Health & Wellbeing

Cost – £45 

Delivered through the Dorset Training Academy, this 3-hour course is designed to provide staff with practical tools which can be used within the workplace to improve emotional regulation, provide safe outlets for stress, improve relationships and develop mental clarity. 

Mental health impacts on an employee’s physical health, work motivation, loyalty and productivity.  Evidence suggests that 12.7% of all sickness days in the UK are attributable to mental health.  Providing Emotional Resilience training to employees has a direct impact on their ability to cope well with stress.  By investing in this training, employers can boost company morale, reduce absenteeism and ultimately increase bottom line profit.  It is estimated that in the UK alone, better mental health support could save businesses up to £8 billion per annum.

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Define the term ‘Emotional Resilience’.
• Identify the building blocks of ER.
• State the key elements of the stress mechanism.
• Assess own ER and identify areas for development.
• Use and evaluate a range of ER techniques.
• Create a personal ER action plan.

The short 3 hour course will be delivered at the Cranford Avenue College site. Free parking is available and refreshments will be provided.  Training can be delivered on site to meet business needs, please contact us to discuss a pre-course assessment of your premises.

A maximum of 15 students are allowed on all training sessions and there is no exam at the end of the course. Successful completion of course is based on continual assessment throughout the duration of the course and Weymouth College certificates will be distributed within 10 working days of the end of the course.

Further training courses available:

Mindfulness and Meditation in the Workplace – 3 hr course exploring the techniques of mindfulness and meditation in a work setting.

Emotionally Resilient Tools for Managers – 3 hr course for Managers, identifying steps to create an emotionally-resilient culture and workforce.

Cost – £45

Delivered through the Dorset Training Academy, this 3-hour course is designed to provide managers with the tools to develop personal, business and workforce resilience.

Emotional resilience awareness and integration strategies for managers are a necessity in the rapidly changing work landscape.  Employers and Management have a legal obligation to care for and support the mental and emotional well-being of their staff.

Resilience is a skill, which can be learned; it provides managers and their organisations with a significant competitive edge.  In our fast paced, tech-driven world, resilience is a vital skill, which successful managers can utilise to stay focussed, productive and sane.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• State the required components of resilience
• Understand the importance of taking action to support resilience
• Practice and evaluate two emotional resilience tools
• State management competencies required to reduce workplace stress
• Identify methods which can be used to support staff resilience
• Create an outline workplace resilience action plan

The short 3 hour course will be delivered at the Cranford Avenue College site. Free parking is available and refreshments will be provided.  Training can be delivered on site to meet business needs, please contact us to discuss a pre-course assessment of your premises.

A maximum of 12 students are allowed on all training sessions and there is no exam at the end of the course. Weymouth College certificates will be distributed within 10 working days of the end of the course.

Cost – £45

Delivered through the Dorset Training Academy, this 3-hour course is designed to provide staff with the opportunity to explore the benefits and practices of mindfulness and meditation in a work based setting.

Research indicates that the practices of mindfulness and meditation have a wide range of positive effects on both physical and mental wellbeing.  The NHS describes mindfulness as an ‘evidence-based’ intervention for mental health.  The increased cognitive performance and emotional regulation provided by mindfulness and meditation have become widely recognised as essential tools for the workplace.

In a world where stress has become the number one challenge, not just to our health, but to the bottom line profit, these practices are now being integrated routinely into the working day by blue-chip companies from Google, Apple, Sony, and Ikea through to the Department of Health.

Investing in staff wellbeing is no longer considered a luxury but a fundamental of good business practice, with far-reaching rewards at both the business and personal level.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify the differences between mindfulness and meditation practices.
• State 3 positive effects of mindfulness and meditation on the body.
• State 3 changes in brain activity resulting from mindfulness and meditation.
• Practice and evaluate mindfulness and meditation techniques.
• Create a personal mindfulness and meditation action plan.

The short 3 hour course will be delivered at the Cranford Avenue College site. Free parking is available and refreshments will be provided.  Training can be delivered on site to meet business needs, please contact us to discuss a pre-course assessment of your premises.

A maximum of 12 students are allowed on all training sessions and there is no exam at the end of the course. Weymouth College certificates will be distributed within 10 working days of the end of the course.