An offering of the Well-being Champions Network, the Well-being First Responder (WFR) is developed in Singapore to equip everyone in the organisation with the critical knowledge, skills and attitudes aligned to the National Mental Health Competency Training Framework.
The Gold Standard Well-being Programme in Singapore.
Who is the WFR course for?
Everyone in the organisation!
Leaders, Peer Supporters and Champions like HR and Workplace Safety Professionals who are tasked to drive Workplace Mental Health and Well-being initiatives.
Well-being competencies for all!
SKILLSETS
- Mental health awareness.
- Stress and self-care.
- Crisis and Psychological First Aid.
- Creating a supportive workplace.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Understand the importance of mental health and how to improve it. Plus why mental health awareness is key in workplace well-being.
- Understand stress management and how to use the practice of self-care as a strategy to build individual resilience.
- Understand what is a crisis and how to respond by applying Psychological First Aid.
- Understand challenges in the workplace and strategies to achieve work-life balance.
SKILLSETS
- Emotional hygiene practices.
- Mind-body wellness techniques.
- Mapping personal well-being needs.
- Building daily wellness rituals.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Assess personal needs using the Dimensions of Well-being framework.
- Practice grounding techniques such as mindful movement, breathing, journalling.
- Design a personalised Self-Care Wheel.
- Commit to a simple and sustainable Daily Wellness Ritual.
SKILLSETS
- Mastering resilient and adaptive thinking.
- Regulating stress and emotional responses.
- Navigating pressure with mental clarity.
- Leading teams with psychological strength.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Distinguish between reactive and resilient leadership behaviours
- Implement mindset and stress tools in high-stakes decision -making
- Apply the 4Cs (Control, Commitment, Challenge, Confidence) to real-life leadership challenges
- Design a personal resilience plan to sustain performance and well-being
SKILLSETS
- Burnout vs. stress differentiation.
- Spotting early warning signs.
- Trauma-informed self-support using PFA.
- Recovery and prevention planning.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Distinguish burnout from typical work stress and understand its impact on behaviour and relationships.
- Recognise early signs of emotional, physical, and psychological strain.
- Apply Psychological First Aid (PFA) techniques to support personal well-being.
- Create a self-care and recovery plan tailored to individual needs.
SKILLSETS
- Anxiety and its signs.
- Grief and its causes.
- Trauma and its effects.
- Applying PFA for AGT.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Recapping the PFA action principles.
- Understand what is anxiety, anxiety disorders, and its signs.
- Understand grief, its causes and reactions.
- Understand trauma and its effects.
- Learn how to apply PFA and other techniques, to support affected individuals in anxiety, grief or trauma.
SKILLSETS
- Understand views on suicide.
- Recognise signs of ideation.
- Approach with empathy and care.
- Connect to professional support.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Knowledge about personal and community views and perceptions about suicide.
- Ability to identify signs of suicide ideation.
- Ability to approach and support in a helpful and empathetic manner.
- Knowledge and ability to assist with connecting to further support including professional help.
Included in every WFR course.
Certificate of Accreditation from Workplace Safety and Health Council (WSHC)
CPE/SDU Points
Access to Community of Practice
Invitation to Networking Events
UTAP / NETF Funding Support for Unionised Companies
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Psychological First Aid
(fee per person)Self-Care
(fee per person)Resilience & Mental Toughness
(fee per person)Chronic Stress & Burnout
(fee per person)Anxiety, Grief & Trauma
(fee per person)Suicide Prevention
(fee per person)Trained over 300 organisations including
