Welcome to Umbrella's Learning Platform

Welcome to Managing Mental Health – Psychological First Aid at Work. This free introductory taster course is the first out of the 10 courses that make up this programme. It covers the basics – including welcoming you to the programme, discussing why it's important to talk about mental health at work and covering the guiding principles that will help you when engaging with a person needing support. We hope you enjoy this free trial!   To subscribe to our full programme as an individual – and get access to the full programme (10 courses) – simply return to our store: https://wellbeing.umbrella.org.nz/store If you are interested in purchasing access for your workplace – please get in touch with us at [email protected], 0800 643 000​ or visit our website to find out more Read more

Welcome to Together: Te Oranga o te Katoa. This free introductory taster course covers the basics – from understanding wellbeing and Te Whare Tapa Whā, to how we might put it into practice. It features content from "Part 1" of our extended introductory learning path (available when purchasing the full programme) and a taster of what you can expect from our InFlow learning programme.   We hope you enjoy this free trial!   To subscribe to our full programme as an individual – and get access to 40+ courses just like this one – simply return to our store: https://wellbeing.umbrella.org.nz/store If you are interested in purchasing access for your workplace – please get in touch with us at [email protected], 0800 643 000​ or visit our website to find out more Read more

Welcome to Understanding Stress and Wellbeing. This is the first module in a series of wellbeing content designed to help you identify your warning signs of stress and equip you with a handful of tried-and-tested coping strategies.   There are five modules in this programme: Understanding stress and wellbeing Awareness Balance Connect Action planning   Each module builds on the previous one, and by the end, you'll have some great tools and techniques to use when life gets a bit stressful.   We hope you enjoy this free trial!   To subscribe to our full programme as an individual – and get access to the full programme (5 modules) – simply return to our store: https://wellbeing.umbrella.org.nz/store If you are interested in purchasing access for your workplace – please get in touch with us at [email protected], 0800 643 000​ or visit our website to find out more. Read more

Welcome to Together: Te Oranga o te Katoa eLearning - Full programme Our new eLearning has been developed from Umbrella's Together: Te Oranga o te Katoa book and translated into bite-sized engaging online learning. With access to 40 modules learners can “pick and mix” their own learning pathway, or choose a tailored learning option based on their current wellbeing goals. The content includes video guidance from our psychology and research team, alongside engaging short lessons developed to provide new wellbeing skills and knowledge. We have used Te Whare Tapa Whā as our guiding model, as well as drawing on the most up to date wellbeing science/psychological research, with a particular emphasis on collective wellbeing (rather than treating wellbeing as an individual journey!) All the best as you go through this programme.  Whāia te mātauranga hei oranga mō koutou; seek after wisdom for the sake of your wellbeing. Read more

Managing Mental Health: Psychological First Aid at Work Welcome! The programme you are about to begin aims to increase both your skill and confidence for managing employees when they are coping with any stress, low mental health, or mental illness.   This programme is made up of 10 courses with each course containing 1-3 modules. Each module takes approximately 20-25 minutes to complete, meaning you will need to set aside 4-5 hours to complete the full programme. We recommend you complete these courses in chunks rather than trying to do it all in go. Some people may need more or less time.   Learning goals across the programme: Describe the difference between mental health, stress and mental illness Recognise the role of a manager when it comes to managing mental health, stress and mental illness in the workplace Demonstrate competence at identifying how stress and mental illness may present in your employees Demonstrate the key skills required to support your team members experiencing stress and mental illness; including holding conversations, acting on concerns, following up, and looking after yourself in the process Read more

Understanding stress and wellbeing Welcome! The programme you are about to begin aims to increase both your understanding and skill for managing stress and strengthening wellbeing. We know that life can feel hard sometimes. We're here to help.   Learning goals across the programme: Understand your stress response and the things that help us to build wellbeing Learn the A-B-C model for responding to stress: Awareness, Balance, and Connection Put in place an action plan and know where to go for more support   This programme contains 5 courses and takes approximately 50-60 minutes to complete from start to finish however you can pop in and out of the modules as many times as you need to. Read more