Teach junior leaders what to do when a team member is struggling — safely, confidently and within their role.
Mental Health & Wellbeing for Junior Leaders is a coaching-style, non-clinical 2-day programme on the CARE framework — Create, Acknowledge, Respond, Escalate. Facilitator guide, slides, workbook, conversation role plays and disclosure protocols are ready for you to brand and deliver.
- Built on CARE — a four-step mental health leadership model: Create, Acknowledge, Respond, Escalate
- Supportive-conversation practice with the ALEC model, so leaders rehearse the words before they need them
- A disclosure management protocol and delivery safeguards written into the Facilitator Guide
- Covers stress, anxiety, depression and burnout, duty of care, reasonable adjustments and confidentiality
- No personal disclosure required from participants — psychological safety is the foundation, not an add-on
Mental Health & Wellbeing for Junior Leaders Trainer Toolkit by Bodhih Training — built on programmes delivered to 2,000+ companies since 2008.
The workshop is on the calendar. The material isn’t.
A topic you cannot afford to get wrong
Mental health content needs careful sequencing, clear boundaries and a plan for what happens if someone discloses in the room. Designing that responsibly from a blank page is slow, nerve-wracking work.
Awareness that stops at awareness
Many sessions explain the signs of burnout and stop there. Leaders go back to their desks still unsure what to actually say to the colleague who has gone quiet — or when to hand over to HR or the EAP.
The 'we are not therapists' objection
Sponsors and managers worry the programme will turn leaders into amateur counsellors. You need a design that makes the boundary itself — what is in a leader's role and what is not — the core of the curriculum.
Picture the evening before your programme.
Picture the opening of Day 1. Before any content, you agree a wellbeing agreement with the group, confirm the EAP number everyone was asked to bring, and make it clear that nobody will be asked to share anything personal. The room relaxes. The Facilitator Guide has already walked you through every one of those steps.
From there, your leaders learn to recognise what stress, anxiety, depression and burnout can look like at work, and meet the CARE framework: Create the conditions, Acknowledge what you notice, Respond with a supportive conversation, and Escalate to the right help at the right time.
Then comes the part they remember — practising supportive conversations with the ALEC model, moving from 'I've noticed you seem different' to 'here's the support that's available'. Alongside it, they work through duty of care, reasonable adjustments and confidentiality, and build a team wellbeing action plan and a personal wellbeing commitment of their own.
As you deliver it, you may find yourself noticing how much calmer leaders become once they know exactly where their role begins and ends.
What you will deliver
A complete design, sequenced and timed — so every session has a purpose and every activity lands.
- Framework
- CARE — Create, Acknowledge, Respond, Escalate
- Length
- 2 days · 14 contact hours
- Style
- Coaching-style, non-clinical
- Audience
- Junior leaders, all industries
- Assessment
- Summative assessment + certificate
- Formats
- In-person or virtual, with safeguards
Creating psychological safety and the wellbeing agreement
How the programme — and a healthy team — makes it safe to talk, with voluntary participation built in.
Recognising mental health at work
What stress, anxiety, depression and burnout can look like in a team, and what a leader can notice.
The CARE framework
Create, Acknowledge, Respond, Escalate — the four-step model for a leader's role in mental health.
Legal obligations and boundaries
Duty of care, reasonable adjustments and confidentiality, and the line between leading and counselling.
Supportive conversations with ALEC
Structured conversation practice in role plays, from first noticing to signposting support.
Building a team wellbeing culture
Everyday habits and a team wellbeing action plan the leader can start straight away.
Personal wellbeing planning
A personal wellbeing commitment, because leaders cannot pour from an empty cup.
Everything for the room. Nothing left to build.
Unlocks the moment you pay. Until then, here is exactly what you will be downloading.
To deliver
- Facilitator Guide — session plans, timings, debriefs and the disclosure management protocol
- Main Slide Deck plus a Simple Backup Deck
- Virtual Delivery Guide with the additional safeguards online delivery needs
For participants
- Participant Workbook — CARE tools, team wellbeing action plan and personal wellbeing plan
- Pre-Work Material to send five days ahead
- Role-Play Scenario Pack for supportive conversation practice
- Case Studies on leading a team through wellbeing challenges
- Quick Reference Cards — CARE steps, warning signs and escalation routes
To measure
- Assessment Instruments — summative assessment for certification
- Participant Feedback Form
- Certificate Template
To design & sell
- Training Design Document — objectives, structure and safeguards
- Marketing Toolkit — nomination emails, intranet copy, FAQ sheet and objection handling
What your participants will be able to do
Designed for junior leaders who manage people, in any industry; team leads with no previous mental health training and leaders who want to support their team without stepping into a counsellor's role.
- Recognise common warning signs of stress, anxiety, depression and burnout in team members
- Apply the four CARE steps — Create, Acknowledge, Respond, Escalate — in everyday leadership
- Hold a supportive conversation using the ALEC model without diagnosing or counselling
- Explain their legal responsibilities around duty of care, reasonable adjustments and confidentiality
- Know when and how to escalate to HR, the EAP or other professional support
- Build a practical team wellbeing action plan
- Commit to a personal wellbeing plan that sustains them as a leader
Walk in with data. Walk out with proof.
Trainers who measure before and after design sharper sessions — and get rebooked. AssessAll, our sister assessment platform, has assessments that sit naturally alongside this programme.
Walk in knowing where every participant starts.
Pair Mental Health & Wellbeing for Junior Leaders with an AssessAll assessment. Participants take it before the workshop, so you can tune the emphasis to the room; they retake it afterwards, so you can show the client what actually moved. Better-targeted sessions, and evidence that wins the next booking.
