• Training Room

    RI&C Week: Mental Health for Managers
    Provider   Organisational and Staff Development Unit

    This session aims to support managers to support their staff. It will provide an overview for managers to help start the conversation & feel comfortable & confident to talk to staff about mental health & wellbeing, with a practical approach focused on ‘take away’ tools and skills.

Duration 1 hour

Course Type Workshop

Booking Status Waiting List

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Target Audience: Staff in formal or informal supervisory / manager roles

This is a live, on-campus event. 

RI&C Week: Mental Health for Managers – Starting the Conversation Around Wellbeing and Mental Health 

This is an innovative new course that looks at workplace wellbeing and mental health from a manager’s perspective.  

The course explores what workplace wellbeing is, why it matters and why we need to focus on mental health support in particular. You will be given a high-level overview of the types of mental health issues you may come across in the workplace and introduced to easy-to-follow, practical hints and tips to support you as a manager or supervisor in how to initiate wellbeing and mental health conversations. 

 

Course Outcomes/Objectives

  • Overview of workplace wellbeing and mental health  
  • Build confidence and skills around having wellbeing conversations with your staff 
  • Help you signpost effectively  

 

Accessibility

We are committed to ensuring our events and courses are accessible to all staff: 

  • Full access information for the venue is available via AccessAble.
  • Hybrid provision is not available.
  • There will be limited audience participation.  
  • You are asked to attend the whole session. 
  • This will be a short session without a break.
  • The session is relaxed – this means you can stretch, move around, stim etc.  
  • Digital copies of resources will be emailed to participants in advance of delivery upon request.
  • Contact us to request printed materials in different formats. 
  • Please contact osdu-equity@strath.ac.uk to discuss any further access requirements.

 



Delivered By: Kevin Donovan (Workplace Health and Wellbeing Manager) and Dr Kirsten Russell (Lecturer in Psychology)

Prerequisites

None