Crucial Cognition Consulting

What a fantastic day in Albury yesterday presenting a second session for the Regional Safety , Health and Environment group (SHE) This amazing group supports best practice safety, health and environment within local organisations in the Albury Wodonga region. I had so many great chats with local managers, supervisors and business owners who all want to do whatever they can to improve mental health supports for their workforce and their commitment to this is really inspiring. My presentation again covered workplace stress and burnout, identification of psychosocial hazards , importance of Mental Health First Aid , tips on service navigation and referral and the basics of emotional intelligence for teams and leaders. If your organisation is aiming to improve your approach to psychosocial hazards, has an emerging health and safety group that is seeking to grow their skills in mental health support or if your staff require Mental Health First Aid or any of the other great courses on offer through Crucial Cognition Consulting please feel free to reach out to discuss your needs.

Was an absolute pleasure presenting on Psychosocial Hazards in the Workplace and the importance of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) to the Regional Safety , Health and Environment (SHE) group in Wangaratta. This tremendous group supports best practice safety, health and environment within local organizations in the Albury Wodonga region. My presentation covered workplace stress and burnout, identification of psychosocial hazards , importance of mental health first aid , tips on service navigation and referral and the basics of emotional intelligence for teams and leaders. Will be back with the group, next week in Albury, and look forward to running through the session with a new range of organisations and individuals.

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Fantastic day working with the amazing Goodstart (Early learning and childcare) team in facilitating their MHFA Refresher course. What an excellent group of people , knowledgable, enthusiastic, caring and supportive of one another, they embody what the ethos of MHFA is all about.

Earlier this year I posted about my journey in running and how it not only improves my mental and physical well-being , scratched my competitive itch and is amazing for meeting and getting to know new people and places, it also has some amazing parallels to leadership and self and team development. Yesterday's run, was the Sydney Marathon and a full Marathon is the longest I have run to date. I had a finish time in mind that I would have liked, but honestly was just hoping to finish injury free and happy. So was ecstatic that I smashed my goal time, finished strong and felt amazing afterwards and now that I can reflect the day after my most important takeaways for success are: - Enjoying the process: the hard parts, ups and downs and setbacks are all learning , and make the eventual completion of the task that much sweeter. - Don't be too hard on yourself: If you are stretching yourself in ways you haven't done before , be fair to yourself along the way and realize moments of doubt are natural. - Be equipped and prepared : have the right tools for the job, test them, become innately familiar with them so that they are second nature on the job. - Learn from other's wisdom: by taking time to listen to those who are masters in their field will open up new ways of thinking and approaching tasks. -Surround yourself with the best support crew: Try and surround yourself with people that drive you forward, who encourage and motivate you and who want to help contribute to things going well. All of these perspectives and attributes of success are mentioned or contained in my course Crucial Conversations which is aimed at emerging leaders and high performing teams and more info is available on the CCC website. https://lnkd.in/gbg_NbMs Aim Up everyone ! CJ

Got a feeling that someone you know or care about isn’t behaving as they normally would? Perhaps they seem out of sorts? More agitated or withdrawn? Or they’re just not themselves. Trust that gut instinct and act on it. Learn more about the signs and when it's time to ask R U OK? here. By starting a conversation and commenting on the changes you’ve noticed, you could help that family member, friend or workmate open up. If they say they are not OK, you can follow our conversation steps to show them they’re supported and help them find strategies to better manage the load. If they are OK, that person will know you’re someone who cares enough to ask.

Over 3000 Australians take their own lives each year and over 7 million Australians have been close to someone who has died by suicide or attempted suicide. Great strides have been taken recently in Australia and across the world with prevention, aftercare, and bereavement support initiatives along with people becoming far more proactive in looking for signs and symptoms that may be crucial in helping a friend ,colleague or loved one. But there is still so much more work to do , and as this year's theme reminds us " We all have a role to play" .

Are you a teacher, school counsellor, youth worker, community youth worker or youth pastor or working in a role that supports young people? If so Youth Mental Health First Aid is an essential course for you to consider. The benefits of Youth Mental Health First Aid include: -Increased awareness of signs and symptoms of emerging mental health concerns - Increased confidence in providing support to young people in mental health crisis situations until professional help can be sought - Awareness and development of key language, communication, interpersonal skills and techniques that ensure young people feel heard and supported during mental health support - Enhanced awareness of common mental health problems, referral pathways and key resources to support young peoples mental health . Training is delivered by a highly experienced facilitator with 15 years experience in facilitating MHFA courses across the country and has designed, managed and coordinated a number of key primary care level mental health supports (including those for young people). Training can be delivered face to face or as a blended online course. If this course meets a need for you or your orgnisastion please get in touch with Chris on 0435134899 or at [email protected]

Mental Health First Aid International and Mental Health Australia Leaders Forum As a MHFA instructor with 14 years experience , MHFA Australia as an orgnanisation holds a special place in my heart as do its amazing courses which I have been so fortunate to train others in over the years and now form a large part of what I offer in Crucial Cognition Consulting. I was therefore very excited to visit the MHFA Australia head office in Melbourne as part of my National Instructor Reference Group Chair role , meet many of the amazing MHFA Australia staff and attend the MHFA International and Mental Health Australia leaders forum. The forum featured members of the USA national council for MH wellbeing who spoke about the recent efforts of establishing certified community mental health centers which cover most of the US and offer some great co morbidity approaches , not to mention ensuring that the US now has over 3.5 million people trained in MHFA!!! Representatives from Neami, MH Australia and Transforming Trauma Victoria also offered insights on ongoing supports for people with psychosocial needs outside the NDIS, the need to strike the balance between urgency in reform vs MH initiatives having time to learn and the ongoing need for best practice and evidence. Truly inspiring to be around so many MH leaders who are genuine in their attempts to ensure consistent change in the MH system and a valuable reminder of the role of MHFA in achieving this.