Mental Health Awareness Training
Venue: Volunteer Centre Southwark
Format: Training session (one session)
Category: Working with specific groups
Cost: £45 for non-Southwark groups, free for Southwark Groups
Areas covered: All London boroughs
Organisation:
Start date: 12 May 2010
Course Length: Half day 10.00 am – 1.00 pm
Course Outline:
This session aims to provide an overview of mental health issues and how to identify mental distress. The session will also explore volunteer support needs and methods of supporting volunteers on placement including ways in which organisations can overcome barriers to volunteering faced by people with mental health problems.
Session Outcomes:
- Increased awareness and understanding of mental health issues
- Increased ability to identify mental health distress
- Increased awareness and understanding of volunteer support needs and methods of support
- Increased awareness of the barriers to volunteering faced by people with mental health problems and how to overcome them
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Please contact the following person with enquiries about this expertise:
Barbara Witter
Org: Volunteer Centre Southwark