Short course
Workplace Mental Health
A significant percentage of all UK sickness absence is due to mental ill-health, now one of the largest and fastest-growing annual causes of workplace absenteeism. BCU’s Workplace Mental Health one-day short course provides practical guidance on reducing workplace stress and helping staff feel more able to remain at work. Learn best-practice implementation of sustainable culture improvements to support worker wellbeing, and how to measure their effectiveness.
Overview
This course provides clear, practical, case-study guidance on what steps organisations should take in order to prevent and reduce mental health problems among their workers in what has increasingly become the 'psychological workplace’. The course also helps employers support those workers with mental health problems developed outside of the workplace.
It is suitable for anyone in any sector with people management or leadership roles, together with individuals who have designated health & safety or union responsibilities.
The course leader is Dr Craig Jackson, a widely-renowned Professor of Workplace Health Psychology, a Chartered Psychologist and member of the Society of Occupational Medicine. Over a 25-year-plus career, Dr Jackson has assisted businesses and organisations of all types and sizes to address workplace health and wellbeing issues.
Learning Outcomes
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Understand the type of acute & chronic sources of mental distress and the psychological impact upon workers in organisations.
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Explore the impacts upon worker mental wellbeing and associated impacts in the workplace for the company, colleagues and wider associates.
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Recognise the range of approaches to measuring, then preventing, reducing or managing mental health in workplaces and maintaining wellbeing.
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Outline the individual differences and vulnerabilities in some workers and how this manifests as symptoms, poor performance or sickness absence.
Who would benefit?
The Workplace Mental Health course is invaluable to anyone who has a responsibility for worker wellbeing, regardless of sector or workforce size. As well as Health & Safety Managers, former course attendees have included nurses, GPs, wellbeing advisors, HR personnel and senior managers/directors. Health & Safety qualifications are not a pre-requisite for attendance.
Course in depth
This is a one-day in-person group training course carried out at the City Centre Campus of Birmingham City University.
What is included?
This course is delivered over one-day and will be delivered as shown below:
- 09:00-09:30 Registration
- 09:30-10:00 Introduction to psychology of work
- 10:00- 11:00 Workplace Stress: recognition, reduction, monitoring, management
- 11:00-11:15 Break
- 11:15-12:45 Psychological factors in sickness & absence
- 12:45-13:30 Lunch
- 13:30-14:45 Work-related Suicide: prevention & postvention
- 14:45-15:30 Fatigue, Tiredness & Burnout
- 15:30-15:45 Break
- 15:45-16:30 Turning around stressed-out workforces
- 16:30-17:15 Tackling malingering & illness extension
- 17:15-17:30 Wrap up and finish for the day
Schedule
Dates
3 November 2026
Location
Birmingham City University
Curzon Building
Cardigan Street
Birmingham
B4 7BD
Fees and Enrolment
Level: Short course
Cost: £216 (inc VAT)
If you're interested in finding out more about this course or would like more information before you enrol, please register your interest and we'll be in touch with more information.