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Awareness raising seminars. Brief seminars to raise the awareness of mental health issues at work and to enable those attending to understand that there are options that will benefit the organisation and the individual.
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Half-
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Full day training. A more in-
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Team training -
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The focus is on “What to do?” not “What is wrong?”
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What to do? As a goal means that terminology, diagnostics and complex principles are avoided.
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Training is simple, cost effective and focuses on benefiting all involved.
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Waiting for a crisis helps no one.
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Supporting staff through life’s ups and downs is the responsibility of everyone, not just specialist or expert services.
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Illness definitions and medical terms are best left to the clinician involved in treatment.
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Use of video case studies provides an understanding of the signs to be aware off and how to question.
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Jargon free content and avoidance of medical terminology removes the potential issue of training managers to be “amateur psychologists”.
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“What to do” ranges from just supporting an employee through to urgent referral to the medical profession.
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Keep it simple, straightforward and pragmatic.
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Take into account the needs of everyone before deciding what to do.
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