Healthy workplaces learning and webinars

Learning and webinars for healthy workplaces.

Mental health training

You can find details and a description of our mental health courses and how to book on them in our mental health training section.

Our courses are popular and can sometimes fill-up quickly, so we have to limit the number of course places per organisation on each date. However, the courses are part of rolling programmes with new dates being released throughout the year.

Our mental health courses vary in length from half a day to 2 days. We offer face-to-face and virtual/online courses.

Mental health first aid

Adult Mental Health First Aid:

• teaches individuals how to identify, understand and help someone who may be experiencing a mental health issue
• a countywide peer support network you can join after completing the training

Youth Mental Health First Aid:

• teaches the skills and confidence to help spot the signs of mental health issues in a young person, offer first aid, and guide them towards the support they need

Refresher Mental Health First Aid:

• designed to refresh your knowledge and confidence in the role as a mental health first aider

Mental health awareness

Mental Health Awareness gives participants a general awareness and understanding of mental health, including addressing stigma, and an overview of resources and services.

Suicide awareness and bereavement

Suicide Awareness and Managing Mental Health Conversations:

• builds participants general awareness and understanding of the topic of suicide
• equips participants with skills and confidence to have supportive conversations with individuals who exhibit emotional distress

Suicide Bereavement:

• designed to enable participants to explore and increase their understanding of the topic of bereavement by suicide

Places are free:

• for staff and volunteers from statutory, community or voluntary sector organisations, providing that a core part of the individual's role is working with people in Derbyshire (not Derby)
• if you're from a Derbyshire (not Derby) based commercial organisation that has been offered training as part of our 'mental health and suicide prevention outreach and network project'

For some courses taking place between April 2025 and March 2026, staff from commercial organisations based in the area covered by Derbyshire County Council can also access free training places.

Suicide awareness online training from the Zero Suicide Alliance

Through the free suicide awareness training you will gain skills and confidence to help someone who may be considering suicide.

What you'll learn:

• how to spot suicide warning signs
• how to have a conversation with someone you're worried about
• where to signpost to for further support
• suicide is preventable

This training takes approximately 20 minutes to complete and you will get a certificate when you have completed the training.

Tackling gambling-related harm training sessions

This training has been developed in conjunction with the Royal Society for Public Health to make sure it meets the level 2 training criteria. It focuses on gambling within the UK, its prevalence, harms, and risk factors.

It covers identifying those at risk, how to intervene appropriately in the short-term, and formulating action plans to ensure long-term recovery.

Modules include:

• what is gambling, gambling prevalence and severity across Derbyshire
• motivations, risk factors, gambling related harm (GRH)
• identification, conversation starters, practical mental health first aid (MHFA) approach
• intervention (both practical short-term and long-term specialist)

Training places can fill up quickly and we may have to restrict the number of places offered to each organisation per course. All courses form part of a rolling programme with new dates being released on an ongoing, regular basis.

Menopause

Henpicked have provided some expert advice and tips about all aspects of menopause, from nutrition to mental health and everything in-between.

Sexual health

Staff awareness training and sexual health promotion 'Sexual health -it matters'

The sexual health promotion team offer staff awareness training around supporting conversations with individuals about their sexual health and wellbeing. This includes free condom distribution for young people and adults, HIV and PrEP awareness, and sexually transmitted infections.

The team can attend your organisations setting to offer point of care testing, as well as signposting to Your Sexual Health Matters where individuals can order STI screening kits and postal condoms themselves.

Sexual health services are free, confidential, non-judgemental and can support you with culturally sensitive conversations around sexual health and wellbeing for your organisation. For a discussion about how this training can support your organisation please email dchst.yoursexualhealthmatters@nhs.net

Multi-agency C-Scheme registration training

This half-day training course is for anyone working with young people aged 13 to 24 years old who plan to distribute free condoms and lube within C-Scheme.

The training will provide professionals with the skills and tools to confidently register young people and issue condoms to young people within their setting under the Derbyshire and Derby City C-Scheme.

It will also enable professionals to better respond to sexual health issues in their work with young people.

View dates and registration details.

Supporting unpaid carers in the workplace

With over 2 million UK employees now juggling both work and caring responsibilities, along with the introduction of a statutory right to carers leave for all unpaid carers, it's important for employers to understand how to provide effective support.

Join our webinar on supporting unpaid carers in the workplace, hosted by Derbyshire Carers Association:

• Building Better Workplaces - Supporting unpaid carers in the workplace tickets, 21 May 2025 from 2pm to 3pm