The Working Mind
The Working Mind is a mental health training course designed for teams to initiate a change in how you think, feel, and act about Mental Health.
Key Objectives:
- Recognize signs of good, declining, and poor mental health.
- Understand mental health as a continuum.
- Understand and reduce stigma and barriers to care in the workplace.
- Engage in mental health conversations with others.
- Identify stressors and apply coping and self-care strategies.
- Support team mental health with tools and resources (managers only)
| Focus | Hours | Price |
|---|---|---|
Module 1Mental Health Stigma: Examine concepts of mental health and discuss the impacts of stigma on individuals living with mental health or substance use problems.
Module 2Mental Health in the Workplace:
Learn about psychological health and safety and the mental health continuum tool. Module 3Stress and Resilience:
Explore the impacts of stress on mental health, and practice applying the Big 4 Coping Strategies- simple but proven tools to deal with stress effectively and remain resilient. Module 4Supporting Your Team (Managers only):
Practice skills to support the team’s mental health and well-being. Review appropriate actions to take in each colour zone of the Mental Health Continuum and to address related critical incidents and supporting employees. |
Employees (Frontline Staff) 5 hours Leaders/Managers/Supervisors 8 hours (includes the employee material plus leadership-focused modules) |
Regular Price:
$225 |
Contact tiawna@oneheart.ca for more information and to register.
Mental Health First Aid vs. The Working Mind
| Workshop | MHFA – Certification | The Working Mind (TWM) |
| Purpose | Teaches participants how to recognize, respond to, and support someone experiencing declining mental health and crises, and leads to a nationally recognized MHFA Certification. | Builds awareness of mental health on a continuum, reduces stigma, strengthens workplace resilience, and enhances supportive communication at work. |
| Target Audience | Anyone (workplace or community) who wants greater skills and a certification in Mental Health First Aid. | Employees, leaders, and managers in workplaces & teams. |
| Delivery Format/Credential | 2-day fully facilitated training ~12 total hours.
Official MHFA Certification valid for 3 years. |
1-day in-person, interactive workshop; typically ~5 hours (employees) to ~8 hours (managers).
Certificate of completion (no formal first-aid “qualification”). |
| Core Content Focus/Skills Learned | • Mental health basics and lived experience impact • Recognizing signs of declining mental health and disorders • Applied support using the ALGES action framework • Crisis response, including suicide risk and psychosis support • Self-care for the supporter • Confidently identify mental health changes and support appropriately |
• Mental health continuum framework • Stigma reduction and language • Stress and resilience strategies • Communication practices for mental health conversations • Manager-specific team support strategies • Recognize and talk about changing mental states |
| Strength / Best Use | Great skills for supporting someone in distress and crisis; valuable for workplaces wanting trained mental health first aiders with certification. | Strong option for workplace teams to build shared language, reduce stigma, and promote a healthy work culture early. Focused more on prevention, awareness, resilience, and stigma reduction in teams. |
