Mental Health and Wellbeing

Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills to better understand mental health with our Mental Health and Wellbeing Course. It has become increasingly important to look after your own and your colleagues’ mental health, particularly within the Logistics industry. Through this course, you will understand the importance of having good quality conversations with people around you, discussing mental health and feeling more confident in supporting others.

This course has been specifically built to count towards your Driver CPC hours and is accredited by Mental Health First Aid England.

Support yourself and your colleagues while you explore the importance of mental health and how to improve your wellbeing. You will also gain an understanding of the impact that stigma and prejudice can have on mental health and wellbeing.

Course Aims

This module aims to explore and consider key aspects of mental health and wellbeing within the logistics industry.

Course Content

• Definition of Mental Health and Wellbeing
• Why Mental Health is such an important topic
• Key statistics within the Logistics industry
• The impact of stigma and prejudice
• An understanding of Mental Health conditions
• What is a Mental Health crisis and how to respond to it
• The five pillars of Wellbeing and how to improve your Mental Health
• Supporting colleagues who may be suffering from poor Mental Health

Learning Objectives of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Course

• By the end of the Mental Health and Wellbeing module, you will:
• Be able to explain what the term ‘Mental Health’ and ‘Wellbeing’ mean
• Have considered and explored the importance of Mental Health
• Have explored some key statistics on Mental Health in the Logistics Industry
• Have explored stigma and prejudice in relation to Mental Health
• Understand 10 of the most common Mental Health conditions
• Understand what a Mental Health crisis is and how to respond
• Have identified the potential signs of mental ill health in yourself and colleagues
• Understand the 5 ways of Wellbeing
• Have considered the impacts the role of LGV driver can have on the ways of Wellbeing
• Have considered your own Wellbeing and created a personal plan