For Sporting Clubs
Mental Health Training
Volunteers working with sporting clubs respond to people in their community on a weekly basis, to familial concerns and at times mental health issues among club members and young people. This may include members of the public, families and members of the Club that attend sporting club events and programs.
There are increased mental health concerns arising in Australian families, concerns which have risen since the Covid-19 outbreak. The most recent National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing*, a community survey of 8,841 people aged 16-85 years of age, living in private dwellings across Australia, found that one in five (20%) had a common mental illness: anxiety, depression and/or substance use, at some time during the previous 12 months. This means that one in five Australians aged 16-85 experience some form of mental illness in any year. This is equal to 3.2 million people.
Volunteers and members will be responding to critical incidents and aiding the community and/or club members with mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation and/or substance use.
Whole People provides training to ensure volunteers understand mental health concerns and how to respond to them. Whole People also discusses responding to critical incidents, trauma-informed care, and care for self after a critical incident and how to find appropriate support and referrals.
Additionally, sporting club participants that are young people are facing emerging mental health concerns, challenges with isolation from Covid-19, friendship, and life pressures.
Whole People also offers training specific to young people aged 12-18 to address these ongoing challenges. Please enquire for training needs specific to Primary aged children which we offer as well.
Training for Volunteers – Mental Health Response Training
Mental Health a continuum
Understanding emerging mental health; stress, anxiety, depression, substance use, and suicidal ideation
Responding to mental health problems
Responding to Critical Incidents
Trauma-informed Care
Referral and appropriate support
Mental Health Promotion Tailor made Training Duration: 2-3 hours (TBC)
Training for Youth – aged 12 to 18 years old (Primary-aged training options available upon request)
Mental Health a continuum
Emerging mental health issues amongst young people
Supporting yourself and your friends
Resilience
Self-esteem building and finding your place in this world (self-efficacy)
Referral and appropriate support
Youth Training Packages Duration: 1-3 hours (negotiable) and can be outdoors
Training Locations: TBC
Training Certificate of Completion:
All participants will receive a certificate of completion, at the request of the organisation these can be co-branded with both “Whole People” and your organisation’s logo.
Evaluation:
After the training program is completed, we would love to evaluate the success of the at the discretion of the partnering organisation to ensure participants are able to transfer and use the training principles in practical ways.
