The Working Mind Virtual: Mental Health Training for Managers
March 5 at 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
The Working Mind is an evidence-based mental health course designed to drive culture change by helping people, teams, and organizations build mental health awareness and understanding, break down stigma, strengthen communication skills, and improve resilience. It is a mental health training program designed to imitate a change in how you think, feel, and act about Mental Health.
It includes easily applied scenario-based lessons, videos of people with lived experience of mental illness, reference guides, and practical handouts.
This training is designed specifically for managers, supervisors, and team leads who are looking to further support their employees’ mental health and wellbeing.
The training provides participants with knowledge and skills in the following areas:
- Mental Health Awareness and Understanding: Recognize signs of good, declining, and poor mental health.
- Breaking down stigma: Cultivate a safe, supportive environment where mental health can be discussed openly and without judgment, using respectful and non-stigmatizing language.
- Strengthening communication skills: Develop a shared language to foster open dialogue about mental health between colleagues and within teams
- Improve individual resilience: Practice coping strategies for times of stress and equipping managers to support their teams with the same tools and strategies.
Attendance:
Participants must attend the full session in order to receive the course certificate. Participants will not be admitted if they join after the first 15 minutes of the course have passed, and will not be eligible for a course certificate if they miss more than 30 minutes of material.
Space is limited, and there is a minimum number of participants required to run the course. Please ensure that you can attend. If you have registered and can no longer attend, please drop the course as soon as you are able to allow others to register.
What to expect during the training:
- This is a high-engagement training that includes group discussions and breakout rooms. Participation also includes interactions with the group and facilitators via Zoom chat and through PowerPoint annotations.
- For participant and facilitator safety, we encourage participants to have your cameras on during the training when possible.
Your facilitators:
- Amanda Swoboda (she/her), Wellbeing Specialist, UBCO Human Resources
- Miranda Massie (she/her), Workplace Wellbeing Practices and Learning Consultant, UBCV Central Human Resources
Amanda Swoboda and Miranda Massie are certified The Working Mind trainers through Opening Minds and The Mental Health Commission of Canada.
If you have questions, please contact Miranda Massie at miranda.massie@ubc.ca.
