Online Mental Health in the Workplace Instructor Level 3 (VTQ) Certification

Become a ProTrainings Instructor for with the skills to teach our Mental Health Courses.

CPD Certified Provider of Training Excellence Online Training Approved by Skills for Care

Mental Health in the Workplace Level 3 Instructor (VTQ) at a Glance

  • 3-year nationally recognised certificate
  • 2 hours and 51 minutes of engaging video training
  • Video access for 8 months
  • Printable wall certificate
  • Certified CPD time credit conformation
  • SCORM Ready! Integrates with your LMS
  • Includes manual & other downloads
  • Free weekly video refresher
  • Evidence Based Training certificate
  • Videos include subtitles
£450.00 + VAT

This course is designed to teach ProTrainings instructors on how to deliver the ProTrainings Mental Health in the Workplace Course. The course is delivered over two consecutive days and there is pre-study 9this course) which must be completed before attending the classroom training.

There is a high demand for this type of training in the workplace. The topics covered include understanding mental health, how to recognise mental ill health problems and supporting an employee with mental health-related problems.

ProTrainings are one of the few Skills for Care centres of Excellence where we passed stringent checks to prove our commitment to high-quality training and compliance. We are also able to offer Skills for Care Endorsed qualifications for our classroom and video online training courses ensuring you have an acceptable certificate to prove your compliance.  This means that our training meets the high standards expected by Skills for Care.

This ProTrainings Qualification is also endorsed by TQUK, who are an Awarding Organisation regulated by Ofqual. This gives an extra level of appreciation on this ProTrainings qualification. You can buy an endorsed certificate if you need one, once you pass the course. You do not have to buy this extra certificate and the course is the same whichever option you choose. 

Assessment Methods 

  • Pre-study questions 
  • Case study presentation 
  • Continual Assessment 
  • Final test 
  • IQA assessment on the first course delivered (various methods depending on your course progress)

What is Included in your course 

Reference Book 

Pre-study 2-day classroom training 

Certification Prerequisites 

Level 3 Award in Education and Training Delegates must be aged 18 or over ProTrainings registered Instructor

  • Instructors who want to add Mental Health training to their portfolio

This course comes with 5.0 hrs (16.0 class) of CPD, although the time to complete the course online may be less than this. Total course time includes 2 hours and 51 minutes of video training as well as knowledge reviews, final test, remedial help and reviewing downloaded material.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

 

Learning Outcomes (LO)

The learner will:

LO

UNIT - 1

 

Understand the difference between mental health and mental ill health

LO1

Understanding mental health and how it is defined

1.1

Describe how mental health affects human behaviour

1.2

List abnormalities resulting from mental health

1.3

Describe the components of mental well-being

LO2

Be able to provide examples of well-being

2.1

Recognise ideals that relate to resilience

2.2

Understand how to maximise well-being in the workplace

2.3

Identify the risk factors associated with mental ill health problems

LO3

List risk factors that are caused from mental health

3.1

Be able to identify common, known or historical factors that can cause the risk of mental health

3.2

Describe examples of mental health problems

LO4

Recognise how mental health can lead to other known character traits

4.1

Be able to understand how mental health problems can affect normality from one day to another

4.2

Complete the ’Extreme effects of Mental Health problems on day to day living’ handout

4.3

Understand social and cultural attitudes to mental illness

LO5

Recognise how stigma and discrimination can lead to overwhelming influences on individuals, communities and societies

5.1

Understand how stereotyping can lead to prejudice, discrimination and inequality

5.2

Be able to understand the Equality Act 2010 and its relevance to mental health

5.3

Recognise how media is involved in mental ill health

LO6

Identify different types of media sources and how they can influence the perception of mental health

6.1

Complete exerts from a newspaper article and highlight areas that may account for negative portrayal of mental ill health

6.2

Understand the impact of stigma in mental ill health

6.3

Define what is meant by the term stress and explain how it affects people

LO7

  • Student Manual (V8.3) - Mental Health
  • 5 ways to wellbeing link
  • CQC website link
  • Cae Inspectorate Scotland website link
  • Care Information Scotland website link
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) link to the NHS website
  • Eating disorders facts
  • Factsheet on Anxiety Disorders
  • Free student first aid program leaflet
  • HSE - An example of a stress policy
  • HSE - Tackling work-related stress using the Management Standards approach
  • HSE - What are the Management Standards?
  • HSE Management Standards Indicator Tool sheet
  • HSE Stress in the Workplace website
  • HSE pages on workplace stress
  • How to Manage and Reduce Stress leaflet
  • How to be mentally healthy at work - MIND leaflet link
  • How to manage stress - MIND leaflet link
  • Link to workplace mental health document
  • MIND employer resources link
  • MIND website
  • Mental Health Foundation website
  • Mental Health Organisations
  • Mental health UK website
  • NHS Choices Web link
  • NHS Mental Health website
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder facts
  • Panic Attack - Anxiety UK Brief Guide
  • Personality disorders facts
  • Regulated - COVID 19 Pre-Screen Student Evaluation Form
  • Schizophrenia facts
  • Talking toolkit - Preventing workplace stress from the HSE
  • Understanding anxiety and panic attacks - MIND leaflet link
  • Understanding depression - MIND leaflet link
  • Understanding mental health problems - MIND leaflet link
  • Wellness Action Plan
  • Work related stress depression or anxiety statistics in Great Britain, 2018 - HSE document
  • Working together to reduce stress at work - HSE leaflet
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