Mental Health Training for Non-Paid Carers - In-person

Do you go above & beyond for someone with mental health challenges?  Would you like to learn new ways to support both your own, as well as their mental health and wellbeing?

This training aims to help individuals supporting a loved one (friend, family member, peer, fellow student, colleague) with lived experience of mental health challenges.

• Empowering individuals to create the best possible environment that supports everyone’s emotional and mental wellbeing.
• Improved personal wellbeing, knowledge and skills set.
• Carers group KS2 Bath believe that carers, who can feel isolated and overwhelmed, should receive quality training in the same way that staff do. KS2 Bath commissioned and developed the carers training in collaboration with St Mungo's and with support from the local Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership (AWP) NHS Trust and BANES Carers Centre.
• The training consists of four sessions:

1. Understanding mental health challenges

An opportunity to explore what it can be like to experience mental health challenges & how mental health needs can impact on people’s behaviour

2.  Support people with mental health needs to make changes

To explore some of the challenges of supporting people to make changes and introduces some techniques for working with change.

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3.  Conflict and crisis

Reducing and managing conflict and crises with the person you support

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4.  Learning, reflecting and support

To be better able to establish clear boundaries, positive communication & relationships

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Supporters who come on the course have usually been caring for over a year and are looking to enhance the way they provide support.

Resource Pack

All participants will receive a copy of the training resource pack, with notes and materials covered within each of the sessions.

Participants should be available to attend all 4 sessions, in order to complete the course - Thurs 3rd Nov, Thurs 10th Nov, Thurs 17th Nov, Thurs 24th Nov (6:00pm-8:30pm). Sessions held at BANES Carers Centre, Lower Bristol Rd, Bath, BA2 9ES. Free to carers living or supporting someone in BANES, Swindon or Wiltshire.

In-person training is also available in-person in the Somer Valley on the following dates :

Friday 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th February 2023, 10:00am-1:30pm

Venue: To be confirmed, Somer Valley

Find out more here

Online training is also available to on the following dates (all four sessions must be attended):

 Tuesday 1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd November 2022, 1:00-4:30pm