Monday 20th January is Blue Monday. Have you ever thought how you can support someone with Mental Health concerns.
The Mind website is a fantastic source of information on Mental Health issues: www.mind.org.uk.
As Mind says:
Seeking help is often the first step towards getting and staying well, but it can be hard to know how to start or where to turn to. It’s common to feel unsure, and to wonder whether you should try to handle things on your own. But it’s always ok to ask for help – even if you’re not sure you are experiencing a specific mental health problem
Collaton Consultancy Limited offers training on Mental Health Awareness that could be your first step in helping yourself, a family member or work colleague.
You can find out more about our Mental Health Awareness course at:
Our fully-approved, interactive-video eLearning courses are perfect for gaining qualifications for you and your employees. We can deliver all the eLearning you need to help your business prosper.
Our engaging courses can be taken at any time, in any place and on any device. All courses are approved and priced to offer the best possible value to your business.
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This course is designed for managers and supervisors to help them understand their essential day-to-day responsibilities. When a candidate passes this course, they will receive a certificate which demonstrates that they can supervise and train staff to handle food safely and hygienically.
This is a comprehensive course which starts with basic definitions of key words, then follows a logical path through other topics including the types of food hazards, personal hygiene, pest control, legislation, enforcement, and the design and cleaning of food premises and equipment.
It also discusses how to implement a successful food safety management system. There’s a wide range of topics because maintaining food safety and food hygiene is vital if you’re to reduce the risk of food poisoning.
The correct Food Safety Management System, professionally run, protects your customers, your staff, and the reputation of your company.
Target Audience:
This course is aimed at supervisors and first line managers working in the food industry as well as small business owners responsible for running their premises and ensuring their staff are working safely and to the expected standards. It is also a natural progression from the level 2 courses in food safety and HACCP management for those who are taking on more responsibilities.
Advantages:
Food business owners, supervisors and managers have legal duties in UK and EU law to ensure that they and their staff work and prepare food safely and in compliance with good practice.
CPD approval means that this course can be used by those that need to prove they are continually developing themselves. Online training is flexible, efficient and cost-effective, so candidates can progress through the modules at their own pace, in their own time, making it easy to fit the training around their work and personal life.
Further Progression:
We offer a wide range of health and safety courses that would be appropriate for people working in the food industry.
Collaton Consultancy Limited are expert Legionella consultants working for both water treatment companies and end users alike, Expert Witness services are also offered should a legal case arise. If you have any specific issues relating to the above you would like help with then contact Collaton Consultancy Limited
A leader doesn’t necessarily have to be a ‘manager’, but it’s difficult to see how a manager could be truly effective without having at least some leadership skills.
This course starts by introducing the basics of leadership and explores where the concept originated from. It then goes on to discuss various leadership theories, including situational leadership, contingency theories, transactional and transformational leadership and more. It then moves on to discuss developing teams including and team members by looking at the role leaders play in this. The final two modules cover the role communication plays in effective leadership and finishes off with a module about moving forward together to achieve a shared vision.
Target Audience:
This course is aimed at supervisors and managers that want to develop more effective relationships with members of their teams. The course can be a great starting point for people new to their leadership role as well as more established managers that want to enhance their skills. This acts as a great introduction to the subject.
This course can be sold to individuals who are doing the training for themselves or it can be pitched to businesses who might want to put all of their first line management team through the training, so they are all work in the same way and have the same skill set.
Advantages:
CPD approval means that this
course can be used by those that need to prove they are continually developing
themselves.
ILM approval means that this course can provide candidates with a recognised
management qualification.
A strong leader will
motivate their team, improving morale and efficiency and ensure that their team
is of a common purpose.
Online training is flexible,
efficient and cost effective meaning the candidate can progress through the
modules at their own pace and in their own time, so they can fit the training
around their work and personal life
Further Progression:
For candidates that want to add more qualifications to their CV our Introduction to Emotional Intelligence course is a great introduction to that aspect of Leadership and management.
For candidates specifically interested in developing resilient teams our Developing Teamwork course goes hand in hand with this one and expands on some of the key ideas and how they can be applied to teams.
For candidates new to management roles Managing Meetings would be a great next step although working through any of our range of Business Skills courses would be valuable.
Collaton Consultancy Limited are expert Legionella consultants
working for both water treatment companies and end users alike, Expert
Witness services are also offered should a legal case arise. If you
have any specific issues relating to the above you would like help with
then contact Collaton Consultancy Limited
The Confederation of British Industry estimates that the cost of workplace conflict is around £33 Billion each year. It also estimates that up to 20% of leaders time is spent dealing with conflict and then there are the intangible costs such as reduction in loyalty, commitment, motivation, teamwork and morale.
