Mental Health First Aid (Adult)

This Two-day online course qualifies you as a Mental Health First Aider, giving you:

• An in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect well being

• Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues

• Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress

• Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening

• Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support - whether that’s self-help resources, through their employer, the NHS, or a mix
   

This is an online course delivered through the MHFA England Online Learning Hub.

Learning takes place through four live training sessions, spread across two weeks, with self-learning activities in between. 

Each session is built around a Mental Health First Aid action plan

Everyone who completes the course gets:

A certificate of attendance to say you are a Mental Health First Aider.

A manual to refer to whenever you need it.

A workbook including a helpful toolkit to support your own mental health.
 

(Minimum of 8 people per class- Maximum 16)

This one-day online course qualifies you as an MHFA Champion, giving you: 

• An understanding of common mental health issues  

• Knowledge and confidence to advocate for mental health awareness

• Ability to spot signs of mental ill-health 

• Skills to support positive wellbeing
   

This is a one day course delivered either face to face or via online video conferencing.

Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities.
 

Everyone who completes the course gets:

A certificate of attendance to say you are an MHFA Champion.

A manual to refer to whenever you need it.

A workbook including a helpful toolkit to support your own mental health.

(Minimum of 8 people per class- Maximum 16)

This 1/2 day course raises awareness of mental health. It covers: 

• What mental health is and how to challenge stigma

• A basic knowledge of some common mental health issues

• An introduction to looking after your own mental health and maintaining wellbeing

• Confidence to support someone in distress or who may be experiencing a mental health issue
   

This is a half-day course delivered either face to face or via online video conferencing.

Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities.

We limit numbers to 25 people per course so that the instructor can keep people safe and supported while they learn.
 

Everyone who completes the course gets:

A certificate of attendance to say you are Mental Health Aware.

A manual to refer to whenever you need it.

A workbook including a helpful toolkit to support your own mental health.
 

(Minimum of 8 people per class- Maximum 16)  

The MHFA Refresher is a four-hour course designed to refresh and update your skills in applying the MHFA Action Plan, keep your awareness of mental health support current and update your knowledge of mental health and what influences it. 

MHFA recommend that Mental Health First Aiders and Champions attend refresher training every three years, to keep your training up to date.

This course will:

• Practice skills in applying      the MHFA Action Plan.
• Refresh knowledge of mental      health and what influences it current.
• Keep awareness of mental      health support current. 

Session 1

• About Mental Health
• Stress and factors which      influence mental health
• Mental Health Continuum and      stigma
• Frame of Reference and      non-judgement
• Reintroducing ALGEE
• Warning signs of mental ill      health
• Depression and anxiety 

Session 2

• Suicide and first aid for      suicidal crisis
• Psychosis and first aid for      severe psychotic episodes
• More mental health issues
• Practising our MHFA skills
• Self-care, wellbeing and      recovery
   

This is a 4 hour course delivered either face to face or via online video conferencing.

Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities.
 

Everyone who completes the course gets:

A certificate of attendance to say they have refreshed their Mental Health skills

A manual to refer to whenever you need it.

A workbook including a helpful toolkit to support your own mental health.
 

(Minimum of 8 people per class- Maximum 16)  

This 3-hour course helps employers and employees create a bespoke toolkit to have a conversation about their well-being wants and needs.

The toolkits empower employees to own their well-being and give them solutions that will work.

This will allow them to:

Have an action-focused well-being toolkit and strategy for challenging times.

Have conversations about well-being without the awkwardness.

Focus on the things that they can control in their lives.

Go back to basics and focus on the here and now.

Prioritise self-care and well-being.

This is a 3-hour course delivered either face to face or online course, using tutor-facilitated class-based learning, tutor-led group work and audio-visual presentations.

Everyone who completes the course gets their own bespoke workplace well-being first aid action plan.

(Minimum of 8 people per class- Maximum 16)   

This Bespoke Mental Health General Awareness programme is designed to give you an introduction and education to some of the most common mental health issues, including the most common in the workplace...

• Stress
• Anxiety 
• Depression

We all have Mental health, and having a greater awareness of what mental health issues exist, how they can affect us, how to respond when they occur, can have a huge benefit in our own lives, and in helping others too. 

Course Content: 

We will help you to identify and assist people struggling with their mental health in the workplace and help you refer them to appropriate professional support if required.

Methods Of Learning:

This is a 6 -hour face to face or 3-hour online course, using tutor-facilitated class-based learning, tutor-led group work and audio-visual presentations.

Who should attend? 

