13 Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner courses in Borehamwood

A four-hour workshop for Neurodiverse individuals and those who recognise some traits in themselves.

Developing a network of MHFA Champions is a key step in creating a mentally healthy workplace. The MHFA Champion one-day course will give you all the skills you need to be an MHFA Champion. This one-day course trains you as an MHFA Champion, giving you: * An understanding of common mental health issues * Knowledge and confidence to advocate for mental health awareness * Ability to spot signs of mental ill-health * Skills to support positive wellbeing 1 INTRODUCTION TO MHFA AND UNDERSTANDING MENTAL HEALTH (3 HOURS 30 MINS) * About Mental Health First Aid * About mental health and stress in the workplace * Stigma and discrimination * Depression * Anxiety disorders * Other mental health issues (eating disorders, self-harm, psychosis) * Early warning signs of mental ill-health * Alcohol, drugs and mental health 2 MHFA CHAMPION IN PRACTICE (3 HOURS 30 MINS) * Applying the Mental Health First Aid action plan * Action 1: Approach the person, assess and assist with any crisis * Suicide * Action 2: Listen and communicate non-judgementally * Action 3: Give support and information * Action 4: Encourage the person to get appropriate professional help * Action 5: Encourage other supports * Recovery * Building a mentally healthy workplace * Action planning for using MHFA

We all tend to have challenges throughout our lives that cause varying levels of pressure. It is healthy and essential that people experience such challenges because up to a certain point an increase in pressure improves performance and quality of life. Too much pressure can be harmful and affect our health and wellbeing. This participative half-day workshop will explore the causes and impact of stress and provide an opportunity to learn some new ideas and techniques to cope with it. Practical tasks and exercises will be used to promote discussion and participants will be encouraged to share their own experiences and approaches. By the end of the workshop participants will be able to: * Understand the causes and symptoms of stress and how to spot them * Become more aware of personal habitual behaviours and approaches that get in the way of dealing with stress productively * Learn ideas and approaches that help you to cope with the thoughts, emotions and physical feelings that happen in stressful and difficult situations * Review and evaluate learning and have an action plan to take back and put into practice at work 1 WELCOME, INTRODUCTIONS AND OBJECTIVES * Breaking the ice 2 STRESS * Its sources and effects on you * Defining stress, its signs and symptoms 3 EXPLORING YOUR 'DEFAULT' HABITS * Their consequences in stressful situations 4 DEALING WITH PERCEPTION * Strategies and approaches for coping with stress 5 SETTING GOALS WITH POSITIVE OUTCOMES * Review and evaluation of learning * Action planning

DATE: 20th March TIME: 4pm LOCATION: Studio A Central Film School are delighted to invite Alexis Watkins to speak to our student body about the importance of mental wellbeing and the keys to mental safeguarding for both yourself and other students. Alexis has professional experience in the following roles: - Mental Health Practitioner & Data Analyst for BWW Mind - Chair of Central & North West London (CNWL) NHS Mental Health Ambassador Group - Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees for the WïSH Centre - National Lived Experience Partner for NHS England She has filmed with the CNWL and was recently part of a team nominated at the Health Service Journal awards for Reducing Healthcare Inequalities for Children and Young People award. She has also been a guest-speaker at The Listening Place, a charity focused on helping those with suicidal thoughts. She will be joining us to specifically discuss topics of isolation, substance abuse and suicidal ideation. Even if you are fortunate enough not to be struggling with your mental health currently, it is always worth being aware of the signs and knowing how to help others, so please consider coming along to this event if you feel comfortable doing so.

DATE: 25th January TIME: 4pm LOCATION: Studio A Central Film School are delighted to invite Alexis Watkins to speak to our student body about the importance of mental wellbeing and the keys to mental safeguarding for both yourself and other students. Alexis has professional experience in the following roles: - Mental Health Practitioner & Data Analyst for BWW Mind - Chair of Central & North West London (CNWL) NHS Mental Health Ambassador Group - Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees for the WïSH Centre - National Lived Experience Partner for NHS England She has filmed with the CNWL and was recently part of a team nominated at the Health Service Journal awards for Reducing Healthcare Inequalities for Children and Young People award. She has also been a guest-speaker at The Listening Place, a charity focused on helping those with suicidal thoughts. She will be joining us to specifically discuss topics of isolation, substance abuse and suicidal ideation. Even if you are fortunate enough not to be struggling with your mental health currently, it is always worth being aware of the signs and knowing how to help others, so please consider coming along to this event if you feel comfortable doing so.

