Designed for:

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Employers and employees alike, interested in fortifying their team by exploring and increasing their personal and group resilience skills. This course has been adapted to help support staff who have their working lives disrupted by the coronavirus and will teach them what happens to us when stress becomes a problem, the tools and techniques proven to increase personal resilience in the face of adversity, increase mental clarity, reduce anxiety and improve mental wellbeing.

 

Content:​

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• • Understand the meaning of resilience and the behaviours that can build resilience
  • Be aware of the significant impact of COVID-19 on people’s resilience
  • Learn the science behind stress and anxiety
  • Identify their own symptoms of stress becoming a problem for them
  • Learn evidence-based tools that help both in the moment and long-term
  • Identify how they feel, think and behave when they feel resilient
  • Have time to practice the tools
  • Reflect on what could support them in their work/personal life and build a “resilience toolkit” unique to them

Designed for:

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Individuals who wish to strengthen their resilience to better cope with personal or work related challenges. 

 

Modules:​

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Coping with Stress 1

• What is stress?

• Recognising when pressure is becoming a problem

• In the moment strategies that can help

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Coping with Stress 2

• The science of happiness

• Making our own happy chemicals

• Long term strategies that can help

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CBT 1 - Unhelpful Thinking Styles

• Introduction to the Unhelpful Thinking Styles

• Identify which ones you tend towards

• The power of being aware of your thoughts

• The STOPP Technique as a way to challenge these thoughts

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CBT 2 - Challenging Thoughts

• Going deeper into the 5 stage CBT model

• Identifying and categorising thoughts/emotions/physical symptoms/behaviours

• Challenging these thoughts

• Using a self-talk monitor to create positive thoughts unique to you

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Ways of Wellbeing

• Learn about the 5 ways of wellbeing

• Recognise the ones you already do

• Plan how you could introduce new ones

• Practice some of the 5 ways of wellbeing with other carers in the session

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Breathing and Taking Notice

• The science of breathing and how it can help

• Practice breathing techniques

• Practice grounding and mindfulness

• Plan how you could fit this into your life

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Self Care for Carers

• Recognise your skills as a carer

• How can we use these skills for our own self care

• The categories of self care

• The barriers to self care

• Plan your own self care in the context of your caring role

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Habit formation

• Healthy/unhealthy habits

• Understanding the anatomy of a habit - the habit loop

• Breaking bad habits

• Healthy habit formation

• Realistic habit planning for your life

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Boundaries

• What we can and can't control

• The theory of the locus of control

• Personal values

• Healthy personal boundaries

• How to set healthy personal boundaries

• Plan a specific boundary you are going to put into your life

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Designed for:

Everyone. This course can help individuals support themselves and people of all ages. Workers need to have more of an awareness of mental health conditions. There is a building mental health crisis at this time, due to coronavirus, which make this introductory course all the more relevant. 

 

Content:

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• Understand the difference between mental health conditions and mental health wellbeing

• Understand the concept of recovery in mental health

• Recognise the stigma that exists around mental health

• Learn the signs, symptoms and causes of common mental health conditions and how living with these conditions may affect a person.

• Share tools that can support people with mental wellbeing

• Feel more confident to support others and themselves, knowing what mental health services and resources are available

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Designed for:

People caring for children and young people; teachers, parents, carers, social workers, youth group leaders.

 

Content:

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• Introducing common mental health problems that affect young people, e.g. depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, eating disorders, panic attacks, stress

• Signs and symptoms of common mental health conditions

• Causes

• Influencing factors, e.g. gender, race, culture

• How to support young people with their mental health

• When to seek professional help

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Designed for:

Staff exposed to trauma disclosures or the support of those who are trauma experienced. 

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This course can be deilivered in person, or online, in a single full day or broken down into modules over several sessions.  

Summary:
This course offers a comprehensive introduction to trauma-informed practice, with
interactive activities to engage participants and support all learning styles. Between
the 2 sessions, participants are asked to go to work and take note of times that they
are exposed to trauma, and bring them to the final session to discuss. What makes
this course unique is that we look at the specific sector that your organisation falls
into and focus on the unique and specific examples of trauma within that, and how
best to respond within the boundaries of your roles.

Content:

By the end of this course, participants will:

• Learn the effects of trauma on individuals’ lives, behaviours, and mental health.

• Understand trauma-informed care and the skills required to create safe and supportive environments that empower individuals impacted by trauma.

• Identify strategies for applying trauma-informed practice in their specific sector.

• Identify the boundaries of their own roles with regard to trauma disclosure.

• Reflect on their own self-care practices and what vicarious trauma can feel like.

Module 1: Understanding Trauma and Its Impact

• Define trauma and understand its various types.

• Recognise the effects of trauma on the brain and body.

• Identify common signs and symptoms of trauma in individuals.

Module 2: Delivering Trauma-Informed Care

• Understand the core principles of trauma-informed care.

• Learn how to recognise and avoid retraumatisation.

• Develop strategies for fostering safety, trust, and empowerment.

• Discuss the boundaries of workers when dealing with trauma disclosure.

Module 3: Applying Trauma-Informed Practice in your specific sector

• Learn specific strategies for trauma-informed practice within your sector.

• Understand how the specific work you do could impact you, the worker.

• Develop boundaries and self-care practices for professionals.

• Learn the differences between Vicarious Trauma, Secondary Trauma and Compassion Fatigue.

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