Mental Health in the Workplace Level 2 (VTQ) Training Videos

Welcome to your Level 2 Mental Health in the Workplace course. The course begins with a short overview and introduction to our expert and the Samaritans and you will learn how to recognise mental ill health and the correct definitions and terminology

Now we have introduced you, we will look at the early signs and symptoms of mental ill-health and the stereotyping and discrimination that can occur. You will learn why having good mental health is important, and how Resilience helps develop the ability to cope, as well as who can be affected by mental ill-health.

Stress and Anxiety can affect our Mental Health, this section explains what stress is, its causes, the effect on the body, and how we can manage stress and anxiety

There are different types of Mental Ill Health, this section explains some of them, and looks at each one in more depth.

In this section, you will learn how to recognise changes in an employee and how to approach them to offer support. We will look at the role a councillor can play and how to manage workloads and support an employee back to work, following a mental ill health-related absence

Signposting is directing someone to the best source of help, in this section, you will learn how to do that and see some examples of signposting organisations.

In this section, we look at how the workplace can help, wellness action plans, and raising awareness.

This section contains an example of a councillor meeting and an explanation of what took place.

This section looks at ways we can look after our own mental health.

In summary, we give more information on how to take your final test and print your certificate of completion.