Theme: Wellbeing

The course aims to promote an understanding of mental health and ill health in a workplace setting and equip managers with increased awareness and confidence to recognise and manage signs of stress and mental health ill health. We cover risk and protective factors, stress, signs and symptoms of common mental health problems and psychosis. The course sets this in a workplace context considering opportunities to increase support and examine workplace culture and good practice.

Content/Topics

• What is mental health?
• Risk and protective factors
• Recognising stress and overload
• Stigma and discrimination
• Common mental health problems (anxiety disorders and depression)
• Increase awareness of suicide risk and appropriate support
• Understanding psychosis and recovery
• Mental health in the workplace
• Managerial drivers and responsibilities
• Offering support and signposting to available professional help
• Self-help and self-care
• To gain an understanding of mental health and mental ill health

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This session will be run by an external provider: http://www.getmentalhealth.co.uk/

Yoga with Daisy Worzencraft is primarily about having fun, giving things a go, and trying - with a sense of humour and a smile on your face! It's a non competitive practice, with modifications for different levels. All she asks is that you try, and that you practice with a sense of pleasure and enjoyment, rather than expectation, frustration and tension.

For Daisy, Yoga has been a consistent friend in her life - especially in times of need - and had nothing to do with perfecting poses!

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School of Clinical Medicine Employees are invited to attend a 20 minute massage by Lucy Hall Massage.

Seated Massage, or ‘chair massage’, is performed while you are seated in a specially designed massage chair. The massage chair is designed for you to rest slightly forward with your arms and legs supported. It also has a face cradle to support your head.

In the 20 minute massages we do Swedish massage including; Head, neck, shoulders, arms, hands, lower & middle back, and glutes. Your massage therapist Katerina will work your muscles and knots through your clothes and adapt the massage to exactly what the customer needs or wants.

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Come along to our Good Mood Café, to spend time with others and share thoughts, interests and wellbeing tips in a welcoming and safe space.

You don’t need to be in a good mood to come along to our Good Mood Cafe – but we hope everyone will leave feeling more connected with others than when they arrived.

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Many of us feel lonely at times. Feelings of loneliness are personal and everyone's experience will be different. You may only feel lonely at certain times or experience a deep feeling of loneliness that goes on for a long time.

You might have a lot of social contact and still feel lonely, especially if you don't feel understood or cared for by the people around you. Communication with others might be online and through social media and an illusion of connection could mask the loneliness we feel.

You are welcome to join our hour-long webinar, to explore aspects and understanding of loneliness and share suggestions and ideas that could help in addressing and managing the times when we feel lonely.

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The Plant Swap is the perfect event for new or experienced plant lovers. Bring along your own healthy houseplants, succulents, cactus plants, seedlings, surplus seeds and shrubs to swap with colleagues.

Whether you have a flower pot, a balcony, a small garden, a large garden, a community garden, a school garden, space in your living room, bedroom, kitchen or bathroom, or even your office at work, or just an interest in finding out more, come along - we'll be here to swap and chat!

Rules:

1. Bring a pest-free beautiful plant for trade

2. They can be potted or bare root, as long as you're prepared to part with them. Labelling your plant is useful

3. Remember to bring your own container to travel home with your new plants.

Let's get the Clinical School's plant community together!

Please Note: It is important that when you book on this course, on your booking confirmation page, click on Add to Calendar to start the process to import the course appointment into your calendar.