Mental Health Training for Managers
Our Mental Health Training For Managers is aimed at any manager who needs to be aware, recognise, and understand mental health issues in the workplace and in life. By learning triggers, early signs, and symptoms, attendees will gain positive wellbeing management skills and techniques to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health at work and support their staff and team members.
Course aims
We know that prevention is better – and more effective – than cure and this is particularly true of mental health. During the course, every attendee will gain the confidence and ability to create a more open and productive workforce and a safer working environment for their teams and staff.
With proven tools and strategies, you’ll be able to challenge and remove the stigma of mental health in the workplace, understand how poor mental health can have a negative impact on business, and how to help safeguard against any potential mental health discrimination. Here’s what else you’ll get from the Mental Health Training for Managers:
- First-hand insights into common mental health disorders including stress, anxiety, and depression
- Knowledge and understanding of these conditions and their impact on performance
- Techniques and skills to help staff understand and protect their own mental health
- Clear understanding of your role and responsibilities in tackling mental health in the workplace
- Useful ways to talk about mental health and reduce the stigma surrounding it
Course outlines
During this 1-day course, James and Priscilla share their professional insights and personal experiences to help raise awareness about mental health in today’s working environments, as well as an understanding of mental health and wellbeing issues within your own workforce.
An engaging and inspiring course, it’s delivered using a mix of presentations, exercises, and lively discussions, all adapted to suit the needs and abilities of everyone attending, the course content covers topics including:
Recognising mental health issues in yourself and your team and how it affects your work
Understanding that everyone sees & responds to things in a different way depending on their triggers
Dealing with and reducing workplace stress
Learning different skills and coping strategies so you don’t let workplace stresses get out of control
Workplace mental health first aid
The key steps to a safe and healthy workplace with the confidence to support yourself and others
How to create a safe and open environment for staff to talk
Learning the skills to respond effectively to any employee who is seeking help and encourage others
Suicide awareness and prevention
How to support someone who feels suicidal. Guidance on what to and what not to do in a delicate situation
Effective wellbeing strategies
Learn the key strategies that will help you and your staff have positive mental wellbeing every day
Learning about workplace mindfulness and its benefits
A 10-min mindfulness exercise to understand the benefits mindfulness can make in your daily life
How to promote good mental health in your team
Learn how a mental health champion, staff training, and phone counselling can all help promote good mental health in the workplace
On completion of the course, each attendee will be given a personalised Mental Health Training For Managers certificate which can be used for compliance and audit.
Why is mental health training for managers important?
With no physical signs of distress, pain, or suffering, poor mental health can be classed as an ‘invisible’ illness. As a result, it’s common for both the symptoms and the effects of mental health to go undetected. But ignoring the realities of poor mental health in the workplace can be costly.
Positive mental health training helps managers recognise the importance of these ‘invisible’ issues, as well as recognising early signs and symptoms in themselves and their staff. Together, managers will have the resilience to deal with any larger mental health crisis and have the confidence to step in and speak up to prevent any long term issues.
Course costs
Our standard Mental Health Training For Managers course cost starts at £50 per person (plus VAT) based on groups of up to 15 delegates. Please note, these are typical prices which can be adapted depending on your requirements. All prices will be agreed in advance with Clearfocus Training and confirmed on request.
More information
- This is a 1-day course, but it can be adapted and run as a half-day to suit your needs
- No former knowledge or training is required for Managers taking this course
- We can also modify your course to give you training in specific areas if required
- For the biggest impact, we like to limit spaces to a maximum of 15 people
- We visit you onsite at a venue, day, and time of your choice, anywhere in the UK
- During any COVID-19 restrictions, we can host courses online through MS Teams or Zoom

Why choose us?
With both James and Priscilla having personal experience in dealing with mental health issues, they know first-hand the effects poor mental health can have on everyone. This simple fact is what makes their insights and advice so valuable and is what separates them from many other trainers.
But they also understand different businesses have different training needs. That’s why the Mental Health Training for Managers course isn’t designed to be a ‘one size fits all’ course. We can be flexible and centre the course around you, adapting any of our course content so it’s relatable and relevant to your needs.
Read our Why choose Clearfocus? page to find out more.
All our mental health and communication training courses are developed by James and Priscilla, both fully qualified mental health professionals, and delivered with real-life, personal experience, and insights. Find out more about them and meet the team >
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