HOW WILL THIS TRAINING BENEFIT MY WORKPLACE?

 

More and more workplaces are realising the impact of mental health problems at work on their people and productivity. 

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Mental Health First Aid in the workplace:

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• helps management identify where mental illness is a challenge in your workplace

• gives employees the knowledge and confidence to have supportive conversations with their co-workers and help guide them to professional help if needed

• increases employees' knowledge, confidence and helping behaviours, and reduce stigma

• encourages employees to develop relevant and practical skills that can be used across a variety of situations.

• offers a training that is complementary to other programs that are aimed at building awareness of mental health problems in the workplace, such as current Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

• encourages the organisation to learn the benefits of appointing MHFA officers 

• helps the organisation understand the framework to promote mentally healthy workplace

• provides the opportunity for the organisation to become a nationally recognised leader in their industry via the MHFA ‘Skilled Workplace’ program.

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