The Electrical Industries Charity launch Mental Health Virtual Training Course

  Posted by: electime      5th May 2020

The Electrical Industries Charity is excited to be launching its Mental Health Virtual Training Course. In times of crisis communities strengthen and work together to support each other. We are an industry in community. The virtual training will offer you and your team a space to reconnect, engage with the topic of mental health, tackling new daily challenges resulting from COVID-19 and learning how to support your own mental health while acquiring skills to help colleagues, friends and family through these uncertain times.

Course Outline

• Highlights and explains some of the common mental illnesses and disorders
• How to spot the signs of mental ill health in employees/colleagues/friends/family
• Interactive discussion about COVID-19 and how to engage in self-care
• Which steps to take (remotely) if you spot the signs of somebody with mental ill health
• How to approach the conversation with an employee suffering from mental ill health
• Remote strategies a manager can use to support employee mental ill health
• What to do in self-isolation if somebody is self-harming/suicidal
• Opportunity for complex case discussion
• Challenging work-life cultures and how to cope with working from home
• Maximum of 6 participants
• Cost of course is £25 per person for an hour session.

Participants:

• Download Microsoft Teams and/or Zoom and join an online session with our trainer.
• Download Kahoot! for our team quiz – winner gets a prize.
• Access to PowerPoints, video and interactive communication types.
• Safe and open interaction with trainer and attendees

To register, email: sarah.coldwell@electricalcharity.org