Would you like to become a Mental Health First Aider?
Our next two day mental health first aid courses takes place on 21st & 22nd August and 25th & 27th September (dates tbc) – online and interactive with our nationally-accredited MHFA instructor.
This course trains you as a certified Mental Health First Aider, giving you:

• An in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect wellbeing
• Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of a range of mental health issues
• Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress using the Mental Health First Aid action plan
• Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening
• Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether through self-help resources, internal support such as EAP, or external sources such as their GP
• An understanding of how to keep themselves safe while performing their duties
   

Format

• This is an online course delivered in a live and highly interactive format by our nationally-recognised and accredited instructor
• Learning takes place through four live training sessions, spread across two days, with self-learning activities in between. 
• Each session is built around a Mental Health First Aid action plan
• We limit numbers to 16 people per course so that the instructor can keep people safe and supported while they learn
   

Takeaways

Everyone who completes the course gets:

• A certificate of attendance to say they are a Mental Health First Aider
• A manual to refer to whenever they need it
• A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan
• A workbook including a helpful toolkit to support their own mental health