Workshop for Psychological Health & Safety

Course Summary

This workshop is not just an introduction to the topic but will provide a clear direction for incorporating employee mental health into your organization’s occupational health and safety policies, as well as day-to-day practices. Participants gain confidence in navigating situations involving mental health at work sensitively and effectively and learn the vital role they can play in making the workplace a psychologically safer and healthier place to be.

Participants Will Learn & Apply These Skills:

• What is mental health and what is the impact in the workplace?
• Barriers to mental wellness in the workplace
• Recognizing signs of mental distress
• Appropriate response to mental distress
• Obligations, Boundaries, and engaging further supports
• A proactive approach to mental health

Course Methods:

This virtually facilitated workshop format may have participants working with peers from their own company, and/or other industries. Each interactive workshop session will include:

• Training and group interpretation/discussion of new concepts and content
• Classroom practice with each critical tool
• Time for each participant to plan their subsequent implementation of beneficial improvements
• Facilitation & discussion with experienced coaches

Duration: 4 hours

Learning Environment: Virtual, facilitated or live classroom.

Schedule: May 3, 2023 and June 14, 2023