Wellbeing hubStaff wellbeing & mental health training
Stress awareness training
Stress awareness - a course for all staff
- online
- mandatory
Mandatory online stress awareness course for all staff. You may have already completed this as part of your Induction when you joined the University. If you are unsure whether you have, you can check by logging in to our Health and Safety E-Learning platform (Login with single sign-on) and scrolling down to the stress awareness section. Any issues, please email safety.training@strath.ac.uk
Course details: Stress is something everyone feels at times, especially when dealing with change or life challenges, such as money worries, work issues or relationship problems. A little stress can be a good thing, as it helps us to get things done or focus on something that needs our attention. How we manage stress can make a big difference to our mental wellbeing, and the first step to managing it is to know how it affects us and why. This course is designed to help you:
- know what stress is and how it can affect you.
- identify your own responses to stress and notice them when they occur.
- take steps to prevent stress from becoming a problem.
- reduce and manage stress when it does occur.
Stress awareness - a course for managers
- in person
- recommended
An interactive workshop for managers looking at stress in the workplace, your responsibilities as a manager and how to effectively control and manage stress within your team. By the end of this session, you will be able to understand:
- your responsibilities linked to stress as a manager.
- what stress is.
- the main causes of stress at work.
- how to prevent work-related stress.
Mental health awareness training
Mental health awareness training – all staff
- online
- recommended
The University have teamed up with NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and Public Health Scotland to develop a course on mental health and suicide awareness available to you online. It will enable you to develop your understanding of what mental health is and how you can positively influence your own and others mental health. You will also learn how to have healthy conversations about mental health, how to support people experiencing mental ill health and how you can help to prevent suicide.
Manager’s mental health training: starting the conversation
- online
- recommended
A course designed for Managers, Leaders, Supervisors and Team Leaders. Course details: This online module is designed to help you support the mental health of your team and encourage a “culture of care” at Strathclyde with regard to mental health and wellbeing. The learning is delivered via a mix of narrated video content (transcripts available) and online resources. The course presenters are Kevin Donovan, the University Workplace Wellbeing Manager and Dr Kirsten Russell, Lecturer in Psychology at Strathclyde.
Wellbeing & resilience building training
Creating a culture of care at Strathclyde (all staff)
- in person
Research tells us that organisations that prioritise care and kindness at all levels are more likely to thrive – not just the organisation but the colleagues too. This 1-hour face-to-face course will help you understand what we mean by a ‘Culture of Care’ at Strathclyde, gain an overview of the tools needed to create a genuine ‘Culture of Care’ in your area and leave you with some quick and easy practical ‘quick wins’ so you can make it happen.
The session will focus on three areas – psychological safety, celebrating the human and normalising discussion around mental health.
If you are interested in this course and there are no live dates listed, please sign up to the waiting list and as soon as we have enough interest, we will arrange a date to run the session.
Building resilience - a pathway to personal & professional growth (all staff)
- in person
A staff resilience workshop led by a fully qualified holistic practitioner and counsellor, all done through a lens of self-care and compassion. This session will examine and explore the theory around resilience but will also incorporate practical techniques and therapies such as mindfulness and meditation so that you can develop the knowledge, and the skills needed to boost resilience in yourself and others.
Helping students in distress training
- in person
- recommended
Delivered by the Student Disability and Wellbeing Service – this is an informative session on the Helping Students in Distress Guide for all University staff, particularly staff who are student-facing.
- raise awareness of the Helping Students in Distress Guide
- explore responses to students in distress.
- consider role related responsibilities.
- raise awareness of signposting and support services on campus.
Suicide awareness & prevention training
Safe talk training – suicide alertness for everyone (all staff)
- in person
SafeTALK: suicide alertness for everyone is a 3.5-hour training in suicide awareness. It helps participants recognise a person with thoughts of suicide and connect them with resources that can help them in choosing to live. The training is open to all staff, and no formal preparation is required to attend the training.
Over the course of the training, you will learn to:
- notice and respond to situations where suicidal thoughts may be present.
- move beyond the common tendency to miss, dismiss, and avoid suicide.
- apply the TALK steps: Tell, Ask, Listen, KeepSafe
- know community resources and how to connect someone with thoughts of suicide to them for further suicide-safer help.
ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)(all staff)
- in person
ASIST teaches participants to recognise when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. ASIST is for everyone, professional, student, employed or retired-anyone 16 or older can learn and use the ASIST model.
Over the course of their two-day workshop, ASIST participants learn to:
- understand the ways that personal and societal attitudes affect views on suicide and interventions.
- provide guidance and suicide first aid to a person at risk in ways that meet their individual safety needs.
- identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and the actions required to implement it.
- appreciate the value of improving and integrating suicide prevention resources in the community at large.
- recognise other important aspects of suicide prevention, including life-promotion and self-care.
Suicide first aid ‘lite’ (all staff)
- in person
Suicide First Aid (SFA) ‘Lite’ is suitable for everyone. It is a multi-adaptational programme using a population-based approach to Suicide prevention. This means SFA is an ideal training solution for all.
To date, this programme has been trained within criminal justice, health, including nurses, doctors and paramedics, housing, social care, schools, colleges, universities, public, private and voluntary sectors and with community groups.
- Working with attitudes and values
- stigma, survivors of suicide and the hidden toll
- suicide – The Ripple Effect
- intention versus outcome
- suicide safety guide - 3 step model
- recognise and asking about suicide
- understanding and exploring options overview
- helping you cope
What’s the harm (self-harm awareness training) (all staff)
- in person
This course provides information on dispelling myths around self-harm and how to support someone who is self-harming. Please be advised that this Training course contains a description of sexual abuse.
Self-harm is a growing public health concern. Self-harm is complex, and it can be difficult to understand, both for the individual involved and for those around them who want to provide support. Stigma, discrimination and fear of being judged can stop people from disclosing their self-harm, making it difficult to keep records and have an accurate idea of scale. It is almost impossible to say how many individuals are using self-harm as a coping strategy, although data estimates that 1 in 6 people aged 16-24 have self-harmed at some point in their lives. The majority of those who self-harm do not go on to take their own life but a minority do and a small proportion of people who deliberately self-harm are at increased risk of subsequently taking their own life.
Wave after wave (suicide bereavement support training) (all staff)
This training is for anyone who has been bereaved by suicide, but especially for those who have contact with those who have been bereaved by suicide.
The objectives for this session are:
- understanding grief and suicide bereavement
- providing a compassionate response
- the impact of suicide bereavement work on staff
- resources and support for suicide bereavement
We will also take a moment to honour those people we have lost to suicide and to thank their loved ones for sharing their own feelings, emotions, and losses, which have contributed to this training.