IEP Award in Mental Health for Employability
Who is this Program for?
- Frontline practitioners
Program Overview
This program is developed in partnership with mental health training specialists Big Dog Little Dog (BDLD CIC).
It is designed to equip frontline practitioners with the knowledge and understanding of a range of mental health conditions and the tools and resources they need to effectively support jobseekers – in both conversation and signposting – with both diagnosed and undiagnosed mental health issues in their journey to employment or work-based goals.
Successful completion of the course will see learners receive an IEP Accredited Certificate of Achievement, a digital badge for each module completed, and an IEP Award in Mental Health for Employability Practitioner digital badge.
Structure and Timings
This is an eLearning program with built-in knowledge checks. It is structured so that learners can focus on a specific topic for 15-20 minutes, then reflect on how to take this back and apply it to their work. The program consists of more than 4 hours of learning broken down into 6 main modules (around 30-40 minutes each).
Subjects Covered
Understanding Mental Health
In this module we explore the meaning of mental health, the fact that we all have it and that programme participants are more prone to experiencing mental health challenges. It also covers the initial steps to support them on their journey.
Understanding Mental Health from an Unemployment Perspective
In this module we look at the impact of unemployment on mental health, how practitioners can have an informal but active role in mental health recovery and how to normalise conversations and better understand mental health conditions.
Supporting Someone Living With Depression
This module looks at the definition of depression, the common causes and the types of activities participants can do to help with low mood; Treatments beyond medication and how to make it a regular conversation to help with recovery.
Understanding Anxiety
This module discusses anxiety and how it is a normal natural emotion that can become unhealthy, looking at triggers and methods to cope, and how to discuss treatments and activities with participants.
Suicide Awareness
Dedicated to supporting unemployed programme participants, this module concentrates on three key areas: the correlation between unemployment and suicide, identifying warning signs in programme participants, and how to respond if a participant expresses suicidal thoughts.
Understanding Self-harm
In this module we’ll look at how self-harm is defined, its distinctions and connections to suicide, reasons why a program participant might be engaging in self-harm, methods they may employ, available treatments, and how we, as frontline practitioners, can provide effective support to participants engaging in self-harm.
Pricing
Award in Mental Health for Employability
Potential discounts for volume, smaller organisations, charities, not-for-profits and self-funders are available. Please contact learning@iemployability.org to discuss.
Unit Rate
£49.00
Unit Rate (Inc VAT)
£58.80