- Resilience & Stress ManagementView assessment ↗
- Behaviour Under Pressure Assessment for Working ProfessionalsView assessment ↗
- Work Environment and Job Demands Assessment for Teams and EmployersView assessment ↗
Nothing quite fits? Create your own assessment on AssessAll, or ask the AssessAll team to build one around this programme’s objectives for you.
That is the design work already done for you — research, session plans, slides, activities and assessments. Spend it facilitating, selling your next programme, or simply switching off.
The honest comparison
| Building it yourself | This toolkit | |
|---|---|---|
| Time to a deliverable programme | 60–120 hours of design | Ready today |
| Session plan with timings | Built from scratch | Included, minute by minute |
| Activities, role plays, cases | Hunted down one by one | Written for this programme |
| Assessment and feedback | Often skipped | Instruments and forms included |
| Virtual delivery version | A second project | Guide included |
| Cost | Your weekends | One payment |
Made for people who stand at the front of the room
Wellbeing facilitators and coaches
Offer organisations a leadership skills programme with clear safeguards, instead of another one-off awareness talk.
HR and L&D teams
Turn your EAP and wellbeing policy into something leaders actually use, with a programme that teaches them when and how to signpost.
Training companies
Give every facilitator the same disclosure protocol, conversation practice and assessment so quality and care stay consistent.
18 years in real training rooms, packaged for yours.
Bodhih Training has designed and delivered corporate programmes since 2008 — for first-time managers, sales teams, leadership cohorts and whole organisations. These toolkits are that reach, distilled: the structures, activities and materials that hold up in front of real participants, written so another trainer can pick them up and deliver with confidence.
Three steps from here to the room
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- STEP 3
Brand it and deliver
Every file is editable Word or PowerPoint. Add your logo, your examples, and run it.
Help leaders know what to say next.
The programme, the safeguards and the conversation practice are ready to download. Make it yours and give your leaders the confidence to care well.
Licensed to the buyer to deliver this programme to their own participants and clients, in person or online, and to adapt and brand the material. Reselling or redistributing the files is not permitted.
The rest of the Bodhih family, when you need it
Make the workshop last beyond the room
A workshop is two days; the behaviour change takes months. Jobulary turns assessment evidence into a focused individual development plan (IDP) — a few quarterly objectives built on real work, re-measured honestly. Give every Mental Health & Wellbeing for Junior Leaders participant a plan to carry forward.
IDPs are launching soon — the working demo is free to explore now, no sign-up.
Rather have us deliver it?
If you want Mental Health & Wellbeing for Junior Leaders run for your organisation by Bodhih Training’s own facilitators — in person, live virtual or blended, customised to your context — we deliver it end to end.
solutions@bodhih.com · +91 99000 11601. Building your own facilitation skills? See Bodhih’s Train the Trainer certification.
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Mental Health & Wellbeing for Junior Leaders toolkit — FAQs
Already bought? Resend my linkWhat is the CARE framework for mental health leadership?
CARE is the four-step model at the centre of this programme: Create an environment where people can speak up, Acknowledge what you notice, Respond with a supportive conversation, and Escalate to HR, the EAP or professional help when needed. It defines what is in a leader's role — noticing, asking, listening, referring — and what is not.
Is this the same as Mental Health First Aid certification?
No. This is a leadership skills programme, not a Mental Health First Aid qualification. It develops the everyday skills leaders use with their team, and complements MHFA rather than replacing it.
Can mental health training for managers be delivered virtually?
Yes. The Virtual Delivery Guide adapts the programme for live online delivery and sets out extra safeguards: sessions are never recorded, a co-facilitator is present throughout and a direct-message support channel is kept open.
What exactly do I get in the Mental Health & Wellbeing for Junior Leaders trainer toolkit?
14 editable files: Training Design Document, Facilitator Guide, Slide Deck — Simple Backup, Slide Deck — Main, Virtual Delivery Guide, Participant Workbook, Pre-Work Material, Case Studies, Role-Play Scenario Pack, Quick Reference Cards, Assessment Instruments, Participant Feedback Form, Certificate Template, Marketing Toolkit. Word and PowerPoint formats, so you can add your own branding and examples — and a single ZIP to download everything at once.
How much does the Mental Health & Wellbeing for Junior Leaders toolkit cost?
₹2,999 including 18% GST for buyers in India, or $29 for buyers outside India. One-time payment, no subscription, with an automatic invoice.
How and when do I receive the files?
Immediately. Your download page opens the moment payment succeeds, and a permanent download link is emailed to you. The link works from any device without a password.
Can I deliver this programme to my clients and put my own logo on it?
Licensed to the buyer to deliver this programme to their own participants and clients, in person or online, and to adapt and brand the material. Reselling or redistributing the files is not permitted.
How can I measure what participants learn in Mental Health & Wellbeing for Junior Leaders?
The toolkit includes its own assessment instruments and feedback form. For a scored pre- and post-workshop measure, pair it with an assessment from AssessAll, Bodhih's sister assessment platform — for example Resilience & Stress Management or Behaviour Under Pressure Assessment for Working Professionals. If nothing fits, you can build your own assessment on AssessAll or ask the AssessAll team to create one for you.
Can Bodhih Training deliver the Mental Health & Wellbeing for Junior Leaders programme for my organisation?
Yes. Bodhih Training (bodhih.com) can facilitate the programme in person, live virtual or blended, customised to your context. Contact solutions@bodhih.com or +91 99000 11601.
How long is the programme?
2 days · 14 contact hours · blended. The facilitator guide shows how to run it as designed, and the virtual delivery guide adapts it for online sessions.