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Mental Health in the Workplace Level 1 (VTQ)

Mental Health is becoming more prevalent in the community each day, so learn what you can do to help.
CPD Certified Online Training Approved by Skills for Care

Mental Health in the Workplace Level 1 (VTQ) at a glance

  • 3-year nationally recognised certificate
  • 1 hour and 7 minutes of engaging video training
  • Video access for 8 months
  • Printable wall certificate
  • CPD time credit conformation
  • Free weekly video refresher
  • Evidence Based Training certificate
  • Videos include subtitles
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Online Course: £19.95 + VAT
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Learn online now with our level 1 video online course in mental health in the workplace. Learn about mental health conditions that can be identified in the workplace and learn how to signpost them.

We also offer a half-day classroom course is ideal for all employees to give them a basic awareness of mental health in the workplace. We also offer a one-day Mental Health in the Workplace level two course and a two-day Mental Health in the Workplace Level 3 course for managers and those who need a higher level of training.

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.

  • Employees
  • Families

This course comes with 2.0 hrs (3.0 class) of CPD, although the time to complete the course online may be less than this. Total course time includes 1 hours and 7 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.

For details of the contents of our online course see our Mental Health in the Workplace Level 1 course site.

Learning Outcomes (LO)

The learner will:

LO

UNIT - 1

Understand the difference between mental health and mental ill-health.

LO1

Describe how mental health affects human behaviour

1.1

Describe the components of mental well-being and how it relates to resilience.

LO2

Be able to provide examples of well-being in the workplace

2.1

Understanding resilience and the capacity to stay mentally well during difficult situations

2.2

Understand how to positively support individual well-being in the workplace

2.3

Understand how risk factors associated with mental ill-health can lead to problems in the workplace.

LO3

Be aware of risk factors that are caused by mental health

3.1

Be able to recognise how mental health problems can affect day-to-day living

LO4

Recognise how mental health can lead to other known character traits

4.1

Understand how mental health problems can affect normality from one day to another

4.2

Understand how social and cultural attitudes can lead 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

Understanding the causes of stress and knowing how stress can stem from influences resulting from work

LO6

Understand what stress is and how it is commonly defined

6.1

Be able to recognise the signs and symptoms of useful and harmful stress

6.2

Be able to manage stress in the workplace – local and workplace support and self-management

6.3

Be able to understand different types of mental health

LO7

Describe what anxiety is and how it becomes a mental health problem (including phobias)

7.1

Recognise the physical and psychological signs and symptoms of anxiety

7.2

Be able to understand what depression is, how it is defined and what the common symptoms are

7.3