Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training in Lagos, Nigeria
Classroom training in Lagos · next cohort Nov 16, 2026 · from USD 2,800
Disasters, displacement and violence leave lasting psychological wounds, and communities recover faster when emotional wellbeing is addressed alongside food, water and shelter. The week opens with MHPSS concepts, the IASC guidelines and the intervention pyramid that layers basic services, community and family support, focused care and specialised services. You then learn to assess needs using rapid assessment tools, analyse existing resources and design programmes that fit the culture and context. Core skills sessions cover psychological first aid, active listening, identifying people in acute distress and making safe, confidential referrals.
Day four explores community-based approaches such as support groups, child-friendly spaces and integrating psychosocial activities into health, protection, education and nutrition programmes. The final day covers monitoring outcomes with appropriate indicators, staff care and supervision, and preventing burnout among helpers. Protection officers, health workers, social workers, case managers, teachers and programme staff in humanitarian and development settings form the participant group. Role plays and case studies let you practise difficult conversations safely, and you leave with a referral map and a plan for weaving psychosocial care into your work.
At a Glance
Training in Lagos, Nigeria
Lagos is Nigeria's commercial capital and West Africa's largest business centre.
More about training in Lagos →- Format
- Classroom, in Lagos
- Duration
- Mon - Fri (5 Days)
- Fee
- USD 2,800
- Next start dates
- Nov 16, 2026, Dec 14, 2026, Jan 11, 2027
- Certificate
- Certificate of Completion
- Airport
- Murtala Muhammed International (LOS)
- Time zone
- West Africa Time (UTC+1)
- Currency
- Nigerian naira (NGN). Fees are listed in USD.
- Business districts
- Victoria Island, Ikoyi, Lekki and Ikeja
About this course
This course builds practical capability through real-world scenarios and case studies.
Participants leave with tools and frameworks they can implement immediately in their organizations.
The Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training builds the specialist capability required to plan, deliver and evaluate mental health and psychosocial support in demanding, fast-moving operating environments. Because organizations now operate under tighter resource, compliance and reporting pressures, specialist capability in this area has moved from desirable to essential. This certified programme combines proven methodology with hands-on application, covering monitoring outcomes and sustaining capability, mental health and psychosocial support and the analytical techniques that underpin sound professional judgement.
Throughout the programme, participants work through realistic scenarios drawn from development initiatives, donor-funded programmes, nonprofit operations, and public sector environments, examining how mental health and psychosocial support is applied in practice and where it most often breaks down. Delegates will develop practical skill in designing appropriate frameworks, selecting and applying the right tools for monitoring outcomes and sustaining capability, interpreting findings, and communicating conclusions clearly to colleagues, management and external stakeholders. Sessions move deliberately from principles to application, so that each technique introduced is practised against a realistic problem before the programme moves on — strengthening both individual effectiveness and the wider capability of the organizations delegates return to.
Training Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Develop robust mental health and psychosocial support frameworks that support successful implementation and measurable outcomes.
- Analyze performance using recognized evaluation methods drawn from monitoring outcomes and sustaining capability.
- Design practical systems that strengthen accountability, transparency and evidence generation.
- Evaluate outcomes and assess longer-term impact across a range of operating contexts.
- Apply relevant tools, frameworks and analytical methodologies confidently and appropriately.
- Integrate mental health and psychosocial support into existing organizational processes and reporting structures.
- Strengthen decision-making and operational effectiveness through evidence-based professional practice.
What you'll learn
Key Takeaways
By the end of the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training, participants will leave with:
- A comprehensive working understanding of mental health and psychosocial support principles and performance-measurement methodology.
- Enhanced ability to design practical systems and evaluate outcomes reliably.
- Improved competency in mental health and psychosocial support, reporting structures and analytical interpretation.
- Practical techniques for translating findings into strategic insight and clear recommendations.
- Greater confidence in applying mental health and psychosocial support and assessing measurable results.
- Stronger capability to support organizational learning and continuous performance improvement.
- Improved approaches to strengthening sustainability, accountability and operational effectiveness.
Training Methodology
This training course adopts a practical, participant-centered learning approach that builds mental health and psychosocial support expertise, strengthens analytical capability and develops confident professional judgement. The methodology combines specialist facilitation, applied hands-on experience and globally recognized professional practice, so that delegates return able to apply what they have learned immediately rather than in theory only.
Methodology includes:
- Expert-led sessions facilitated by experienced mental health and psychosocial support practitioners and subject-matter specialists.
- Practical application of the frameworks, tools and techniques used in mental health and psychosocial support.
- Real-world case studies drawn from development initiatives, donor-funded programmes, nonprofit operations, and public sector environments.
- Tool-based demonstrations of the systems, templates and reporting applications used in current practice.
- Interactive discussion and scenario-based learning focused on realistic challenges and decision points.
- Structured group exercises with facilitator feedback, reinforcing learning through practice rather than lecture alone.
