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Short Workshop | Max. 30 Participants
90 minutes
Workshop Outcomes
- Identify what staff and employees learn in a full 12-hour Mental Health First Aid training course
- Identify how workplaces can contribute to mental health problems
- Explain the framework for creating mentally healthy workplaces
Topics Covered
- Mental health problems in the workplace
- Supporting an employee with mental health problems
- Mental health first aid in your workplace
Location
- Willing to work remote
- Willing to work interstate
How can this workshop be delivered?
- Face to Face
- Virtual
Overview
Mental Health First Aid: Engaging Leaders has been developed for employers and managers. It provides leaders within organisations with information about the behavioural and physical signs that often indicate when an employee is experiencing a mental health problem and approaches for supporting an employee with mental illness.
The 90-minute session provides participants with a comprehensive overview of what staff and employees learn in a full 12-hour Mental Health First Aid training course.
Engaging Leaders participants also learn about how the workplace can contribute to mental health problems, the framework for creating mentally healthy workplaces and how Mental Health First Aid training in the workplace can help.
The 90-minute session can be delivered either face-to-face or virtually.
Alastair combines lived experience of mental crisis along with his experience as a long-term contract Facilitator for Lifeline to deliver an impactful MHFA experience.
Workshop Outcomes
- Identify what staff and employees learn in a full 12-hour Mental Health First Aid training course
- Identify how workplaces can contribute to mental health problems
- Explain the framework for creating mentally healthy workplaces
Topics Covered
- Mental health problems in the workplace
- Supporting an employee with mental health problems
- Mental health first aid in your workplace
Who is this workshop for
Suitable for leaders, decision makers and influencers within organisations
Handouts/materials provided
Materials provided on the day of the workshop
What to bring
Curiosity and compassion
Facilitator
About the facilitator
Driven by a mission to create safer spaces for health, learning and growth, Alastair specialises in creating psychologically safe environments that foster learning, wellbeing and professional development. Drawing on both professional expertise and lived experience of mental health challenges, he combines compassion, critical thinking and practical insight to help individuals, teams and organisations thrive.
With a diverse educational background spanning environmental and analytical sciences, business psychology, work health and safety, entrepreneurship and education, Alastair brings an interdisciplinary approach to leadership, mental health and workplace learning.
He is a certified practitioner in occupational health and safety, change management and psychological safety, an ICF coaching member, accredited Mental Health First Aid Instructor, meditation instructor and Mental Health Foundation advocate.
Alastair has facilitated programs for a range of respected training providers, health organisations and professional bodies, delivering impactful learning experiences across mental health, safety, leadership and personal development. He co-authored a chapter of the Australian Institute of Health and Safety (AIHS) Body of Knowledge on Mental Health for Occupational Road Users and has served as a sessional lecturer in Work Health and Safety at Edith Cowan University.
As the creator of the Fearless Teams program, which helps organisations build psychologically safe and high-performing workplaces, Alastair also delivers Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training, coaching and tailored facilitation services that strengthen wellbeing, leadership capability and team performance.
Key Expertise
- Psychological Safety
- Mental Health
- Workplace Health & Safety
- Leadership
- Resilience
- Teamwork
Industry Focus
- Education & Training
- Resources
- General Industry
Based in:
About the facilitator
Driven by a mission to create safer spaces for health, learning and growth, Alastair specialises in creating psychologically safe environments that foster learning, wellbeing and professional development. Drawing on both professional expertise and lived experience of mental health challenges, he combines compassion, critical thinking and practical insight to help individuals, teams and organisations thrive.
With a diverse educational background spanning environmental and analytical sciences, business psychology, work health and safety, entrepreneurship and education, Alastair brings an interdisciplinary approach to leadership, mental health and workplace learning.
He is a certified practitioner in occupational health and safety, change management and psychological safety, an ICF coaching member, accredited Mental Health First Aid Instructor, meditation instructor and Mental Health Foundation advocate.
Alastair has facilitated programs for a range of respected training providers, health organisations and professional bodies, delivering impactful learning experiences across mental health, safety, leadership and personal development. He co-authored a chapter of the Australian Institute of Health and Safety (AIHS) Body of Knowledge on Mental Health for Occupational Road Users and has served as a sessional lecturer in Work Health and Safety at Edith Cowan University.
As the creator of the Fearless Teams program, which helps organisations build psychologically safe and high-performing workplaces, Alastair also delivers Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training, coaching and tailored facilitation services that strengthen wellbeing, leadership capability and team performance.
Key Expertise
- Psychological Safety
- Mental Health
- Workplace Health & Safety
- Leadership
- Resilience
- Teamwork
Industry Focus
- Education & Training
- Resources
- General Industry
Based in:
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