The increasing awareness of the importance of Mental Health, and the potentially large impact of poor mental health on individuals, colleagues and their employers, has led to high demand for quality training programmes.
Mental Health covers a wide range of both short term and longer term challenges which team members might encounter at work (or out of work) amongst their co-workers or clients, their visitors and customers. These might relate to anxiety & depression, chronic illness, and in extreme cases, suicidal tendencies. Unlike physical First Aid where symptoms may be more obvious, poor mental health can be harder to identify, and the responses often need to be more nuanced.
Our courses will involve plenty of participation by the Group, who will be encouraged to speak about their experiences (if they wish to), and consider their own attitudes to mental health awareness. There will be plenty of practical guidance to relate the training to the Real World application of Mental Health First Aid, including the use of language and asking questions, listening skills and the encouragement of positive steps which the individual might take to receive further support. Our training is delivered by appropriately qualified members of our team, who treat the subject with the care and respect that it deserves.
Anyone can be affected by a mental health condition either themselves or a family member, friend or colleague. A range of subjects are covered including:
What is First Aid for Mental Health?
Identifying mental health conditions
Drugs and alcohol
Providing advice and starting a conversation
First Aid for Mental Health action plan
First Aid for Mental Health in the workplace
A large range of Mental Health conditions covered in detail
First Aid for Mental Health Awareness (level 1) All members of the public can benefit from this course and it is a great stepping stone into First Aid for Mental Health.
Length: 4 hours
Group size: 16 Max
Price From: £95.00 pp
(Single student bookings are at a higher rate.)
Anyone can be affected by a mental health condition either themselves or a family member, friend or colleague.
This awareness course is suitable for everyone as it provides learners with the knowledge to recognise a suspected mental health condition and the skills to start a conversation and be able to signpost a person towards professional help.
All members of the public can benefit from this course and it is a great stepping stone into First Aid for Mental Health.
First aid for Mental Health (level 2) Learners undertaking this course will be considered First Aiders for Mental Health
Length: 1 day
Group size: 16 Max
Price From: £95.00 pp
(Single student bookings are at a higher rate.)
Anyone can be affected by a mental health condition either themselves or a family member, friend or colleague.
This course is suitable for everyone but has been designed to help employers to provide a positive mental health culture within the workplace and to provide learners with comprehensive knowledge on a range of the most common mental health conditions and the skills to be able to act should a condition be suspected.
Learners undertaking this course will be considered First Aiders for Mental Health and be a point of contact within the workplace to help and support those with a suspected mental health condition.
Building on the Level 1/4 Award in Awareness of First Aid for Mental Health this course introduces the First Aid for Mental Health Action Plan which allows learners to provide their peers with comprehensive guidance and support for a suspected mental health condition. Learners will be able to provide signposting to professional help and support that person whilst they are receiving professional assistance.
This course also covers the effects of drugs and alcohol and provides learners with the skills and knowledge to assist employers in implementing a positive mental health culture to support employees within a workplace.
First Aid for Mental Health Supervising (Level 3) This course is aimed at supervisory/managerial level positions
Length: 2 days
Group size: 16 Max
Price From: £195.00 pp
(Single student bookings are at a higher rate.)
Anyone can be affected by a mental health condition either themselves or a family member, friend or colleague.
This course builds on the Level 2 Award in First Aid for Mental Health and covers a wider range of mental health conditions and goes into detail on the range of therapy and professional support that a person may be given by professional bodies during treatment for a mental health condition.
The course is suitable for all persons within a workplace but is aimed at those who hold a supervisory/managerial level position and who have responsibility for implementing a positive mental health culture and responsibility for First Aid for Mental Health within an organisation.
First Aid for Youth Mental Health (Level 2) This qualification has been designed with children and young people in mind
Length: 1 day
Group size: 16 Max
Price From: £95.00 pp
(Single student bookings are at a higher rate.)
This course is suitable for anyone who actively connects with children such as parents, carers, teachers, youth group leaders and young adults.
The qualification has been designed with children and young people in mind covering areas such as depression, self-harm, eating disorders and bullying and will provide the knowledge and skills to identify a potential mental health condition, start a conversation, and provide support and guidance to professional help.
Learners will not diagnose or treat mental health conditions as this can only be carried out by healthcare professionals but will gain the knowledge to identify when a person may have a condition and know where they can go to get help.
First Aid for Mental Health Annual Refresher This qualification has been designed with children and young people in mind
Length: 3 hour
Group size: 16 Max
Price From: £95.00 pp
(Single student bookings are at a higher rate.)
This course has been designed for First Aiders for Mental Health to refresh their skills and knowledge and to stay up to date with current events. The course covers key topics from the regulated First Aid for Mental Health qualifications, including the signs and symptoms of mental health conditions, how to develop a first aid action plan for mental health and ways in which people can improve their general wellbeing.
Locations: Portsmouth and surrounding areas or even at your premises!
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