By completing the Level 4 qualification, learners will build the applied knowledge, confidence and practical skills needed to support, implement and strengthen workplace wellbeing initiatives within their organisation.

You’ll be able to:

Understand the business case for workplace wellbeing

• Understand the cost of poor mental health for organisations, teams and individuals

• Use data such as absence, engagement and wellbeing metrics to support the case for investment

• Contribute to business cases and action plans that link wellbeing activity to organisational priorities

Apply legal and ethical responsibilities confidently

• Understand key UK legislation that protects employee mental health, including health & safety, equality and stress-related duties

• Explain employer, manager and employee responsibilities in relation to mental health and work-related stress

• Identify gaps in policies and practices and support improvements to strengthen compliance and duty of care

Understand health, wellbeing models and influencing factors

• Understand what health and wellbeing mean at work, and explain how wellbeing influences workplace performance, culture and engagement

• Understand and apply recognised workplace wellbeing models, using them to review how an employer currently supports employee wellbeing

• Identify and explain the personal, workplace and external factors that influence employee health and wellbeing

Support the prevention and management of work-related stress

• Understand the HSE Management Standards and how they are used in practice

• Support the use of stress risk assessments at team and organisational level

• Contribute to practical stress prevention and management plans that reduce risk and improve working conditions

Strengthen workplace culture and mentally healthy leadership

• Understand how workplace culture, leadership behaviour and wellbeing are connected

• Identify the role managers play in creating psychologically safe, supportive teams

• Support initiatives that embed wellbeing into recruitment, onboarding and everyday management practice

Challenge stigma and promote inclusion

• Understand how stigma and discrimination impact mental health at work

• Identify signs of stigma within workplace culture and systems

• Support practical actions that encourage open conversations, inclusion and help-seeking

Apply behaviour change principles to workplace wellbeing campaigns

• Understand and apply a recognised behaviour change model to support health and wellbeing at work

• Use a behaviour change model to develop an annual wellbeing campaign plan across key wellbeing pillars

• Consider communication, accessibility and inclusion, and explain why campaign elements have been selected to support engagement and behaviour change

Apply safeguarding, confidentiality and suicide awareness principles

• Understand confidentiality boundaries and safeguarding responsibilities in workplace settings

• Recognise vulnerability and know when escalation or safeguarding action is required

• Support appropriate responses to suicide risk in line with policy, training and duty of care

Support safe peer-to-peer wellbeing roles

• Understand the purpose, value and limitations of peer support roles

• Support safe implementation through clear boundaries, policies and support

• Recognise risks to peer supporters and contribute to protective measures

Contribute to impact monitoring and evaluation

• Understand how wellbeing activity is measured and monitored

• Use basic wellbeing metrics and feedback to track progress and outcomes

• Support reporting that demonstrates impact to managers and stakeholders

Curriculum status:

The Level 4 curriculum is currently under development to ensure academic rigour, occupational relevance, and alignment with Level 4 descriptors. Final unit titles, learning outcomes, and assessment criteria will be confirmed prior to programme launch.