Day 1: MHPSS Concepts, Frameworks and the Intervention Pyramid
- Defining mental health, psychosocial wellbeing and distress in crisis contexts
- The IASC MHPSS intervention pyramid and layered service provision
- Distinguishing normal distress reactions from clinical mental health conditions
- Do-no-harm principles, confidentiality and informed consent in MHPSS work
- Cultural, gender and age considerations in understanding wellbeing
- Data, evidence and information requirements for MHPSS concepts, frameworks and the intervention pyramid
- Decision points and escalation routes in MHPSS concepts, frameworks and the intervention pyramid
Day 2: Assessment, Needs Analysis and Programme Design
- Conducting MHPSS needs and resource assessments with affected communities
- Participatory tools: focus group discussions, community mapping and key informant interviews
- Identifying protective factors, coping mechanisms and existing support structures
- Translating assessment findings into an MHPSS logframe and theory of change
- Aligning programme objectives with organisational mandate and donor requirements
- Measuring performance and assuring quality in assessment, needs analysis and programme design
- Worked example: applying assessment, needs analysis and programme design in a live mental health and psychosocial support context
Day 3: Core Support Skills — Psychological First Aid and Case Referral
- Psychological first aid: look, listen and link in practice
- Active listening, supportive communication and managing disclosure
- Supporting survivors of violence, loss and displacement without re-traumatisation
- Building and maintaining a functional referral pathway and service directory
- Recognising risk indicators and responding to suicidal ideation and severe distress
- Roles, responsibilities and stakeholder coordination in core support skills — psychological first aid and case referral
- Common challenges, risks and failure points in core support skills — psychological first aid and case referral
Day 4: Community-Based Interventions and Multi-Sector Coordination
- Designing community self-help groups, peer support and child-friendly spaces
- Integrating MHPSS into health, nutrition, education and protection programming
- Working within MHPSS technical working groups and cluster coordination structures
- Engaging traditional healers, faith leaders and community gatekeepers
- Staff care, supervision and preventing burnout and vicarious trauma in teams
- Core principles and terminology underpinning community-based interventions and multi-sector coordination
- Standards, frameworks and good practice governing community-based interventions and multi-sector coordination
Day 5: Monitoring Outcomes and Sustaining Capability
- Selecting MHPSS indicators and adapting wellbeing measurement tools
- Ethical data collection, case documentation and information-sharing protocols
- Using feedback and complaint mechanisms to adapt service delivery
- Cascading training and supportive supervision to build local capacity
- Transition, handover and exit planning for sustainable community-led support
- Participant action planning for MHPSS integration in their own programmes
- Documentation, record-keeping and reporting requirements
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Training serves humanitarian and development staff who design, deliver or supervise psychosocial services for crisis-affected and vulnerable populations.
- MHPSS Officers and Psychosocial Support Coordinators
- Protection and Child Protection Officers in humanitarian programmes
- Community health workers and social workers supporting displaced or affected communities
- Camp management and gender-based violence response staff
- Counsellors, psychologists and clinical staff working in NGO or emergency settings
- Programme managers and technical advisers integrating MHPSS into health, education or nutrition sectors
- Staff welfare and HR focal points responsible for duty of care in field operations
On completing the five days, participants receive a Certificate of Completion from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, recognising their capability to design, coordinate and monitor mental health and psychosocial support interventions in humanitarian and NGO settings.
The award recognizes full attendance and successful completion of the programme assessment activities. It is widely accepted for continuing professional development purposes, and its authenticity can be confirmed with Vision Reach Global Consultancy at any time.
Choose Where You Want to Learn
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training Venues
NigeriaLagosNext Nov 16· 13 dates$2,800Viewing- NigeriaAbujaNext Nov 9· 13 dates$2,800
KenyaNairobiNext Nov 9· 13 dates$1,500- KenyaMombasaNext Oct 26· 14 dates$1,600
- KenyaNaivashaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,500
- KenyaKisumuNext Oct 26· 14 dates$1,500
- KenyaMachakosNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,600
UgandaKampalaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,900
RwandaKigaliNext Oct 26· 14 dates$1,900
South AfricaCape TownNext Oct 26· 14 dates$3,800
TanzaniaZanzibarNext Nov 16· 13 dates$2,600
UAEDubaiNext Oct 26· 14 dates$3,800- South AfricaPretoriaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,200
- South AfricaJohannesburgNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,400
- TanzaniaDodomaNext Oct 26· 14 dates$1,800
- TanzaniaDar es SalaamNext Oct 26· 14 dates$2,000
- TanzaniaArushaNext Nov 9· 13 dates$1,900
GhanaAccraNext Nov 16· 13 dates$4,500
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Frequently Asked Questions About Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training in Lagos
Everything you need to know about this course before you register.
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training runs as classroom training in Lagos, Nigeria, in Monday-to-Friday cohorts that start every four weeks. The venue, daily timings and joining details are sent in your Joining Instructions email ahead of the start date.
The next Lagos cohort starts on November 16, 2026, and a new intake follows every four weeks. Pick a date under "Upcoming sessions in Lagos" above and click Register; your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
The classroom fee for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training in Lagos is USD 2,800 per delegate, covering tuition and course materials. Register 3 or more delegates together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically.
Yes. Besides Lagos, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training runs as classroom training in Abuja. It also runs as live online training you can join from anywhere in Nigeria, and in-house at your organisation's own premises.
Yes — Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training can be delivered at your offices in Lagos or at a venue you choose, on dates that suit your team, with case studies tailored to your sector. Message our training advisors to request a proposal.
By the end of the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training programme, you'll be able to master core mental health and psychosocial support training concepts and frameworks, apply relevant tools and techniques in your organizational context, develop actionable strategies aligned to your programme objectives, and coordinate effectively with internal and external stakeholders. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Training serves humanitarian and development staff who design, deliver or supervise psychosocial services for crisis-affected and vulnerable populations. Typical delegates include MHPSS Officers and Psychosocial Support Coordinators, Protection and Child Protection Officers in humanitarian programmes, Community health workers and social workers supporting displaced or affected communities, Camp management and gender-based violence response staff, Counsellors, psychologists and clinical staff working in NGO or emergency settings, Programme managers and technical advisers integrating MHPSS into health, education or nutrition sectors, and Staff welfare and HR focal points responsible for duty of care in field operations.
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
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