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‘Start the conversation’ is a 45-minute session which gets people thinking about mental health and talking about mental health. Digital Learning now available for in-company training. 

Our all-employee general mental health awareness session, Start the Conversation, equips everyone in your organisation with the basic skills, confidence and understanding of boundaries. It provides the foundation to equip everyone to start thinking and talking about mental health. Engaging and interactive, this training provides guidance on: 

  • What is meant by mental health 
  • Why people are reluctant to talk about mental health, and 
  • Why it’s OK (and indeed beneficial) to talk about mental health. 

Our Start the Conversation training enables you to train up to 140 employees in one day on the basic principles of how to look after their own mental health and recognise the signs that someone else might need help. 

Purchase Start the Conversation Training for your employees today!

In today’s fast-paced world, there are many pressures that your employees experience every day – both in and out  of work. With these pressures affecting mental health, it’s crucial that employees have access to the information and guidance they need to support themselves, and colleagues during difficult times. Intended outcomes from this 45-minute Start the Conversation training for attendees include:  

  • An understanding of how these pressures affect mental health 
  • Knowledge of how to look after their own mental health, and 
  • What to say/do if a colleagues needs help. 

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Learning outcomes

By the end of the session, learners will:

  • Understand what is meant by 'mental health'
  • Understand the pressures facing people at work and outside work
  • Understand how these pressures affect mental health
  • Understand why people are reluctant to talk about mental health
  • Know ways of looking after one's own mental health
  • Know the signs that someone else needs help
  • Know what to say/do if someone else needs help
  • Recognise that's it's OK (and indeed beneficial) to talk about mental health

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How is this delivered?

 

Delivery 

Live Online In-Company Training 

Face to Face In-Company Training in your workplace 

Face to Face In-Company Training in a location of your choice 

Learning zone - This course may be purchased online and studied immediately on our Learning Zone Platform 

Enterprise – Our Enterprise Learning Management System is suitable for companies wanting to purchase more than 100 licences 

Your LMS - It may be purchased as a packaged SCORM file for consumption on your own platform 

Duration 

45 mins 

45 mins 

45 mins 

45 mins 

45 mins 

45 mins 

Number of delegates 

Min.6, max 20 

Min.6, max 20 

Min.6, max 20 

Any number of licences can be purchased 

Any number of licences can be purchased 

Any number of licences can be purchased 

In-Company

Either virtual class or we can visit your workplace or a third party venue and deliver this course on dates of your choice.

Why in-company?

  • Cost-effective method that can be tailored to your organisation
  • Creates a study community with your colleagues
  • Allows you to tailor the training to your organisation.

Digital Learning

If you can’t find time in your busy schedule to attend a classroom course, then online training is the answer.

Why digital learning?

  • Study wherever and whenever suits you
  • Perfect for people with busy lives
  • Most cost-effective way to study