The Team

Sarah Baker, HR Consultant & MHFA Instructor

Sarah has over 20 years’ experience as a MCIPD qualified HR professional, and is an accredited instructor member of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England.

Sarah has worked in a range of sectors including retail, healthcare, local government, education and construction, and in a variety of generalist senior HR roles gaining a wealth of experience, and developing a pragmatic and commercial approach.

With a particular interest in supporting workplace mental health literacy, Sarah encourages discussion and understanding through her delivery of MHFA training. Her experience of managing the implications of employee ill health brings real life examples and solutions to enrich learning.

Sarah is a volunteer guardian of the Building Mental Health programme introduced by the Lighthouse Club and CITB to support metal health awareness and training in the construction industry.

Liz Chasteauneuf, BTG Training & MHFA Instructor

Liz is a trusted partner of TAO HR who supports the delivery of our learning and development content.

Working with individuals, groups, or entire organisations, Liz supports personal and team based development goals through a highly interactive and personable style translating academic concepts and theories in to real life pragmatic solutions.

As an instructor member of MHFA England, and volunteer guardian of Building Mental Health, Liz works closely with Sarah to co-deliver the MHFA programme.

In addition to her MHFA expertise, Liz delivers ILM Diploma courses at levels 3 and 4, designs team building activities underpinned by her accreditation as a Belbin practitioner, and supports others to become more creative through her Mind Mapping courses (accredited by Illumine).

Find out more about Liz at www.btgtraining.com

Our specialisms

MENTAL HEATH AWARENESS

We are experienced instructor members of MHFA England and can deliver at your premises, supporting basic awareness of the whole team, or training mental health first aiders over a 2 day programme.

We deliver modules suitable for those working with adults, and those working with young people.

We have a real passion for this part of our work

We are experienced instructor members of MHFA England and can deliver at your premises, supporting basic awareness of the whole team, or training mental health first aiders over a 2 day programme.

We deliver modules suitable for those working with adults, and those working with young people.

We have a real passion for this part of our work, and have been humbled at the positive impact this training has on individuals and organisations.

MHFA England have a set cost framework for this licenced delivery, however, we believe that it is vital that this learning is accessible to all - please contact us for more information on our flexible and affordable pricing.

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HR SUPPORT & ADVICE

MENTAL HEATH AWARENESS

We are experienced CIPD qualified HR consultants offering a range of flexible support for your organisation. We can work with you on a range of issues on an ad hoc day rate, or retained basis.

Our aim is to support your business objectives and walk you through the requirements of employment legislation, policy and procedure. We will adv

We are experienced CIPD qualified HR consultants offering a range of flexible support for your organisation. We can work with you on a range of issues on an ad hoc day rate, or retained basis.

Our aim is to support your business objectives and walk you through the requirements of employment legislation, policy and procedure. We will advise you and provide you with options so it is always you that decide what is best for your organisation

We support clients with:

Policy & procedure development
Drafting or reviewing employment documentation
Support with interviews and selection when your team grows
Consultation processes
Operational HR support, for example, disciplinary or grievance advice including on site support
Ad hoc HR projects

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LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT

MENTAL HEATH AWARENESS

LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT

We can help you to support the development of your team through team building events and exercises, or through training for new managers to help them to understand and implement your people policies.

We support clients with:

Developing high performing teams and recognising team roles using Belbin
Creative thinking through mind mapping
Trainin

We can help you to support the development of your team through team building events and exercises, or through training for new managers to help them to understand and implement your people policies.

We support clients with:

Developing high performing teams and recognising team roles using Belbin
Creative thinking through mind mapping
Training in HR policy skills - such as:
Managing Absence
Managing a disciplinary or grievance hearing
Making a recruitment decision

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