Course details

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After attending this course delegates will…

• Understand what we mean by wellbeing and positive mental health and how they influence performance and engagement at work
• Understand the five key areas of wellbeing and how they are interconnected
• Feel comfortable with the language of mental health
• Feel confident raising concerns with an employee about their wellbeing or mental health
• Use a range of tools and techniques to support emotional wellbeing and mental health in themselves and their team
• Identify how thought patterns, perception and beliefs affect our emotions, and learn techniques to manage these more effectively
• Help their teams to increase their sense of perspective and pragmatism
• Learn the importance of control to wellbeing, and discover ways to support their teams to increase their influence and control at work and home
• Build effective, supportive relationships within their team
• Increase wellbeing and engagement across the team
• Have a better understanding of what gives team members energy and satisfaction at work
• Create a personalised action plan with practical steps to take to improve personal and team wellbeing and work-life balance

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1. Introduction to wellbeing and mental health

• What do we mean by wellbeing, mental health and work-life balance?
• The five key factors involved in wellbeing
• Why is it important to talk about mental health at work?
• The benefit of wellbeing on the bottom line

2. Becoming aware of wellbeing

• Measure your personal wellbeing across five domains with an assessment tool used by psychologists
• Recognising signs of low wellbeing, pressure, stress and mental ill-health in yourself and others
• Circle of control – identifying what can be controlled / influenced and what can’t

3. Starting the conversation with an employee about wellbeing and mental health

• Spotting the signs and symptoms in others
• Talking to staff about these issues in a natural way
• Overcoming stigma and taboo by changing the language of mental health’
• Understanding the boundaries of your role
• Where to signpost and what to do next

4. Improving wellbeing in your team

Part 1: Engagement, relationships and wellbeing

• The link between employee engagement and wellbeing
• Ways to increase engagement and wellbeing at work
• Building effective relationships at work
• Increasing the amount of influence and control team members have at work to make the most of their time
• The value of social relationships, at home and work

Part 2: Understanding emotional wellbeing – tools for helping colleague cope with pressure and setbacks

• How to manage emotional responses under pressure
• Learning how to ‘respond’ rather than ‘react’
• Reframing – identifying thinking patterns to deal with setbacks positively:
  • ABC thinking
  • Multiple perspectives
• Developing perspective and pragmatism
• Becoming ‘stress resilient’ rather than ‘stressed out’

Part 3: Supporting physical wellbeing during the working day and week

• The difference between ‘managing time’ and ‘managing energy’
• Managing physical energy and recharging during the busy, working day
• Quick recap on the role of food, hydration, rest and movement
• Identifying practical, realistic steps you and your team can take to improve physical health and wellbeing

Part 4: Achieving a healthy work-life balance

• Supporting wellbeing by enabling your team members to make the most of their time – switching off and recharging
• Being more mindful – at both work and home
• Achieving a realistic work-life balance – what can you do?

5. Action planning

• Create a practical and realistic action plan for your team

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[restab title=”Target audience”]This programme has been designed to specifically address the needs of managers, who need to pay attention to and support the wellbeing of others.

Its sister course, Wellbeing at Work is designed to meet the needs of a more general audience.[/restab][/restabs]