and educational’

Students from Year 10 ~ Point Cook Senior Secondary College, May 2018

“Great presenters, very knowledgeable. Good to learn about how to implement it.”

“This was excellent- really compelling and insightful.”

“Very interesting session, very informative.”

“Excellent information and scenarios relevant to workplace.”

Various attendees ~ Trauma Informed Care (one hour session), May 2018