Mental Health in the Workplace Level 3 Instructor (VTQ)

Become a ProTrainings Instructor for with the skills to teach our Mental Health Courses.

This course is designed to train ProTrainings instructors to deliver the ProTrainings Mental Health in the Workplace course. It is delivered over two consecutive days, with mandatory pre-course study that must be completed prior to attending the classroom sessions.

There is a high demand for this type of training in the workplace. The topics covered include understanding mental health, how to recognise mental ill health problems and supporting an employee with mental health-related problems.

ProTrainings are one of the few Skills for Care centres of Excellence where we passed stringent checks to prove our commitment to high-quality training and compliance. We are also able to offer Skills for Care Endorsed qualifications for our classroom and video online training courses ensuring you have an acceptable certificate to prove your compliance.  This means that our training meets the high standards expected by Skills for Care.

This ProTrainings Qualification is also endorsed by TQUK, who are an Awarding Organisation regulated by Ofqual. This gives an extra level of appreciation on this ProTrainings qualification. You can buy an endorsed certificate if you need one, once you pass the course. You do not have to buy this extra certificate and the course is the same whichever option you choose. 

Assessment Methods 

• Pre-study questions 
• Case study presentation 
• Continual Assessment 
• Final test 
• IQA assessment on the first course delivered (various methods depending on your course progress)

What is Included in your course 

Reference Book 

Pre-study 2-day classroom training 

Certification Prerequisites 

Level 3 Award in Education and Training Delegates must be aged 18 or over ProTrainings registered Instructor

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

Occupations That Use This Course

• Instructors who want to add Mental Health training to their portfolio

Sample Online Certificate

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Sample Classroom Certificate

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Course Time Information

Total course time includes 2 hours and 54 minutes of video training as well as knowledge reviews, final test, remedial help and reviewing downloaded material.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

Course Curriculum

 

Learning Outcomes (LO) The learner will:	LO
UNIT - 1
Understand the difference between mental health and mental ill health	LO1
Understanding mental health and how it is defined	1.1
Describe how mental health affects human behaviour	1.2
List abnormalities resulting from mental health	1.3
Describe the components of mental well-being	LO2
Be able to provide examples of well-being	2.1
Recognise ideals that relate to resilience	2.2
Understand how to maximise well-being in the workplace	2.3
Identify the risk factors associated with mental ill health problems	LO3
List risk factors that are caused from mental health	3.1
Be able to identify common, known or historical factors that can cause the risk of mental health	3.2
Describe examples of mental health problems	LO4
Recognise how mental health can lead to other known character traits	4.1
Be able to understand how mental health problems can affect normality from one day to another	4.2
Complete the ’Extreme effects of Mental Health problems on day to day living’ handout	4.3
Understand social and cultural attitudes to mental illness	LO5
Recognise how stigma and discrimination can lead to overwhelming influences on individuals, communities and societies	5.1
Understand how stereotyping can lead to prejudice, discrimination and inequality	5.2
Be able to understand the Equality Act 2010 and its relevance to mental health	5.3
Recognise how media is involved in mental ill health	LO6
Identify different types of media sources and how they can influence the perception of mental health	6.1
Complete exerts from a newspaper article and highlight areas that may account for negative portrayal of mental ill health	6.2
Understand the impact of stigma in mental ill health	6.3
Define what is meant by the term stress and explain how it affects people	LO7