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LEADERSHIP ESSENTIALS

Considering the impacts that mental health and wellbeing have on teams and organisations, we understand that life can impact the way employees present to the workplace.

This training package is designed to prepare your organisation and your people leaders with practical, evidence-based skills to build high-functioning teams, support your workforce and drive productivity.

This leaves you to do what you do best – run your business!

Location

Australia Wide
(100% online option)

Duration

1 Day
+ Online Learning

Group Size

10+

Mental Health Workshop Inclusions

Mental Health First Aid Training Cetification

Each participant will receive their Mental Health First Aid Training Certificate valid for 3 years

Leadership Essentials

Equip leaders with the essential skills to foster a mentally healthy work environment. Learn to lead with empathy, inspire teams, and create a culture of trust and support.

Mental Health Culture Plan

Learn how to develop a culture plan, recognize what your culture will be, create values, set goals, create a timeline.

Embedding Mental Health

Discuss how administrative controls can foster a psychologically safe workplace including the role that employees, peers and mateship can have on minimising the impacts of mental health problems on individuals, absenteeism and long-term incapacity. Learn ways you can evaluate and continuously improve your MH culture.

Creating A Physiologically Safe Workplace

Learn about your obligations as a PCBU under the WHS legislation, how to assess psychological risk within your business and ways you can minimise the impact of psychological hazards to your workforce.

Mental Health Culture Workshop

Explore practical approaches to develop a workplace culture that promotes mental health and well-being. Learn to implement strategies, support employees, and foster a stigma-free environment for optimal mental well-being.

Importance of Mental Health Training

Mental health training is important for Australian businesses because it can help to improve employee wellbeing, productivity, and retention. Mental health problems are common in Australia, with one in five people experiencing a mental health condition in any given year. These conditions can have a significant impact on work, leading to absenteeism, presenteeism, and turnover.

Mental health training can help employees to understand mental health conditions, identify the signs and symptoms of mental health problems, and develop coping strategies. It can also help employees to feel more comfortable talking about mental health and to seek help if they need it.

Benefits of a Positive Mental Health Culture

Building a positive mental health workplace culture is important for a number of reasons. It can help to:

Improve employee wellbeing. When employees feel supported and valued, they are more likely to be mentally healthy. This can lead to a reduction in stress, anxiety, and depression, as well as an increase in overall happiness and well-being.
Increase productivity. Employees who are mentally healthy are more likely to be productive at work. They are more likely to be focused, engaged, and creative. They are also less likely to take sick days or to miss work due to stress or anxiety.
Reduce absenteeism and turnover. When employees feel supported and valued, they are less likely to leave their jobs. This can save businesses money on recruitment and training costs.
Attract and retain top talent. Employees are more likely to want to work for businesses that have a positive mental health culture. This can give businesses a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining top talent.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Blended Delivery

Online, E-Learning Mental Health First Aid training before workshop session
1 full day, in person session
- 4 Hours Mental Health First Aid in person training session
- 4 Hours Mental Health Workshop session

Optional delivery:

100% In-Person Two Days
- Mental Health First Aid Training
- 4 Mental Health Workshop session
100% Online
- Self-Paced-E-Learning Mental Health First Aid training
- 2.5 Hour Mental Health First Aid Session & 4 Hour Mental Health Workshop

Mental Health First Aid Training

At Blue Balloon Coaching, mental health is just important to them as physical health, and they are on a mission to empower the community and break down the stigma associated with common mental health problems.

As an accredited Mental Health First Aid (MHFA™) provider, Blue Balloon Coaching will lead participants through a Blended MHFA™ program to understand how to help and support those around them.

As this is a Blended experience, participants will have an online learning portion which must be done before the in-person training.

Skill Development & Outcomes

Respect Of mental health

Improved team culture

Mental Health planning skills

Respective Communication

workplace respect

workplace wellbeing splans

open communincation Skills

global workplace community

Mental health first aid certificate

Delivering custom designed programs

Free Team Assessment

Ever wonder which program would suit your team best? What skills to focus on through an epic, fun team event? Our Free Team Assessment will give you valuable insight into which program styles and skills would be best suited for your team. Risk and Obligation free!