MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK

Mental Health Awareness Week is organised by The Mental Health Foundation, a UK charity, whose mission is "to help people to thrive through understanding, protecting, and sustaining their mental health”.

Link to Mental Health Awareness Week Webpage:
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week   

IMPROVING OUR MENTAL WELL-BEING

In relation to Mental Health Awareness Week ‘Improving Our Mental Well-being’ is available for use cross-college and for CPD. The module introduces learners to the following:

  • UK Government key documents on improving mental wellbeing

  • Connecting with friends and family

  • Activity and exercise

  • Keeping learning

  • Giving to others

  • Being mindful

The module has ‘OFF-THE-SHELF’ content, and software marks a multiple-choice test at the end of the module, thus NO PREPARATION, NO TEACHING AND NO MARKING is required. The module requires 20-25mins to complete. MEASURABLE OUTCOMES mean SMT and Ofsted reports can be generated automatically.

VIEW MODULE ON-LINE

Please follow this link to view module on-line:

http://direct-learning.co.uk/taster-2022-2023/term-3/

MENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING

‘Improving our Mental Well-being’ is an individual module of the component AIM L1 ‘Mental Health & Well-being’ which is generously funded by ESFA. The module list is shown below:

  • The Importance of Mental Well-being

  • The Signs of Mental Health Issues

  • Improving Our Mental Well-being

  • Depression

  • Anxiety & Other Problems

  • Self-help & Professional Help

AIM L1 SKILLS FOR WORKING IN HEALTH, LIFESTYLE & SCIENCE INDUSTRIES

In turn ‘Mental Health & Well-being’ is a component of AIM Skills for Working in Health, Lifestyle & Science Industries, which is generously funded by ESFA.

Components in AIM L1 Skills for working in Health, Lifestyle & Science Industries include:

  • The Roles and Responsibilities of the Care Worker

  • Healthy Lifestyle; Essentials

  • Healthy Lifestyle; Factors & Consequences

  • Mental Health and Well-Being; Fundamentals

If you would like to find out more about how to deliver AIM Diversity in Society and how it is being used in other centres please do not hesitate to contact Simon Hilton on 07711 228069 or at simon.hilton@aim-group.org.uk.