This course is suitable for anybody wishing to increase their understanding of mental health along with poor mental health issues, how to spot early signs of mental health issues, and how to signpost somebody towards expert help.

(Minimum of 8 people per class- Maximum 16)

Teaching the theory and practice of suicide intervention skills that can be applied in any professional or personal setting, captured in a one-day event accredited by City and Guilds of London.

The UK’s only externally accredited suicide prevention programme,  on the Regulated Qualification Framework, this is the UK’s National Qualification in Suicide Prevention.

Course Content:

SFAUSI is comprised of 4 parts, each approximately 90 minutes duration. The programme teaches and practices the skills and knowledge needed to identify someone who may be thinking about suicide and competently intervene to help create suicide safety as a first-aid approach.

Methods Of Learning:

This is a 7 -hour face to face or 7-hour online course, using tutor-facilitated class-based learning, tutor-led group work and audio-visual presentations.

Who should attend?

Multi-sector practitioners including health, housing, social care, education, criminal justice, call centre operators, private, voluntary and public sector workers and community member. 

(Minimum of 8 people per class- Maximum 16) 

Teaching the theory and practice of suicide intervention skills delivered over 3.5 hours either virtually or face to face as a suicide prevention awareness session. 

For anyone who seeks greater understanding and confidence to intervene with people at risk of suicide. 

The Suicide First Aid Lite (Virtual) course gives learners the knowledge and tools to understand that suicide is one of the most preventable deaths and some basic skills can help someone with thoughts of suicide stay safe from their thoughts and stay alive. 

Course Content: 

SFA Lite is comprised of 2 parts, each 90 minutes duration. The programme teaches the skills needed to identify someone who may be thinking about suicide and to pass the person onto a suicide first aider. 

Referring a person to suicide first aiders Suicide First Aid Lite (Virtual) training offers learning outcomes that are knowledge-based and factual. 

This training can be used as a stand-alone programme or as the first part of a journey to learn suicide prevention skills. 

Methods Of Learning:

This is a 3 -hour face to face or online, using tutor-facilitated class-based learning, tutor-led group work and audio-visual presentations.

Who should attend?

Multi-sector practitioners including health, housing, social care, education, criminal justice, call centre operators, private, voluntary and public sector workers and community member. 

(Minimum of 8 people per class- Maximum 16)  

Teaching the theory of suicide intervention skills that can be applied in any professional or personal setting, captured in a 3.5-hour event that can be delivered online or face to face.

The Suicide First Aid Lite with Young People gives learners the knowledge on how to have a caring conversation that could save a life.  

Course content:  

SFA Lite YP is comprised of 2 parts, approximately each 90 minutes duration.

The programme teaches the knowledge needed to identify a young person who may be thinking about suicide and competently intervene to help create suicide-safety and support with coping, as a first aid approach.  

Methods of delivery:  

Taught over 3.5 hours using tutor facilitated Socratic learning, tutor-led role- play,  mini lectures, group work and audio-visual presentations. 

This is a highly interactive  and emotionally engaging learning experience.  

Pre-training requirement:  

No previous experience or training is necessary. Participants will be asked to selfreflect and empathise with a person having thoughts of suicide. There is no  expectation on participants to share personal experiences.  

Who should attend?  

Multi-sector managers and practitioners including health, housing, social care,  education, criminal justice, call centre operators, private, voluntary and public sector  workers and community groups or members.  

Accreditation – 

Not offered with this course Participants cannot access the qualification through the Lite programme as it does not meet  City and Guilds learning hours requirements. 

However, if participants would like to complete  the unit of learning, they can attend our Suicide First Aid: Understanding Suicide Intervention 1 Day programme. Please note that this is currently not specific to young people.  

(Minimum of 8 people per class- Maximum 16) 

Our lunch and learn webinars are great for those who value their time.

These one-hour virtual information based sessions will give you an understanding of the following topics: 

• Top tips and hints for working at home or remotely 
• How to avoid burnout
• How to manage a team remotely 
• Returning back to work 
• Understanding Mental health
• Uncerstanding Anxiety
• Understanding Stress
• Understanding Anxiety
• Supporting yourself and your team in uncertain times

If there's a topic you would like us to cover but can't see ithere, get in touch, we'll see if we can create it for you.

Steve has a very powerful story that shows how he moved from a place of being unable to speak about his mental health and surviving to become a pilot, mental health first aid, and 1 of only a handful of suicide first aid trainers in the United Kingdom.

His story will leave you feeling inspired and in awe.

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