January 30, 2023 - FULL
February 6, 2023 - FULL
Sponsored by the Paramedic Association of Manitoba
in partnership with The Mental Health Commission of Canada
The Working Mind First Responders
The Working Mind First Responders (TWMFR), formerly known as Road to Mental Readiness, is an education-based program designed to address and promote mental health and reduce the stigma of mental illness in a first-responder setting.
| DATE: February 6, 2023 LOCATION: Virtual (zoom) TIME: 0900h - 1400h COST: FREE for PAM Members |
What is The Working Mind First Responders (TWMFR)?
An adaptation of The Working Mind, The Working Mind First Responders is a training program aimed to:
- Improve short-term performance and long-term mental health outcomes;
- Reduce barriers to care and encourage early access to care;
- Provide the tools and resources required to manage and support first responders who may be experiencing a mental illness; and
- Assist supervisors in maintaining their own mental health as well as promoting positive mental health in their employees.
Goals
- To support the mental health and wellbeing of first responders
- To enable the full productivity of employees
- To ensure the workplace is respectful and inclusive of all employees, including those with mental health problems and mental illness
- To encourage first responders to seek help for mental health problems and mental illness
Objectives
- To examine the effects of mental health problems and mental illness in the workplace
- To help first responders identify indicators of declining and poor mental health in themselves and others
- To introduce the concept of the Mental Health Continuum Model
- To review employees’, managers’, and employers’ mental health rights and responsibilities
- To provide strategies to maintain good mental health