Healthy UoN presents....

Mental Health First Aid

The course provides information about depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis and substance use disorder. Participants in the course learn: - how to recognise the symptoms of these mental illnesses - the possible causes or risk factors for these illnesses - the evidenced based medical, psychological and alternative treatments available - how to give appropriate initial help and support to a person suffering one of these illnesses - how to take appropriate action if a crisis situation arises involving suicidal behaviour, panic attack, stress reaction to trauma or threatening psychotic behaviour.

Please check the HRonline training calendar under Health and Safety for further details.

Mental Health Awareness for Managers

This workshop is designed for managers to enhance their knowledge about the
impact of the most common mental health problems on individuals, the workplace environment and the organisation as a whole. Through the use of DVD case studies and structured discussions, participants will become more confident in the principles and planning required to approach an employee they may be concerned about. Participants will also spend time developing management strategies to address mental health within their organisation.

Please check the HRonline training calendar under Wellness for further details.

Ergonomics

Workstation Ergonomics training is available to all staff and provides the latest guidelines on how to best set up your own workstation. Ergonomics training will show you how to maintain a good posture at your workstation.

Please check the HRonline training calendar under Wellness for further details.

Manual Handling

This training will cover Manual Handling specific to sustained / static duties in addition to dynamic posture control during lifting. Any other specific manual handling duties for individuals can be discussed on the day.

Please check the HRonline training calendar under Health and Safety for further details.

Personal training sessions growing in muscle

NUsport and the University are committed to providing healthy lifestyle options for staff of the University.
The aim is to increase the physical and mental well-being of staff who are mostly desk bound throughout the day with a fitness program. The program is guided by a personal trainer to teach the participants the types of exercises that will complement their lifestyles and get them feeling good both physically and mentally.

Due to growing popularity the Healthy Body - Healthy Mind Challenge continues in 2013.

The challenge runs for 8 weeks meeting with a personal trainer for an hour three times a week. The Forum personal trainers will track fitness levels and improvements made over this time.

Participants are placed into groups of 10 to motivate each other. Participants keep a blog about their experience to inspire the University community.

The program is free during the 8 week challenge.

If you would like to participate in future programs, contact Diane Bunch, Safety and Well-being Advisor, Health and Safety on ext 17721.