THIS IS A ONE-DAY TRAINING EVENT TO HELP YOU: * Develop your awareness of mental health issues in the workplace * Enable you to act in a timely and constructive way to manage mental health issues that arise in the workplace * Enable you to promote and maintain good mental health in your working environment IT COVERS: * Mental health statistical overview; most prevalent mental health problems, contributing factors, effects on productivity and the costs of mental ill-health * Signs and symptoms of prevalent mental health conditions; 3 key indicators for all mental health problems * Stigma; what it is and how it affects people * Mental health legal and statistical overview: facts & figures, most prevalent mental health problems, aspects of the law, policy and procedural issues and guidelines for best practice * Pro-active and constructive principles and strategies to manage mental health issues, to support colleagues who may be vulnerable to mental ill-health, and promote mental wellbeing This workshop will give you: * Awareness of the key indications of mental ill-health * Recognition of the prevalence and effects of stigma * Knowledge of the wider picture; legal context * Greater understanding and confidence to act constructively to support individuals who are vulnerable to mental ill-health * The ability to take steps to actively promote mental-well-being in the workplace

This workshop-based bite-size will provide space to explore some practical tools and ideas on how to be more resilient when faced with challenging and tough situations. There is an opportunity to do a self assessment and bring it to the day as a means to identify areas to work on and begin to master skills that will enhance resilient thinking. There will be time to explore what resilience is and understand the range of practical tools and techniques available that can be used beyond the workshop itself. By the end of the workshop participants will be able to: * Discuss and evaluate their personal strengths and areas for development in being more resilient at work * Understand what resilience involves and how to identify and challenge their own beliefs that undermine resilience * Understand the four aspects of resilience - confidence, adaptability, building support and maintaining a clear perspective * Understand how to use resiliency tools to help to cope better with the challenge of change * Review and evaluate their learning and have an action plan to take back and implement in the workplace 1 WELCOME, INTRODUCTIONS AND OBJECTIVES * Breaking the ice 2 IDENTIFYING CURRENT CHALLENGES IN RELATION TO WORK * How we handle these challenges 3 DEFINING RESILIENCE AND HOW AND WHY IT HELPS OUR PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND THINKING 4 RESILIENCE SKILLS AND HOW TO DEVELOP THEM 5 LEARNING A RESILIENCE TOOL THAT PROMOTES NEW WAYS OF THINKING / WORKING 6 REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF LEARNING * Action planning

If you are a Mental Health First Aider or MHFA Champion you have skills for life that support you and the people around you. We believe that mental health should be treated equally to physical health - and just like physical first aid, Mental Health First Aid training should be kept up to date. The four-hour MHFA Refresher course will empower you to: * Keep your awareness of mental health supports current * Update your knowledge of mental health and what influences it * Practice applying the Mental Health First Aid action plan OUTLINE * About mental health * Stress and factors that influence mental health * Mental health continuum and stigma * Frame of reference and non-judgement * Reintroducing ALGEE * Warning signs of mental ill-health * Depression and anxiety * Suicide and first aid for suicidal crisis * Psychosis and first aid for severe psychotic episodes * Practising our MHFA sills * Self-care, wellbeing and recovery

Mental Health First Aid (MHFAider) is an internationally recognised training course that teaches people how to spot the signs and symptoms of mental ill health and provide help on a first aid basis. We don't teach people to be therapists, but we do teach people how to respond in a crisis, and how to reach out before a crisis happens. The training gives people tools to support themselves and each other, so everyone can talk about mental health and seek help when needed. As an MHFAider you will be able to: * Recognise those that may be experiencing poor mental health and provide them with first-level support and early intervention * Encourage a person to identify and access sources of professional help and other support * Practise active listening and empathy * Have a conversation with improved mental health literacy around language and stigma * Discuss the role in depth, including boundaries and confidentiality * Practise self-care This course is ideal for those who would like to become an MHFAider to: * Gain the knowledge and skills to spot signs of people experiencing poor mental health * Be confident starting a conversation and signpost a person to appropriate support * Alongside the best evidence-based Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training, MHFAiders are also provided with three-year access to ongoing learning and support through the MHFAider Support App 1 INTRODUCTION TO MHFAIDER (3 HOURS 30 MINS) * MHFA and the MHFAider role * Introduction to the MHFAider Action Plan 'ALGEE' * What is Mental Health? * Helpful and unhelpful language * Undersign our Frame of Reference, understanding how we make sense of the world * Understanding stress & the Stress Container 2 UNDERSTANDING MENTAL HEALTH (4 HOURS) * What influences mental health? * The Mental Health Continuum * What is anxiety? * What is a traumatic event? * Active listening and empathy * What are eating disorders? * What is self-harm? * What is substance misuse? * MHFA conversation practice 3 MHFAIDER IN PRACTICE (4 HOURS) * Applying ALGEE * What is depression? * What is suicide? * What is psychosis? * MHFA conversation practice 4 NEXT STEPS (3 HOURS) * Recovery and lived experience * Applying ALGEE * Boundaries in the MHFAider role * MHFA conversation practice * Moving forward in the MHFAider role and your MHFA action plan * Self-care

A four-hour Neurodiversity Workshop aimed at Leaders looking to understand Neurodiversity and how to create an environment to allow Neurodiverse colleagues to thrive.