The Working Mind Manager Training - NEW to Red River College

ENABLE is an in-house leadership development program at Red River College that provides learning and development support to formal leaders.

The Working Mind (TWM) session is part of a series of leadership development opportunities designed to offer a variety of learning experiences that are feedback and relationship based, experience-based and education based.

Please go the Staff Learning and Development Micro Site for additional information and detail

The Working Mind – Manager Training - NEW to Red River College

For Supervisors and Managers- The workshop aims to increase awareness of mental health, reduce the stigma of mental illnesses, and offer resources to maintain positive mental health and increase resiliency. Equally important goals are to ensure you have the confidence, tools and resources to manage and support your employees who may be experiencing a mental illness and, to recognize the effects of the stigma of mental illness and attempt to reduce its impact.

The objectives of this course are:

• To examine the effects of mental health problems and mental illnesses in the workplace

• To help staff identify indicators of declining and poor mental health in themselves and others
• To raise awareness about the stigma of mental illness and other barriers to treatment
• To introduce the concept of the Mental Health Continuum Model
• To review employees’, manager’, and employers’ mental health rights and responsibilities
• To provide effective management tools to support employees who experience a mental illness
• To provide strategies staff can use to maintain good mental health

2 half day sessions –Registrants attend both days

October 11 & 12 2017 E305 NDC 12:30 – 4:30

November 8 & 9 2017 E305 NDC 12:30 – 4:30

January 25 & 26 2018 A137 NDC 8:30 -12:30

March 14 & 15 2018 E305 NDC 12:30 -4:30

Full day session:

December 13 2017 P107 EDC 8:30 – 4:30

TWM Certified RRC Facilitators:

Breanna Sawatzky, Caroline Sztaba, Guy Moffat, & Laureen Phillips

Registration:

To register, please contact Carrie Schaepe, Staff Learning and Development Specialist at RSVP*Registration is on a first come, first serve basis.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Please note:

The ENGAGE Program offers The Working Mind for Employees:The Working Mind is targeted to general workplace audiences.The workshop aims to increase awareness of mental health, reduce the stigma of mental illnesses, and offer resources to maintain positive mental health and increase resiliency. Equally important goals are to create a supportive environment, strengthen the organizational culture, and contribute to a healthy workplace.

*Staff will be invited to register for this ½ day workshop via the Hub’s Employee Development application