Supporting your mental health in today’s challenging environment

Through our membership of the North East Learning Collaborative (NELC) we have access to a wide range of training on Mental Health related topics. Click on the image to open as a downloadable PDF.

Please print off and display the poster on your staff noticeboards for other employees who don’t necessarily check here regularly.

For all course enquiries and to book your place, please contact:

Mental Health Team Administrator

Email: gram.mentalhealthtraining@nhs.scot

Sign up now!

Mental Health and Wellbeing Webinars with SAMH

Session1 – Mental Health Awareness
Session 2 – Introduction to Suicide Prevention
Session 3 – Having Effective Conversations
Session 4 – Mentally Healthy Workplaces incl. Practical Skills

Looking after our own and our teams mental health and well-being has never been more important so we’ve partnered with SAMH to bring you this series of 4 crucial webinars to provide you the with the awareness, skills and tools necessary to successfully support yourselves and each other.

Session 1 – Mental Health Awareness:

These webinars are suitable for everyone.

If you missed the live sessions, don’t worry, you can catch them all here.

Session 2 – An Introduction to Suicide Prevention:

Session 3 – Effective Conversations

Session 4 – Mentally Healthy Workplaces

Below is a series of short courses to help raise awareness of mental health issues and provide tips on looking after and improving your own and your colleagues/teams mental health during this challenging time. These courses were developed and delivered by our partners at North East Scotland College (NESCol).

Part 1 – Awareness

What is mental health?
Causes, effects and impact
What is stress?
Resilience
Understanding anxiety and depression

Part 2 – Proactive Approach

Listening Skills
Resources

Part 3 – Self Help

Help to deal with stress, anxiety and depression

Suicide prevention training

Suicide prevention is everyone’s business, and local government employees have a key role in preventing, recognising and responding to distress. This online resource provides an additional way for the 250,000 strong workforce to learn more about suicide prevention.

This online resource consists of three animations totalling nine minutes and can be viewed via the links below.

Look After Your Mental Health

Have a Healthy Conversation

Save A Life: Every Life Matters

Online training to help you understand and manage levels of anxiety while maintaining resilience during Covid-19

MENTALLY HEALTHY WORKPLACES E-LEARNING COURSE – for everyone
(it is recommended that all employees undertake this training course)

Mentally Healthy Workplaces eLearning course now available. Just log in to OIL and find it under Health, Safety and Wellbeing\Wellbeing\Mentally Healthy Workplaces (Parts 1 & 2)

ASK, TELL SERIES – LOOK AFTER YOUR MENTAL HEALTH; HAVE A HEALTHY CONVERSATION; SAVE A LIFE – for everyone

Suicide prevention is everyone’s business and we all have a part to play. Watch these 3 short videos by logging in to OIL and find it under Health, Safety and Wellbeing\

SEE ME IN WORK E-LEARNING COURSE – for everyone

Learn more about how mental health stigma and discrimination impacts people in work. Find out about rights and good practice at every stage of your working life – from recruitment, when in work and when returning to work following a period of ill-health.

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS FOR HEALTH CARE STAFF (NHS ENGLAND and relevant for SCOTLAND)

This introductory session aims to raise awareness of mental health issues with health care staff. It is designed to give a broad overview of what encompasses mental illness whilst highlighting the link between mental and physical health diagnoses.

UNDERSTANDING SLEEP – DON’T HIT SNOOZE ON YOUR HEALTH – for everyone

The programme adopts a preventative approach and will provide useful information, relevant to all members of the general public, around the link between sleep and health and wellbeing.

MENTAL HEALTH ELEARNING - FOR TEACHERS

SAMH have created ‘We all have mental health: an introduction for teachers’, to provide teachers with an introduction to mental health; equip them with the skills and knowledge to recognise and respond to a pupil who is experiencing a mental health problem; and lead a conversation about positive mental health.

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MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDER TRAINING – for MHFA’s and Line Managers

One team, valuing everyone – be part of creating our mentally healthy workplace
As part of a Mental Health Action Plan we are in the process of rolling out a Mental Health First Aider (MHFA) network across the organisation. Aberdeen City Council is committed to providing a mentally healthy workplace for all of our employees … click to read more

Check out these wellbeing training videos and webinars

Breathing (Mindfulness) Exercise

This breathing exercise can help you calm your mind and boost your wellbeing and can be undertaken at your desk.

Your Resilience and You

Joanne Kerr is a qualified and experienced Coach and Coach Supervisor. She has worked in a coaching role for 15 years and has a particular interest in resilience. Sign up for a FREE Turas learning account to access now.

Visualisation (Mindfulness) Exercise

This exercise, using the power of ‘close looking,’ can help you find calm amongst the demands of life and work.

Emotional Resilience

Chair Exercise

This video takes you through some exercises you can do in the office.

An Intro to Mindfulness

TOOLS

Mental Health – Skills/Training