This catalogue lists the current training available on the
topic of Mental Health. This has been categorised into 2
sections:
Section 1: Supporting patients with mental health issues
within a hospital setting.
Section 2: Looking after your own mental health and
wellbeing.
*The Mental Health Training Group are currently
reviewing all mental health training provisions to ensure
that any future training meets the needs of the
organisation , departments, staff and patients. Updates will
be communicated via the Week, Training and Learning
Newsletter and the Training website.

This course will teach you practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues.

Gain confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress.

On completion you will be a certified Mental Health First Aider. 

This course is a blend of live training sessions and self-learning activities.

NHS England aims to ensure everyone working within the NHS feels safe and confident to speak up. We encourage our NHS leaders to take the opportunity to learn and improve from those who speak up.

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We want everyone working in the NHS to feel safe and confident to speak up and all NHS leaders to welcome this opportunity to learn and improve.

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We seek to improve the quality of speaking up arrangements across the NHS in a number of way. 

Staff in various roles can complete the Freedom To Speak Up E-learning to help gain understanding and knowledge of this initiative. 

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Search for the 3 modules on ESR:

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000 Speak Up - core training for all workers

000 Listen Up - Training for all Managers

000 Follow Up - For Senior Manager

How you deal with high pressure and challenging situations will influence outcomes - including your health and wellbeing, relationships and overall performance. It is therefore critical to have the techniques and knowledge to be able to regulate your emotions, facilitate psychological and physiological wellness, and be equipped to take responsibility to support yourself and others. Yet in stressful times these personal resources are often compromised.

Resilience Power Skills, (part of an international award-winning training programme), is broken down into three manageable and flexible sessions to take account of the COVID-19 pandemic.

By using the latest science and research, the why, and showing the tools and techniques, the how, these three sessions will share the rationale and techniques to enable delegates to take action to be resilient to pressure and have the capability to perform.

Part 1 - Recognising the emotional impact of working in a caring role. The first part of the course explores the physical and emotional effects of the stress response, vicarious trauma and the impact of an empathetic connection. Then identifies the stages of Compassion Fatigue and looks at the risk factors.

Part 2 - Responding for resilience Part two explores a variety of practical and sustainable self-care strategies, including how diet, exercise and sleep affect mental health and influence emotional resilience. We share tools and strategies that enable participants to make simple but effective and sustainable changes.

Part 3 - Recovering through self-care and self-compassion. The third part concentrates on practical techniques that have been proven to enable relaxation including, breathing techniques and mindfulness. It also addresses the concept of self-compassion and includes ideas and strategies to prioritise self-care.

This course looks at the common symptoms and long-term effects of the menopause. 

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Search for this course on ESR by entering "418 E-Learning - Skills Boosters - Menopause at Work"

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This course shows how managing stress effectively is key to supporting well-being for your staff

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Search for this course on ESR by entering "418 E-Learning - Skills Boosters - Mental Health in the Workplace: Managing Stress"

This course looks at some of the common triggers for stress and provides some effective tools for dealing with them.

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Search for this course on ESR by entering "418 E-Learning - Skills Boosters - Mental Health in the Workplace: Stress Less"

This course looks at the benefits that resilience can bring in both our personal and professional lives and how we can embark on our own resilience- building journey. 

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Search for this course on ESR by entering "418 E-Learning - Skills Boosters -Building Resilience"