Course Introduction:

Bangladesh garment sector is pre-dominated by women comprising 85% of 4 million workforces. Mental distress affects their work life, productivity leading to a poor work life. The normal day of women worker starts at 4 am, cooks food in the common kitchen available for 4-5 families, goes to work at 7 am, and has a longer work day till 7 pm, then is back to take care of her family and goes to bed between 10 to 11 pm. She has no time of her own, a victim of violence and abuse both in the factory and work, no one to share her pain. Factory management don’t realize the fact when psychosocial challenges and issues go unaddressed, it impacts workers’ effectiveness in the work place. In this situation, proper counseling, relief from stress & ensuring wellbeing issues are the prerequisite to make strong & productive workforce in garments industries. This training course has been designed accordingly & participants will be highly benefitted from this course.

Course Objectives:

· To make stress free work environment

· To make productive work environment
· To ensure productive workforce

· To make proper worker management

· To ensure harassment & abuse free work environment

· To make competent the garments factory management professional

· To ensure buyers satisfaction

· To conform compliance obligation & so on

Course Outcomes:

After the completion of the course, the participants are expected to be well conversant on:
· Ensuring appropriate practices of worker’s mental health, wellbeing & counseling
· Designing a complete compliance factory

· Designing a healthy & peaceful workplace
· Prepare the factory ready for any Audit
· Able to face the Audit effectively & efficiently
· Assist Management to have continuous business

Course Content(s):

§  Welcome & Introduction

Module 1: Mental Health Awareness

·         Introduction to Mental Health Awareness

·         Mental Health Problems

·         Wellbeing Toolkit

·         Tips for Management

Module 2: Managing Anxiety

·         Introduction to Anxiety

·         Management and Treatment of Anxiety

·         Coping Skills Anxiety

Module 3: Sexual Harassment & Wellbeing

·         Sexual Intimacy & Sexual Identity

·         Assertiveness & Establishing Rapport

·         Professional & Good/Positive Behavior at workplace

·         Take care of Maternal Mothers

·         Workplace Motivation

Module-4: IR, Grievance Resolution

·         IR-Labor Standards Analysis

·         ILO Conventions

·         IR-Practices in Garments Sectors

·         Grievance & Causes & Effect of grievance

·         8 Effective Techniques of Grievance Mechanism

·         Dispute Resolution Procedure

Module 5: Stress Awareness and Management

·         Understanding Stress

·         Causes of Stress

·         Symptoms of Distress

·         Managing Stress

Module 6: Welfare & Its Intended Outcomes

·         Welfare Officer’s Qualification

·         Welfare Officer’s Responsibilities

Module 7: Counseling & Its Intended Outcomes

·         Concept of Counseling

·         Steps to Make Counseling

·         Key Qualifications of Counselors

·         Areas of Counseling

·         Documentation of Counseling

Training Methodology:

·         Interactive Lecture

·         PowerPoint Presentation

·         Role Playing

·         Practical and real life examples

·         Workshop

·         Video Display

·         Group Exercise

Target Participants:

·         Welfare Professional

·         Compliance Professional

·         HR & Admin Professional

·         Floor Management Professional

Training Media:

Online Virtual

Course Summary:

·         4 Modules

·         10 Hours

·         E-Modules

·         E-Certificate