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The modern learner is often a time-poor, highly skilled professional and knowing how they engage with training solutions is vital. Their main focus is to determine whether what they are learning is easily applicable and relevant to their work and whether it has a noticeable impact. Therefore learning should be simple, actionable, and relevant to be effective. When it is people readily embrace these useful training programs. This is what a mental health practitioner said to me after one of our modules: "I've been trying for six months to explain to a colleague what you've just shown them how to do in 5 minutes. You have made complex theory so simple and actionable. This course is amazing". #learning #training #mentalhealth #professionaldevelopment"

Always wanted to become a Mental Health First Aider and never had the time. Well, while summer time can be when no training takes place we are bucking the trend. The 2-day course is running online on 13/14th August - let me know if you want a place. Also, we have the 3 year, half day Refresher course running every Friday morning in August. #mentalhealthfirstaid #inclusivecultures #belongingmatters

Last week, I trained another 1️⃣ 5️⃣ Mental Health First Aiders at Howard Tenens Logistics. The learners were fabulous, sharing their insights and experiences, in what can be an emotive and tiring 2-days but so useful. Don't take my word for it, here is the feedback: ✅ Confidence (before) = 4.25 / 10 ✅ Confidence (after) = 8.38 / 10 ✅ Knowledge (before) = 3.5 / 10 ✅ Knowledge (after) = 8.5 / 10 ✅ Instructor rating = 10 / 10 ✅ Likelihood of recommending the course = 9.88 / 10 ✅ "Absolutely brilliant course, very happy I went onto it. I feel much more confident in speaking to other people as well as understanding my mental health better. The course was interactive, Lee was a brilliant teacher." Want to find out more about MHFA courses and how they can be a key element of your organisations' mental health and wellbeing approach? Drop me a message and we can set up an initial call. #mhfaengland #mhfa #mhfaider #mentalhealthfirstaid #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthatwork #mentalhealthawareness Optimise Learning Ltd - Mental Health Training Specialists

Two steps to creating a top quality learning experience. 1) Know your stuff 2) Know your people. Knowing your stuff is not just about content. Knowing pace, cadence language, accessible approaches alternatives, case studies, tone and potential triggers all makes training better. Knowing your people is not just about names. Knowing how to create safety, give space, contract well, introduce appropriate permission, build trust and challenge gently all makes training better. 99% recommendation rates tells you it works. What would you add? ——- I’m Ben. Yes. It’s only two steps. But I don’t settle for training in mental health that is anything less than trusted, tailored and transformative. Because your learning is precious. DM me with your questions. Even sticky ones…. #fwd #mentalhealthtraining

1 in 6 people experience mental health problems in the workplace. 1 in 3 employees feel that mental health support in their workplace is inadequate and would like more support from their employers. Do you have a Mental Health Champion in your team? Are you offering the best support for your employees? Email academy@fact3.co.uk to book a place on our next Mental Health Champion course.

I’ve got a few spaces left on the Level 2 First Aid for Mental Health course running on 17 July in Leeds* For some courses, it’s all about theory and how much you can learn about various labelled conditions. Not on courses that you attend with me! It’s all about: ✅ Understanding Mental Health and Wellbeing ✅ Gaining insights and tools into managing Stress ✅ Spotting when someone is struggling with their Mental Health ✅ Knowing how to start a supportive conversation ✅ Knowing how to supportively signpost someone to a route to improve their Wellbeing. We will learn about some Mental Health conditions along the way; however you won’t learn how to: ❌ diagnose conditions ❌ Become a counsellor/life-coach ❌ prescribe mediation Feedback from Jessica Penny at a recent course stated: “Great delivery, a really fantastic range of learning techniques.” Book via the website and come join me! Link in the comments below. * if you’re too far geographically, then check out the autumn dates on my website as there’s a distanced course running via online classroom #testimonialtuesday #firstaidformentalhealth #wellbeing #stressmanagement #makeadifference

Would you like to do more around Mental Health Awareness in your business? We currently have 12 tutor led mental health & wellbeing courses available for you to choose from. How our E-learning works: Our tutor led and interactive online training is delivered precisely at the pace required by each individual. It provides an opportunity to go over the learning content as often as required so every employee gets the optimum learning experience, helping them to retain and apply into their work. With a fraction of the cost and with a fraction of management time, our mental health online training has the added bonus of a minimal loss of productivity. Our promise; be delighted or we will issue a full refund. Enrol today: https://loom.ly/ivdX3is OR You can try one module free with our compliments: https://loom.ly/zsMffcA . . . #NewLevelResults #elearning #Business #EnhanceYourBusiness #ObjectiveSetting #BusinessGrowth #MentalHeathawareness

Today I am very pleased and proud to have re-certified as a Mental Health First Aider following a 2-day MHFA England®course, ran by the brilliant Simon Osborne of Cheshire First Aid. I first did the training in 2019, the year I started my business. I did a refresher course in 2022, and then attended the full course again this week. Being a Mental Health First Aider is INCREDIBLY important to me. It is THE most important training I do. As a Continuous Improvement practitioner, I work closely with people to improve processes and systems. I focus on developing a high level of trust and respect and purposefully pay a lot of attention to build good relationships. I work hard to help people feel safe and secure, so that they can be open to learning and improvement. A side benefit of that, is that I get a special window into those people's minds. Because of this training, I am able to recognise symptoms of poor mental health. I know what to do, how to react, and how to best support. I know how to get people to the help they need. I strongly believe that there is an army of Continuous Improvement practitioners across the globe who are in a very special position to help people. By training as a Mental Health First Aider, they can tune their existing skills and learn how to spot someone struggling, and know how to get them to safety. Are you a Continuous Improvement practitioner? If so, I really recommend considering this training. It could be the difference between life and death. #continuousimprovement #alwayslearning #mentalhealth

We have recently been approved by Qualsafe to deliver our Mental Health courses online. As such, we are delighted to offer this course flexibly on evenings and weekends, along with during the week. With our upcoming courses already booked, have you booked yours? #Merseyside #IndependentBusiness #IndependentTraining #Training #CPD #HealthAndSafety #HealthAndSafetyTraining #MHFA #MHFAider #MentalHealthFirstAid #MentalHealthFirstAider #Liverpool #LiverpoolTraining #Training #TrainingAndDevelopment