Managing Stress and Mental Health in the Workplace
Who is it aimed at?
All People Managers
What are the objectives?
To assist managers to reduce stress and mental health related sickness absence in their service areas, Carmarthenshire County Council have organised a programme of “Managing Stress and Mental Health in the Workplace” workshops. All managers are strongly encouraged to attend these workshops.
The key objectives of these workshops are to:
- Improve your understanding of the triggers for stress - work and personal, and the impact they can have on staff and service delivery.
- Provide you with the knowledge, tools and confidence required to enable you to identify, assess and manage the causes of stress in your service areas.
- Provide you with the knowledge, tools and support required for you to be able to provide positive and effective support to staff with poor mental health.
- Provide you with the knowledge, tools and support required for you to develop and maintain a working environment that facilitates and promotes positive staff wellbeing.
How will it make a difference?
Learning areas covered during these workshops include:
- Defining work related stress and its causes and effects on individuals & teams
- Undertaking stress risk assessments with teams and individuals
- Effective stress management interventions
- Monitoring the effects of stress management actions and interventions
- How to recognise and support staff with poor mental health
- Stress and mental health in the workplace case studies
Delivery method:
Classroom
Duration:
1 day
Cost:
No cost
How to apply:
If you work for Carmarthenshire County Council (CCC) and are logged into a CCC device – PC, laptop, tablet or smartphone, complete this application form.
If you work for the Council but do NOT have access to a CCC device or an email address your line manager will need to apply on your behalf.
Council employees cannot apply for any courses from their own personal device.
Partners, agency staff or people who do not work for the Council cannot apply for this course.
The online application system will only show courses that are actively open to book a place on. If the course you are interested in isn’t listed you can register an interest with the Learning and Development team, email: learninganddevelopment@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Find out more information on how to make and manage your application. If you need any assistance or have a query please email the Learning & Development Team.