The Working Mind For People Leaders

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The Working Mind For People Leaders

The Working Mind Virtual is an evidence-based program designed to promote mental health and reduce the stigma in the workplace.

By University of Saskatchewan

Location

To be announced

About this event

This training is targeted to anyone who has direct reports (people leaders, managers, supervisors).

The Working Mind is designed to:

  • Increase your awareness of mental health;
  • Reduce stigma and other barriers to care in the workplace;
  • Encourage mental health conversations;
  • Strengthen your resilience in order to maintain wellness;
  • Help you support yourself and others

Program participants have shown an increase in resiliency skills and mental health wellbeing and a decrease in stigmatizing attitudes. 

Launched by Mental Health Commission of Canada in 2013, The Working Mind was developed by clinicians and peers and based on scientific research and best-practices.

Each TWM Virtual course is delivered by a certified facilitator and offers easily applied scenario-based lessons, videos that feature people with lived experience of mental illness, reference guides, and practical handouts. The course is a total of 6.5 hours and will be spread out over two sessions. In order to receive a certificate of completion, you must attend all modules.

Goals

  • To support the mental health and wellbeing of employees
  • To enable the full productivity of employees
  • To ensure the workplace is respectful and inclusive of all employees, including those with mental health problems and mental illness
  • o encourage employees to seek help for mental health problems and mental illness

There is no cost for the training, however, any cancellations without a 48-hour notice will be invoiced for their participant fee.

For more information contact wellnessresources@usask.ca 

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