{"id":83222,"date":"2023-01-27T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T15:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=83222"},"modified":"2023-01-27T18:19:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T23:19:54","slug":"limited-space-available-in-employee-mental-health-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/01\/limited-space-available-in-employee-mental-health-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Limited space available in employee mental health training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Brock University is offering its employees free workplace mental health training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Working Mind is an education-based training program developed by the Mental Health Commission of Canada to promote mental health and reduce the stigma of mental illness in a workplace setting. It aims to help employees recognize signs of mental health changes in themselves and others and encourage a safe environment for open dialogue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Brock University\u2019s Health Management team regularly offers two sessions, one directed at managers or people leaders and a second focused on employees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Working Mind manager session takes place over two days, while the employee session is completed within one day. Both take place via Zoom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Upcoming manager sessions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tuesday, Jan. 31 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Wednesday, Feb. 1 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/214624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Register<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Monday, March 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Tuesday, March 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/214635\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Register<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Upcoming employee sessions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Wednesday, Feb. 22 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. |\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/214632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Register<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Wednesday, March 29 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/214638\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Register<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Employees must log in to ExperienceBU to view the event page and register. Questions about the training can be directed to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:employeehealth@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">employeehealth@brocku.ca<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Employees are invited to join the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.yammer.com\/main\/groups\/eyJfdHlwZSI6Ikdyb3VwIiwiaWQiOiIxMDY2ODI1MSJ9\/new\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Employee Wellness Yammer community<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/organization\/healthsafetyandwellness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Health, Safety and Wellness organization on ExperienceBU<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> to connect with colleagues and stay up to date on new wellness initiatives and training opportunities. (Employees may need to log in to ExperienceBU before being able to click on the blue \u2018join\u2019 button.)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Employee wellness resources are available on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.sharepoint.com\/Health-Safety-and-Wellness-Toolbox\/SitePages\/EFAP.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Health, Safety and Wellness Toolbox on SharePoint<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University is offering its employees free workplace mental health training.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":83225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,7],"tags":[6180,6181,8572,339,3393,1985,101,926,10653,1586,1381,1087,2683],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83222"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83222"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83238,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83222\/revisions\/83238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}