{"id":3764,"date":"2019-08-09T14:55:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T14:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/?p=3764"},"modified":"2019-08-09T14:56:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T14:56:57","slug":"mental-health-awareness-package-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2019\/08\/09\/mental-health-awareness-package-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental health awareness package launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2019\/08\/09\/mental-health-awareness-package-launched\/mental-health-awareness-package-launched\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3765\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3765\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2019\/08\/09\/mental-health-awareness-package-launched\/mental-health-awareness-package-launched\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/08\/Mental-health-awareness-package-launched.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1028,624\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1350635989&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00062972292191436&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mental health awareness package launched\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/08\/Mental-health-awareness-package-launched.jpg?fit=700%2C425&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3765\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/08\/Mental-health-awareness-package-launched.jpg?resize=700%2C425&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/08\/Mental-health-awareness-package-launched.jpg?w=1028&amp;ssl=1 1028w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/08\/Mental-health-awareness-package-launched.jpg?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/08\/Mental-health-awareness-package-launched.jpg?resize=768%2C466&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/08\/Mental-health-awareness-package-launched.jpg?resize=1024%2C622&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hallamdeal\/what-is-the-hallam-deal\/?doing_wp_cron=1564564109.8110570907592773437500\">Hallam Deal\u200b<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sheffieldhallam.sharepoint.com\/sites\/3041\/Staff%20Wellbeing%202016\/Reports%20and%20Policy%20Docs\/SHU%20Wellbeing%20Programme.pdf\">Staff Wellbeing Programme<\/a>\u200b, we are offering a variety of mental health awareness courses. The 2 day and 1 day course are owned by &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/mhfaengland.org\/\">Mental Health First Aid England<\/a>&#8221; and we are accredited to deliver these within the university.<\/p>\n<p>The courses\u00a0available include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mental Health Awareness<\/strong> (six twenty-minute sessions delivered online)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mental Health Aware<\/strong> (half-day session open to all members of the staff)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mental Health Champion<\/strong> (one-day training for managers)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mental Health First Aid<\/strong> (two-day course &#8211; training is delivered on demand)<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more about the courses, including how to book on to a course, by <a href=\"https:\/\/sheffieldhallam.sharepoint.com\/sites\/3005\/development\/SitePages\/Mental-Health-First-Aid-.aspx\">clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Suicide prevention training<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Sheffield Suicide Prevention Steering Group recommends a free 20-40 minutes on-line training resource produced by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerosuicidealliance.com\/\">Zero Suicide Alliance<\/a> to raise awareness around this very important issue.\u00a0The course can be accessed by logging in to Blackboard via MyHallam.\u00a0Look for the Mental Health section under HROD People Development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Hallam Deal\u200b and the Staff Wellbeing Programme\u200b, we are offering a variety of mental health awareness courses. 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