Mental health training

If you are an individual who would like to learn more about mental health, a manager or employer interested in training for your workplace, or a parent, carer or professional who wants to better support young people, you can find the right training course here.

All our training options are led by specialist trainers and are offered either in person or online.

You can find our current bookable training here on Eventbrite. Do check back as it's updated regularly with new course options and dates.

Our training includes:

• individual places for people to book themselves onto on one of our wide variety of mental health training options including Adult Mental Health First Aid, Living Works START Suicide Prevention, Self Harm, Self Harm and Neurodiversity, Eating Disorder Awareness.
• training for employers and workplaces - if you don't see what you're looking for, please email training@westsussexmind.org. We can let you know all the different workshops and more in-depth courses we have available and can also arrange bespoke training. This is ideal if you're looking to increase the skills and understanding around mental health with your staff. Options include Managing Mental Health at Work and Emotional Resilience for Reception and Contact Point Staff.
• courses and workshops in a variety of mental health topics for parents and carers to enable them to support their children and young people (many of these are free)
• training for professionals such as teachers, social workers and youth leaders to support children and young people. Includes Youth Mental Health First Aid.

We are pleased to be able to provide much of our training free to you, thanks to funding and grants we have secured from local authorities and other organisations. This includes our wide range of e-learning for the parents and carers of children and young people.

Some of our training options are offered to you at a reduced cost where we have been able to attain funding to subsidise these courses. These include workshops for professionals such as teachers and youth leaders who work with young people.

Other, usually more in-depth, webinars and courses are also available. These options are ideal for workplaces and employers.

In addition, you can find some free short mental health training modules here on this page.

Anyone is welcome to do these three short modules to help us face challenges at certain times in our lives. These modules look at what the impact of poor mental health can be on ourselves and our families and friends, what we can do to support our own mental health, that of those we care for and in our wider community, and where to find help if things start to go wrong. All in all, looking after your mental health is a priority, probably now more than ever.