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 equips professionals with the advanced competencies required to apply mental health and psychosocial support effectively, strengthen day-to-day performance, and generate the evidence needed for confident, well-informed decisions. With rising scrutiny of performance and value for money, institutions need practitioners who can work to recognized standards and defend their decisions with evidence. This certified programme combines proven methodology with hands-on application, covering community-based support and referral, 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 community-based support and referral, 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.

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 community-based support and referral.
• 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.

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training serves humanitarian and development practitioners responsible for protecting the wellbeing of crisis-affected populations and the staff who serve them.

• MHPSS Officers and Psychosocial Support Facilitators
• Protection and Child Protection Officers in emergency settings
• Community Health Workers and Primary Health Care staff integrating mental health services
• Case Workers and Social Workers managing referrals for survivors of violence and displacement
• Staff Welfare and Duty of Care Advisers supporting field teams
• Programme Managers designing MHPSS components within humanitarian responses
• Camp Management and GBV Response Officers coordinating community-based support

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 community-based support and referral, 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.

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 community-based support and referral.
• 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.

Participants who complete all five days receive a Certificate of Completion from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, confirming their ability to apply mental health and psychosocial support frameworks, deliver psychological first aid, coordinate referral pathways, and monitor MHPSS outcomes against defined indicators.