Our new suite of Mental Health Awareness qualifications is a response to a global phenomenon. At iTEC, we believe in an industry that recognises the importance of their workforce’s mental wellbeing and have launched our qualifications to support this.
58% of Irish people know someone who has been affected by mental health issues. Not only that but Ireland has one of the highest rates of mental health illness in Europe, ranking 3rd out of 36 countries surveyed.
Our qualifications have been created to facilitate learners’ understanding of mental health issues as part of a wider learning journey and can be used as a progression route to other mental health qualifications. They also aim to address stigmas associated with mental health and for students to examine and address these phenomena. Learners should be able to understand how to assist someone developing or experiencing mental health problems on completion of these qualifications.
On May 11th 2021, we held a special webinar discussing Mental Health and Suicide Awareness, with a panel of special guests. You can watch the recording of the webinar by clicking the button below.
