Workplace health and wellbeing training

We offer Food Safety and Hygiene training at level 2-4 to teach anyone who handles food how to handle it safely.

What will the course cover?

Depending on the level, our training can cover:

- How to handle food safely.

- Bacteria growth and the effect on food.

- Temperature control (chilling and cooking of food).

- How to prepare, cook, serve and store food safely.

- The law relevant to public health and food safety.

- The application and monitoring of good food safety procedures.

- Food safety hazards and their controls.

- The role of the supervisor in ensuring compliance with food safety legislation.

- Evaluate management’s role in operational requirements in catering or other industries.

Who is the course for?

- Anyone who prepares, cooks or serves food as part of their job.

- Anyone who handles food (paid or voluntary), such as in the catering, food, retail or hospitality sector.

- Those in realted sectors such as child care, residential care or transport if they handle food as part of their duties.

Our Nutrition for Health programme offers training at level 1-3 to help those in food, catering, hospitality, leisure and health sectors to understand healthy food and nutrition.

What will the course cover?

Depending on the level, our training can cover:

- The concept of healthy eating and the composition of a healthy balanced diet.

- The role of food labelling in achieving a healthy balanced diet.

- Healthy eating guidelines in comparison with the average UK diet.

- How diet affects health and wellbeing.

- The factors that influence food choices.

- How to plan and promote healthier food choices.

- Understand how to address specific health conditions by changing a diet or menu.

Who is the course for?

- Staff working in catering, hospitality, care or leisure industries who require an understanding of what constitutes nutritious and healthy meals.

- Those working in the health sector, such as health trainers or other professionals, who require an understanding of nutrition.

- Anyone who wishes to enhance their knowledge of human nutrition.

This programme teaches you the knowledge, confidence and skills you need to support individuals who are thinking of making a health behaviour change.

What will the course cover?

- The importance of effective communication in building rapport with individuals.

- How to work with individuals to increase their motivation to make a behaviour change.

- The factors that hinder and facilitate that change.

- Intervention models and how to develop an action plan to sustain change.

Who is the course for?

- Employers of all sizes interested in supporting a healthy workforce.

- Front-line wanting to develop their role as Health Champions.

This programme gives your a better understanding of how health inequalities develop, what the policies are for addressing them, and how you can better promote health and wellbeing through effective communication. This course can also be delivered online.

What will the course cover?

- The foundation principles of promoting health and wellbeing.

- How to communicate health messages effectively.

Who is the course for?

- Employers of all sizes interested in supporting a healthy workforce.

- Front-line wanting to develop their role as Health Champions.

Gain a better understanding of the principles of mental wellbeing, the effect of mental wellbeing on the individual and community, and how mental wellbeing can be maintained or improved.

What will the course cover?

- Attitudes and beliefs about mental health and wellbeing.

- The theoretical models used to describe mental health and wellbeing.

- Strategies that may be used to promote wellbeing of the people in the workplace, community or other settings.

Who is the course for?

- People who work with individuals and families in a health or social care environment, such as people working in local authorities, housing associations, voluntary organisations, sports centres, care homes, colleges or schools.

- Front-line wanting to develop their role as Health Champions.

Learn how to become a Workplace Health Champion to promote health behaviours at work by identifying how people fall into unhealthy practices, the personal and social consequences of these behaviours, and how to improve the health of others around them by providing help and support. 

What will the course cover?

- Why health inequalities exist and how they can be addressed

- The principles of health promotion

- How to research local health facilities

- How to communicate health improvement messages effectively

Who is the course for?

- Employees or employers interested in becoming a Health Champion.

- Those interested in providing a link between peers, professionals and health services.