This course starts by explaining what constitutes conflict in the workplace before moving on to look at some of the most common causes and the effects this can have on the workforce.
It covers the stages and
build up to a workplace conflict and contains several extensive modules that
outline conflict resolution techniques that can be applied at any stage of this
build up.
As well as the negative
impacts of conflict the course also explores how effective management of
conflict can result in positive outcomes in the workplace. These can be the
development of shared ideas, the ability to reach compromises through increased
trust and creating an environment where differences of opinion are celebrated and
considered rather than shut down.
Target Audience
This course is aimed at
supervisors and managers that want to develop effective conflict resolution
methods. The course can be a great starting point for people new to their
leadership role as well as more established managers that want to enhance their
skills. This acts as a great introduction to the subject and covers the key
concepts and theories relating to conflict management.
This course can be sold to individuals who are doing the training for themselves
or it can be pitched to businesses who might want to put all of their first
line management team through the training, so they are all work in the same way
and have the same skill set.
Advantages
Left unmanaged workplace
conflict can be damaging to relationships, team morale and ultimately the
company’s bottom line. Having a knowledge of effective conflict resolution
techniques and strategies and taking a proactive approach to resolving issues
will lead to a better work environment and more effective teams.
CPD approval means that this
course can be used by those that need to prove they are continually developing
themselves.
Online training is flexible,
efficient and cost-effective, so candidates can progress through the modules at
their own pace, in their own time, making it easy to fit the training around
their work and personal life.
Further Progression
Beyond this topic we offer a range of other business skills courses that could all be useful in developing and improving as a manager. The ones that directly compliment this course include Developing Teamwork and Introduction to Emotional Intelligence.
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Collaton Consultancy Limited are a specialist consultancy offering
technical advice on Legionella, Pseudomonas and water treatment. We also
act as Authorising Engineer (Water) in healthcare sites and as Expert
Witnesses. We also offer both online and face to face training in a host
of subjects.
More information can be found on the following websites:
We offer over 80 online training courses so you will find something of interest but how will you get the most out these courses? We have put together a few points for you to bear in mind when underatking our training courses.
What is the reason you are taking the course, was it your choice or your employer, will it help you progress at work. Knowing this will help you focus on the course.
Take notes as you watch the videos as you may want to refer back to the training during the course of your work, it will also help you with the questionnaires within the material.
Take you time and don’t rush, that way you will learn more.
It is a good idea to check that your computer will show the courses, you may need the latest version of your web browser. You will find more help in the FAQ section of this website.
Try not top be distracted by your phone, your computer or people around you. It may be useful to consider using headphones so you don’t distract others.
Consider taking breaks after each questionnaire, maybe make yourself a drink, take a break from your desk. It will help you focus.
The UK’s health & Safety Executive has this to say on the subject:
“The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA) requires you to provide whatever information, instruction and training is necessary to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety at work of your employees.
If training is identified as part of a control measure and
relates to safety (for example moving and handling, dealing with
challenging behaviour, or fire training) attendance must be treated as
work time and should take place during working hours. If it is
necessary to arrange training outside an employee’s normal hours, this
should be treated as an extension of time at work. Special arrangements
may be needed for part-timers or shift workers.
Section 9 of HSWA prohibits employers from charging employees for anything they have to do in respect of carrying out specific requirements of the relevant statutory provisions. The requirement to provide health and safety training is such a provision and employees should not therefore be required to pay for their own training.”
To optimise the time taken to train and at an extremely economic cost why not consider the online training courses on offer from Collaton Consultancy? Starting at £15 (+vat) per course and taking as little as 25 minutes these courses are concise and up-to-date with the training your staff need.
Collaton Consultancy are a company dedicated to managing work place health issues such as Legionnaires’ disease and Pseudomonas infections as well as water treatment concerns. We also act as Expert Witness where required.
There has recently been a major outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Belgium with many people hospitalised and even some deaths. This disease is preventable and therefore companies should take actions to prevent it occuring on their sites.
In the UK there is legislation and guidance on preventing infections from Legionella bacteria, these documents are called:
Legionnaires’ disease. The control of legionella bacteria in water systems. Approved Code of Practice and guidance. Commonly called L8.
Legionnaires’ disease. Technical Guidance. HSG274, parts 1, 2 and 3.
These documents are freely available from the HSE website. Collaton Consultancy offer bespoke training covering these documents and how to prevent Legionnaires’ disease. We also offer expert online training on this subject through this website.
If you want more information on how to prevent Legionnaires’ disease or training on the subject then contact Collaton Consultancy Limited at general@collatonconsultancy.com. More information can be found on out other website: www.collatonconsultancy.com
