Training resource kit
Our mental health changes depending on what’s happening in our lives and around us. Education can help us learn the factors that contribute to mental ill-health. It can also teach us simple self-care tips and how to support others in the workplace.
Key information
- Mental health training can help us prevent, respond to and support recovery from mental illness.
- Workplace training can lead to improved attitudes towards mental health, early intervention and confident employees that support each other.
- There are many free training and support resources available to help you upskill your workforce.
Benefits of workplace education and training
The benefits of education and training in the workplace are:
improved attitudes towards mental health
more confidence and skills to support others
encouragement to seek help early
providing skills for people to manage their own mental health.
Types of training
Three types of training support mental health at work:
Prevention – how to stay mentally well
Respond – how to act on warning signs of mental ill-health
Recovery – how to support people with mental illness to recover
What to consider
Choose a mental health training provider that:
- delivers training via a mode of delivery that suits you i.e. online or face to face
- delivers training tailored to your business (for example, the factors you need to address for your industry
- delivers a program that has been proven to achieve results or is evidence-informed
- promotes any mental health or wellbeing programs that your business currently has in place e.g. workplace EAP
- provides a facilitator who is suitably trained and experienced. It is important the facilitator can answer questions and appropriately support participants if they wish to share their mental health lived experience or feel triggered by the subject matter.
Find the right training for your business
Prevention
Trains staff on the basics of mental health at work.
Prevention training includes:
how common mental ill-health is and its impacts
early signs of mental ill-health
effective conversations about stress, health and wellbeing
wellness strategies and accessing support.
Training available
Respond
Ensures some staff have the skills to respond when colleagues or customers are in distress or crisis.
Respond training includes:
peer support training
mental health first aid
crisis support training
suicide intervention training.
Training available
Rural & Remote Mental Health for people living and working in rural Australia
Lifeline workplace mental health training programs
Recovery
Key staff need to know the steps and adjustments required to support recovery at work.
Prevention training usually includes strategies to support recovery from mental illness. The same process applies for recovery from a mental illness or injury as it does for a physical illness or injury.
Training available
Online return to work online coordination training from the State Insurance Regulatory Authority can help employers and return to work coordinators understand their role, the importance of recovery at work and how employers can meet their workers compensation obligations.
Find more recovery at work guidance and tools.
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