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Mental Health First Aid

Everyone has mental health, just like we all have physical health, but sometime we can experience mental health problems. 1 in 4 people will experience mental health problems at some point, this might be ourselves, a family member, a friend or a colleague, and lives can be affected by mental health problems or mental illness in lots of different ways.

First Aid for Mental Health training is suitable for everyone and we offer different levels of training depending on you or your organisations needs. From Awareness of First Aid For Mental Health, becoming a designated Mental Health First Aider to Supervising First Aid for Mental Health, we can help you or your organisation be more confident in recognising when others may need help, and how to help them.

Our lead instructor has over 20 years experience as Mental Health Nurse and helping others with mental health problems and illness and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this training.

Full details of the courses we offer are detailed below, all fully accredited and Ofqual regulated.

Awareness of First Aid for Mental Health

4 Hours

Ofqual regulated

Level 1 Award

The Awareness of First Aid for Mental Health course is suitable for everyone. During this training we will provide learners with the knowledge to recognise a suspected mental health condition and the skills and confidence to start a supportive conversation and signpost a person towards professional help.

The course covers:

What is First Aid for Mental Health
Identifying mental health conditions
Providing advice and starting a conversation

The qualification is assessed through a multiple-choice question paper. A Level 1 Award in Awareness of First Aid for Mental Health will be issued to the learner, subject to successful assessment.

Who Should Attend?

Anyone and everyone! From those wanting to increase their confidence and knowledge in mental health first aid to those who have some knowledge and want to formalise this with a recognised qualification.

Please note, learners must be a minimum age of 14 to qualify.

First Aid for Mental Health

1 Day

(Minimum - 6 Hours)

Ofqual regulated

Level 2 Award

This course is suitable for everyone and has been specifically designed to help organisations, employers ans service providers to provide a positive mental health culture within their own environment or workplace.

We will 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 then be considered First Aiders for Mental Health and be a point of contact within the organisation or workplace to help and support those with a suspected mental health condition.

Building on the Level 1 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 others 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 if this is felt to be appropriate.

This course also covers the effects of drugs and alcohol and provides learners with the skills and knowledge to assist organisations, employers or service providers in implementing a positive mental health culture to support others.

The course covers:

What is First Aid for Mental Health?
Identifying mental health conditions
Providing advice and starting a conversation
Drugs and alcohol
First Aid for Mental Health action plan
First Aid for Mental Health in the workplace

The qualification is assessed through both a practical demonstration of the First Aid for Mental Health Action Plan and a multiple-choice question paper. A Level 2 Award in First Aid for Mental Health will be issued to the learner, subject to successful assessment.

Who Should Attend?

Anyone including employers, employees, business owners, managers, HR staff, teachers, tutors, group leaders, designated persons for child and/or adult protection, and those wanting to increase their confidence and knowledge in mental health first aid to those who have some knowledge and want to formalise this with a recognised qualification.

Please note, learners must be a minimum age of 14 to qualify.

Supervising Mental Health First Aid

2 Days

(12 Hours)

Ofqual regulated

Level 3 Award

This course builds on the Level 2 Award in First Aid for Mental Health and covers a wider range of mental health conditions. We will also look at the range of therapy and professional support that a person may be given by professional bodies during treatment for a mental health condition in more detail to give you the knowledge and confidence to support others.

The course is suitable for anyone 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.

The course covers:

What is First Aid for Mental Health?
Identifying mental health conditions
Providing advice and starting a conversation
Drugs and alcohol
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

Summative practical assessment is ongoing by the instructor each day, along with a written assessment on each day. A Level 3 Award in Supervising First Aid for Mental Health will be issued to the learner, subject to successful assessment.

Who Should Attend?

Anyone who holds a supervisory/managerial level position and who has responsibility for implementing a positive mental health culture and responsibility for First Aid for Mental Health within an organisation.

Please note, learners must be a minimum age of 16 to qualify.