Course overview
There are many forms of disability and mental health issues that can affect people at work – some obvious, others subtle or hidden. Organisations have legal and moral responsibilities to provide support and promote opportunities but many people with disabilities and mental health challenges still experience barriers, a lack of understanding and even discrimination.
This course will examine the experiences and challenges of people with disabilities and mental health issues at work, the reasonable adjustments that can be made and the practical steps that everyone can take to promote a supportive and understanding environment.
What you'll learn
Our Disability and Mental Health Awareness training course is suitable for anyone, at any level of an organisation, who wishes to develop appropriate tools and understanding to be confident in supporting and promoting people with disabilities in the workplace.
This course will provide practical tools, regardless of whether you simply wish to improve your own knowledge, to support and champion others or to promote disability and mental health awareness across your whole organisation.
The course will not teach you to be a medical or mental health professional but will equip you with the everyday skills and knowledge to support and understand. The course leader will be able to address issues specific to your role to ensure you get the most out of the training.
Study method
- In-class
- Online
- Blended
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Duration study load
- 1 day
Pathways
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
- Diversity matters
Who's it for?
Our Disability and Mental Health Awareness training course is suitable for anyone, at any level of an organisation, who wishes to develop appropriate tools and understanding to be confident in supporting and promoting people with disabilities in the workplace.
This course will provide practical tools, regardless of whether you simply wish to improve your own knowledge, to support and champion others or to promote disability and mental health awareness across your whole organisation.
The course will not teach you to be a medical or mental health professional but will equip you with the everyday skills and knowledge to support and understand. The course leader will be able to address issues specific to your role to ensure you get the most out of the training.
We also offer bespoke group training for 3-12 individuals from one organisation. If you would like to explore this option, please get in touch for a quote.
Subjects
This disability and mental health awareness training course is intended for anyone, at any level, who wishes to develop appropriate tools and understanding to be confident in supporting and promoting disability and mental health awareness within the workplace.
- physical disabilities, such as challenges of mobility
- sensory disabilities, such as sight and hearing impairments
- intellectual disabilities, such as challenges of learning and communication
- mental illness and mental health challenges, such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder or OCD
About Itec Skills and Employment
Itec has been a leading provider of work-based learning programmes for 40 years. As part of the ongoing strategy to place our people at the centre of the business and preserve the company as an independent organisation, Itec Training Solutions Holdings Limited became an employee-owned company in February 2019. We are proud to be the first Welsh independent training provider to become employee-owned, with 100% of the business now owned by our employee-owners.
We are one of the largest and most vocationally diverse work-based learning providers. In Wales holding Welsh Government contracts to deliver Apprenticeships and Jobs Growth Wales Plus (JGW+). In England we hold ESFA contracts to deliver Apprenticeships.
In 2014, we acquired The Centre for Strategy and Communication to support the strategic goal to diversify the business, offering commercial training to individuals and employers throughout the UK and worldwide. In 2021 we merged our Company’s (Itec Training Solutions Limited and Centre for Strategy and Communication), this merger was to enable the business to align and strengthen our brand.
Every day we transform people’s lives by helping them believe in themselves, become more motivated, helping them find employment, progress their careers, acquire new qualifications and skills, or set up in business. We support high-growth organisations to innovate and grow. Helping organisations in the private, public, and charity sectors to support priority and high-growth sectors to achieve their outcomes.
Our ethos is simple. We help individuals start and progress their careers by matching their skills with those of local employers. We ensure our programmes are meaningful, effective, valued, and sustainable to both individuals and employers.
