Free mental health and training and support for TAS small businesses and their employees

Overview

This program has been designed to be flexible to meet the varying needs of Tasmanian small businesses.

Current courses on offer include:

Accidental counsellor

• Learn how to apply the principles of recognise, respond and refer. These skills can be used by you to support your staff, by employees to support their colleagues, and where appropriate, by owners and employees to support their customers.

Crisis communication skills

• Learn how to respond to people in distress, de-escalate a crisis, and identify the risk of burnout and vicarious trauma.

Mental health first aid

• Learn how to assist an adult who may be experiencing a mental health problem, or mental health crisis, until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves, using a practical, evidence-based action plan.

Outreach support services such as mental health mentoring, coaching and/or counselling are also available, by request, to small businesses.