Workplace Wellbeing Hub

Mental health is everybody’s business.

Research by Mind tells us that 57% of people have experienced poor mental health whilst working at their current employer.

Embed Mental Health First Aid skills into your organisation and create a positive mental health culture.

Embed Mental Health First Aid skills into your organisation and create a positive mental health culture.

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Healthy and productive employees are essential for any employer. Employees who feel valued and supported are more likely to perform at their peak and remain committed to the organisation.

Poor mental health in the workplace can negatively affect concentration, productivity, and relationships with colleagues.

In addition, it costs employers an estimated £51bn each year, in absenteeism, presenteeism, and staff turnover.*

Investing in mental health benefits your teams and your business. Providing mental health training, alongside improving policies, practices and culture, will enable your workforce to thrive.

*Deloitte, Mental Health and Employers, May 2024

How can West Kent Mind help?

We’ll work with you to create a tailored solution that meets your specific challenges and goals. From inspiring lunch and learn sessions to two-day training courses, we have a range of options to support your journey towards a healthy and effective workplace.

Not sure where to start? We can help with that too. Talk to us about our consultancy service.

We’ve already had mental health training… why do we need more?

Training improves knowledge and awareness, reduces mental health stigma, and helps give people the confidence to talk about things. It gives people practical tools to support themselves and others, and contributes to a happier, healthier workforce. The knowledge, skills and confidence all need a refresh and a boost from time to time.

Lots of places offer the same things… why come to West Kent Mind?

  • Feel confident working with the nationally recognised and trusted Mind brand.
  • Our courses are quality assured and reflect latest guidance and best practices.
  • Our expert trainers foster a safe environment for important discussions.
  • Our team draws on lived experience and mental health support expertise to enrich each session.
  • The proceeds generated from our training service are invested into mental health support services in your community.

Contact us:

If you’d like further information, future course dates or to discuss a bespoke training package to suit your needs, please email us, call 01732 744950 or schedule a Teams call with our training team here.

I’ve worked with West Kent Mind over the last few years to deliver Mental Health First Aid training as well as wider training support to staff in our business. They have provided our organisation with an invaluable and personal service, designing and delivering programmes that have given our staff the tools to look after their own mental health and wellbeing, while also building the confidence in our management team to step in, reassure and support their staff too. Offering in-depth training in a confidential, safe environment, West Kent Mind have successfully helped us embed wellbeing in our organisation and continually support us in developing an open, understanding culture about mental health.

Amelia Wilson, Training Lead, South East Water.

Courses

Embed an organisation-wide approach to creating a mentally healthy workplace with this introductory workshop.

Who should attend?

Everyone

What will we learn?

Tools and practical skills for creating mentally healthy workplaces.

How long is the course?

1 hour / 2 hours.

Just like physical First Aid, Mental Health First Aid teaches us how to recognise those crucial early signs that someone is developing a mental health problem; how to support someone in distress or in crisis; how to confidently start a conversation and guide someone to further support.

Does my business need Mental Health First Aiders?

While it’s not a legal requirement to have Mental Health First Aiders in your business, it is an important part of a whole organisation approach to wellbeing at work.

Learn more

Mentoring sessions for trained Mental Health First Aiders aimed at supporting them in carrying out their roles in a safe and effective way. The small group sessions will cover:

  • Discussion of challenges and sharing of experiences
  • Support and guidance
  • A reminder of the framework in which to work and the importance of boundaries and self-care

Who should attend?

Managers, leaders, HR, wellbeing champions.

What will we learn?

  • Build an understanding of how perimenopause and menopause affect wellbeing
  • Increase confidence around sensitive conversations

How long is the course?

1 hour.

Courses

Upskilling managers to have better mental health conversations with their teams is a vital part of a whole-organisation approach to culture change. These options are designed to inform and empower managers to:

  • Recognise if an employee may be experiencing poor mental health
  • Feel confident to have safe and open conversations about mental health with their teams
  • Signpost appropriately to support and know where to go for guidance and support for themselves
  • Role model self-care, inspiring their teams to look after their own health and wellbeing

Mental Health Skills for Managers

  • Accredited by MHFA England
  • Half day
  • Online or in-person
  • Groups of up to 16

Mental Health Awareness for Managers

  • CPD certified
  • 2 hours
  • Online or in-person
  • Groups of up to 20

Choose from our pick and mix selection of one-hour workshops, delivered online or in-person, or talk to us about your requirements.

  • Men’s Mental Health
  • Food and Your Mood
  • Coping with Worry
  • Introduction to Mindfulness
  • Mental Health and Neurodiversity

Who should attend?

Everyone.

What will we learn?

  • The cause and impact of workplace stress
  • Understanding our own capacity and coping strategies: the stress container
  • The law, the workplace and stress
  • Support and signposting
  • Self-care for resilience

How long is the course?

90 minutes.

Half of working parents who are concerned about their children’s mental health say this impacts on their work performance.

It’s estimated over half the workforce are working parents; fostering a culture that enables them to better support their children, particularly children living with mental health concerns, can reduce parental stress, leading to more focused, productive employees. It is also benefits employers to consider their investment in the next generation of potential employees.

Our online workshop looks at:

  • An introduction to childhood mental health
  • Effective communication strategies
  • Coping skills for parental resilience
  • Building an effective support network

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Who should attend?

Everyone.

What will we learn?

Build the confidence to have life saving conversations.

How long is the course?

3.5 hours.

Note: we are currently able to provide funded Suicide Prevention training.

Support your team and yourself with Wellness Actions Plans. These are an easy, practical way of helping you to support your own mental health at work and, if you are a manager, helping you to support the mental health of your team members.

Visit the Mind website for free resources to help you take care of business.

The Mental Health at Work Commitment provides a simple framework enabling businesses to better support employee wellbeing. Find out more here or get in touch to discuss how you can integrate this framework into your existing strategy.

Our workplace training clients include:

  • Charities Aid Foundation
  • Hotel du Vin
  • Kent Wildlife Trust
  • Sevenoaks District Council
  • South East Water

West Kent Mind has been awarded the Mind Quality Assurance Framework as an Enhanced provider, assuring that our workplace wellbeing services, including corporate training, are of the highest quality.

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The workshop gave our staff the opportunity to talk about how they were feeling about returning to work from the office and learn from others experiences, addressing some of the issues around the anxiety and stress they may be experiencing, and offering coping strategies and self-care techniques.

Blue Motor Finance

The workshop gave our staff the opportunity to talk about how they were feeling about returning to work from the office and learn from others experiences, addressing some of the issues around the anxiety and stress they may be experiencing, and offering coping strategies and self-care techniques

(Blue Motor Finance)