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Certificate in Mental Health Awareness Level 2
Gain essential skills for care jobs and support work to help you improve the care you give. If you want to work in mentoring, counselling, or as a support worker, this Mental Health Awareness training will teach you important skills employers look for.
This course builds on your existing knowledge. We will study definitions of ‘mental health’ and laws around care provision. Learn about the most common mental health conditions in the UK today. Gain greater awareness of the symptoms, causes, and treatments for these conditions. You will study stress, anxiety, phobias, and depression, among others.
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Dates:Tue 24/09/2024 -
Tue 24/06/2025Times:9:30am - 1:00pmDuration:33 sessionsLocation:The Cornforth Partnership (Ferryhill)
68-70 High Street
West Cornforth
Ferryhill
DL17 9HSTutor:Margaret MordueCourse code:Q00018675How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £362.00
Award in Stress Awareness Level 1
Stress affects most people in the country at some point in life. Understanding the harmful effects of stress is essential to maintaining good mental health and well-being. This stress awareness course can help you recognise and deal with stress when it happens.
This mental health awareness training helps you understand what you and others may be experiencing. It is also useful if you work in a support role such as mentor, counsellor, or carer. It will teach you important skills for care jobs if you want to work in adult social care.
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Dates:Mon 07/10/2024 -
Wed 09/10/2024Times:10:00am - 3:00pmDuration:3 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Veronica HydeCourse code:Q00016024How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £75.00
Creative Writing Weekend Bootcamp: Essentials of story!
Over 5 hours in one weekend, you’ll set a daily achievable goal, refresh an element of story craft through the tutor’s stimulating exercises and extracts from published texts and write! We’ll immerse ourselves in short and longer writing exercises and get feedback from the tutor and peers when you share in pairs.
Imagine the amount of work and momentum you’ll build over these two mornings. Set yourself up for success.
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Dates:Sat 12/10/2024 -
Sun 13/10/2024Times:10:00am - 12:30pmDuration:2 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Nicola TorodeCourse code:Q00019278How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £23.50
Certificate in Understanding Mental Health First Aid and Mental Health Advocacy in the Workplace L2
If your role involves looking after the wellbeing of others at work, this mental health awareness training is ideal for you. Help create a healthy company culture by advocating for mental health issues in your workplace. Increase awareness among colleagues and those in your care.
Build your skills in supporting others with mental health difficulties. This mental health first aid course is useful for a wide range of roles where you may be in contact with individuals struggling with mental health.
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Dates:Mon 04/11/2024 -
Wed 21/05/2025Times:6:00pm - 8:30pmDuration:48 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Paula HellalCourse code:Q00019473How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £362.00
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Duration:12 monthsFee:£15
Professional Development: Coaching and Professional Development
This practical course aims to help you to establish a coaching relationship, initiate productive coaching conversations and to challenge people to identify goals and grow professionally and personally. You would need to coach a colleague or someone else who wishes to be coached, as this is a practical course covering key skills including: questioning, goal-setting collaboratively and encouraging personal and professional growth.
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Dates:Thu 07/11/2024 -
Thu 19/12/2024Times:6:30pm - 8:30pmDuration:7 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Rebecca Eliahoo CharlesCourse code:Q00012292How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £51.80
Creative Writing: Weekend Bootcamp: Essentials of story!
Over 5 hours in one weekend, you’ll set a daily achievable goal, refresh an element of story craft through the tutor’s stimulating exercises and extracts from published texts and write! We’ll immerse ourselves in short and longer writing exercises and get feedback from the tutor and peers when you share in pairs.
Imagine the amount of work and momentum you’ll build over these two mornings. Set yourself up for success.
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Dates:Sat 16/11/2024 -
Sun 17/11/2024Times:10:00am - 12:30pmDuration:2 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Nicola TorodeCourse code:Q00019288How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £21.00
Award in Stress Awareness Level 1
Stress affects most people in the country at some point in life. Understanding the harmful effects of stress is essential to maintaining good mental health and well-being. This stress awareness course can help you recognise and deal with stress when it happens.
This mental health awareness training helps you understand what you and others may be experiencing. It is also useful if you work in a support role such as mentor, counsellor, or carer. It will teach you important skills for care jobs if you want to work in adult social care.
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Dates:Mon 25/11/2024 -
Wed 27/11/2024Times:10:00am - 3:00pmDuration:3 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Veronica HydeCourse code:Q00016025How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £75.00
Professional Development: Mentoring and Professional Development
This practical course aims to help you to establish a mentoring relationship, initiate productive mentoring dialogues and to challenge people to identify goals and grow professionally and personally. You would need to mentor someone, for instance, a colleague as this is a practical course covering key skills including: questioning, goal-setting collaboratively and encouraging personal and professional growth.
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Dates:Thu 23/01/2025 -
Thu 13/03/2025Times:6:30pm - 8:30pmDuration:7 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Rebecca Eliahoo CharlesCourse code:Q00018032How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £51.80
Manging stress, fatigue and overwhelm
Stress affects most people in the country at some point in life. Understanding the harmful effects of stress is essential to maintaining good mental health and well-being. This stress awareness course can help you recognise and deal with stress when it happens. This mental health awareness training helps you understand what you and others may be experiencing. It is also useful if you work in a support role such as mentor, counsellor, or carer. It will teach you important skills for care jobs if you want to work in adult social care.
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Dates:Fri 24/01/2025 -
Fri 14/02/2025Location:Kings Quarter
The Forum, NEM House
37-41 Clarence Street
Gloucester
GL1 1EACourse code:Q00017033How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £33.60
Professional Development: An Introduction to Coaching and Mentoring
Are you involved with working with others to help them to develop their talents? This may be in connection with your job, or possibly as part of a volunteering role, or interest. Find out from this course how Coaching and Mentoring can help to unlock other people’s potential in order to achieve their goals.
We will be looking at how to use various techniques to help others identify their goals and work together to go through their short and long term options and commit to actions towards meeting these. If you are looking to support and nurture talent in others, helping to inspire others to hone new skills or career or person direction this is a good place to start.
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Dates:Wed 05/02/2025 -
Wed 05/02/2025Times:6:30pm - 9:30pmDuration:1 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Kate AntoniouCourse code:Q00012167How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £11.10