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Mental Health Awareness Training for Carers and Nurses
This IIRSM approved Mental Health Awareness Training for Carers and Nurses aims to break the stigma surrounding mental-ill health in the care industry. It also contains extra resources and a wellbeing toolkit to manage day-to-day mental health.
4.9/5 based on 92 course reviews
Learning outcomes
- Learn how to take positive steps to remove stigma surrounding mental health
- Understand the mental and emotional impact poor mental health can have on care workers
- Know where to go for support and learn what you can do on a daily basis to improve your mental health
Covered in this course
Course contents
This training course is broken down into 4 sections
- 1 Mental Health in Care
- 2 Mental Health Problems
- 3 Wellbeing toolkit
- 4 External Help
SECTION 1
Being the daily witness to the realities of poor mental and physical health has a huge emotional impact that isn’t always addressed by the worker or their organisation. This is one of the leading factors for a high prevalence of mental-ill health in the care sector. In this section, we look at the importance of training, common triggers for poor mental health
SECTION 2
In this section, we’ll be raising awareness of common mental health problems, particularly anxiety and depression. But we’ll also be looking at how stress and loneliness can have a big influence on your mental health. If you’re interested in learning more, this section also has extra information on a small number of the other common mental illnesses!
SECTION 3
This section is your Wellbeing Toolkit that can help you look after your mental health on a daily basis. We appreciate that everyone has their own ideas about how to approach their mental health and wellbeing, so this section has a variety of insights, mini exercises, recommendations and some food for thought so you can use what suits you.
SECTION 4
If your wellbeing is becoming a top priority for you, and you feel like you need extra support, there’s plenty of avenues you can go down - or even suggest to your family, friends and colleagues if they need some guidance. This section provides some useful external resources that you may wish to use to aid your wellbeing.
About this course
The sad truth is that workers in the care sector have a suicide rate almost twice as high as the national average. Additionally, workers in this sector are vulnerable to a variety of mental health issues.
In fact, 84% of carers report that they feel stressed, 78% report suffering from anxiety, and 55% report that they have suffered from depression as a result of their work - care workers mental wellbeing isn’t always addressed or even considered by their employer.
Workers in the profession have some of the most emotionally challenging jobs imaginable. Caring for vulnerable people themselves, they often prioritise other's mental wellbeing over their own.
Our Mental Health Awareness Training for Carers and Nurses is broken down into 4 easy-to-follow and beautifully animated sections which aim to educate learners on the various types of mental health problems, the science behind our thinking, and where to go to for external help. The course is suitable for anybody working in the care sector, including doctors, nurses, carers, youth workers, social care workers, therapists, charity workers and volunteers.
Find out more about mental health in our free white paper on mental ill-health in UK workplaces & ISO 45003 & wellbeing at work.
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Nadira TudorThe importance of Mental Health Awareness Training for Carers and Nurses
It’s important that you comply with the law and understand the positive impact this training course can have on your organisation and employees.
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Mental Health Awareness certificate
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Each of our courses ends with a multiple choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.
This Mental Health Awareness Training for Carers and Nurses course concludes with a 20 question multiple choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questions guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.
As well as printable user certificates, training progress and results are all stored centrally in your LMS (Learning Management System) and can be accessed any time to reprint certificates, check and set pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.
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Your Mental Health Awareness Training for Carers and Nurses Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.
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92 real user reviews
Very informative
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
This was a refresher training for me.
Very helpful course and a good reminder as a manager to look out for our teams' wellbeing. I am proud to say that, our team always try and cultivate a culture of wellness, talking, open to share in our debriefs, or anytime when feeling under the weather. However, although this is a strength, when people have severe mental health in the workplace, we also need a balance on how much we can support each other, and sign posting colleagues to our Chaplain, counselling has been helpful as it also gives the colleague some dignity, and doesn't over burden the rest of the team because our work is emotionally and mentally draining as it is working with vulnerable everyone in our team. Last year, I had a hysterectomy surgery, and my return to work was extremely challenging, I soon realised that selfcare was crucial, and had to learn to be selfish to say no to people. We had a colleague really struggling with their mental health; I didn't have it in me to give out any emotional support, I just couldn't do it. So I spoke to my line manager that I need to protect my wellbeing. I am glad I did that, because now I am feeling better for it. Now I can give more of myself. I also have a family member whom once in a while they struggle with their mental health, and I feel sometimes its okay to be selfish. I go for selfish walks with my dog, vocal and silent prayers. Recently I went away for a 3days retreat; I feel super rejuvenated and so glad I did it. 😊
Excellent
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gives a good overall awareness
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This course is very good I learn in it
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Excellent course
Really interesting
Interesting
This course educate one on how mental health can be manage and be aware of it signs.
.very educative
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Why is this training important?
Business benefits
A recent survey revealed that 71% of carers in the UK suffer from poor mental health - 84% said they felt stressed because of their work, 78% said they felt anxious, and 55% reported that they suffered from depression. Carers perform such a vital role, looking after the most vulnerable people in society; but who is looking after them? Our Mental Health Awareness for Carers course helps carers better care for themselves by providing them with the information they need to stay mentally healthy.
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