The Black Dog Institute is affiliated with UNSW and is Australia's only medical research institute dedicated to investigating mental health across the lifespan. 

Workplace Mental Health for Employees and Leaders

UNSW Wellbeing is working with the Black Dog Institute to roll out training for staff members and leaders on Workplace Mental Health.

This training is delivered as an eLearning module which you can work through at your own pace. The program is designed to build the knowledge and skills of employees to care for their mental health at work. 

The online program includes three different modules. Each module takes approximately 15 minutes to complete.

1. Stress or distress?

      • Understand the stress reaction, and its impact on physical and mental health
      • Learn warning signs of too much stress
      • Know how to manage stress (for yourself and others)

2. Heroes ask for help

      • Understand prevalence of mental health issues in Australia
      • Benefits of seeking help and support for stress related or other mental health issues
      • Learn what support is available and how to access it

2. Heroes ask for help

      • Understand prevalence of mental health issues in Australia
      • Benefits of seeking help and support for stress related or other mental health issues
      • Learn what support is available and how to access it

3. Ways to wellbeing

      • Understand the evidence behind the concept of wellbeing
      • Gain strategies to improve your wellbeing

The online program includes the following addtional module for leaders:

4. Looking out for your team

      • Learn key roles and responsibilities of a team leader in creating a psychologically healthy workplace 
      • Know how to support someone experiencing emotional/mental health difficulties in the workplace 
      • Gain strategies to promote workplace wellbeing and model behaviours

If you would like to complete the training, please email Liza Poppert and advise if you would like to undertake the staff or leader version of the training.

myCompass

The Black Dog Institute has developed a customisable self-help program called myCompass, to assist you to take care of your own mental health.

myCompass will help you learn new ways to deal with thoughts, feelings and behaviours that cause you trouble and provide you with a toolkit of strategies to use when you need them. The program includes 14 interactive learning activities that each come with three 10-15 minute sessions you complete in your own time.

It is recommended that you use myCompass actively for a minimum of seven weeks, to enable lasting improvements to mood, anxiety and stress levels. You'll learn skills and strategies taught by doctors and psychologists to make positive changes in your life.

Click here for more information and to get started.

Recognise and Respond

UNSW Health has partnered with the Black Dog Institute to offer subsidised suicide prevention training to UNSW students and staff.

Recognise and Respond: Suicide Prevention for Everyday Life aims to assist in reducing and preventing suicide in Australia by equipping people with the skills to intervene with someone who is contemplating suicide.

The self-directed e-learning module is comprised of four main learning components:

  • recognising the signs of suicide
  • having a conversation with and supporting the person
  • providing help to the person
  • self-care

To register for the course, please click here.