Mental Health Awareness for Welfare to Work Advisors

This course is aimed at frontline workers who wish to develop a more informed and inclusive approach to their clients who have been labelled as having a mental health problem. Looking at the stigma of the label mental health, this course challenges some of our deeply held societal beliefs and the negative impact this can have on our work with individuals.

Starts on	04/08/2009
Location	London

Mental health difficulties are a major reason for people in receipt of benefit. One in four of us will experience mental health difficulties at some point in our lives and an estimated one-third of GP time is spent on mental health issues. The number of people claiming Incapacity Benefit because of mental health difficulties has almost doubled in the past ten years, and this does not include those with secondary mental health difficulties or those who develop mental health difficulties while on Incapacity Benefit.

We look at a model of mental health that enables us to feel confident to use our existing skills for this client group.

An overview of mental illnesses helps us understand more clearly the positive and negative impacts that their mental health can have on the ability to enter or retain employment.

Participants will be able to reflect on how they currently work with people with mental health difficulties and how they might develop their service to ensure they are appropriate and effective.

Who the course is aimed at

Contractors, local authorities, voluntary sector, Jobcentre Plus

Places and Dates

4 August 2009 – London

Tutor

Graham Gardiner and Toni Esberger, Aspiren Ltd

Price

Private sector: £245

Public sector and academic institutions: £195

Charity, voluntary sector and not-for-profit: £145

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