Tag: MHFA

29 November 2024
employee mental health • mental health at work • Mental Health First Aiders • MHFA • MHFAs • Neurodivergence in the workplace • neurodivergent colleagues • neurodiversity • Neurodiversity at Work • neurodiversity training •

Neurodiversity Training for Mental Health First Aiders (MHFAs)

At Wellbeing Partners, we are excited to introduce our latest service offering: Neurodiversity Training for Mental Health First Aiders (MHFAs). This comprehensive 2-hour training is live and interactive for a group of up to 20 of your employees. It is designed specifically to empower MHFAs with the knowledge and skills necessary to support neurodivergent colleagues in the workplace, addressing the intersection between neurodivergence and mental health.

Whilst neurodivergence is not a mental health issue, it is a significant risk factor for mental health and wellbeing issues such as anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, insomnia, burnout, and related health issues that can also affect mental health.

The trainers for this course are mental health professionals who specialise in supporting neurodivergence in the workplace:

Topics in the 2 hour course include:

  • Neurodivergence in the Workplace: Learn essential facts, statistics, and the importance of using both formal and informal language when discussing neurodivergence.
  • Neurodivergence as a Mental Health Risk Factor: Gain an understanding of why neurodivergence can contribute to mental health and wellbeing challenges, and how to spot potential risks.
  • Types of Neurodivergence: Discover the different neurodivergences, their strengths, and challenges in the workplace, and how they can impact team dynamics.
  • Supporting Conversations: Build key skills for engaging in supportive conversations with neurodivergent colleagues, fostering a more inclusive and understanding workplace culture.
  • Available Support Options: Learn about the various support options that can be offered to neurodivergent individuals to enhance their mental health and wellbeing.

This training is designed for Mental Health First Aiders and other workplace wellbeing champions who want to deepen their understanding of neurodiversity and be better equipped to support colleagues facing unique challenges.

For more information please complete the form below or email us at [email protected]

6 March 2024
employee mental health • mental health first aid • MHFA • mhfaonline •

Open MHFA Course

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
     

Getting Started

Enter your details below or call us on 020 3951 7685 to get started

16 November 2020
MHFA • mhfaonline •

Online MHFA course – 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th December 2020

 

We are now taking bookings for the next Online MHFA Course, open to delegates from a variety of companies and organisations across different industries.

The course will be run by our very experienced MHFA instructor, who is also a wellbeing coach and qualified counsellor. It will be a very interesting, informative and well-run course.

Contents of the course:

  • 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

Get in touch for more information or to book your place on the course: [email protected]

 

1 March 2019
mental health first aid • MHFA • MHFA Two Day Course •

Mental Health First Aid Training Course – 22nd March and 2nd April, High Street Kensington, London

Our next two day MHFA training course is now open! If you’d like to book your place on the course, please get in touch – [email protected]

The course will be at one of our client company’s premises in High Street Kensington, right by the tube station, and will run from 9.30am to 5.30pm on both 22nd March and 2nd April.

Professionals from different companies across a variety of industries will be in attendance (maximum number of delegates is 16).

Please get in touch for more information or to book your place on the course.

9 May 2017
employee wellbeing • mental health awareness • mental health first aid • mental health first aid training • mental health training • MHFA •

Mental Health First Aid

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an internationally-recognised two day training course, designed to teach people how to spot the signs and symptoms of mental ill health and provide help on a first aid basis.

At Wellbeing Partners, we can provide the Mental Health First Aid training course onsite at your workplace, in four sessions over two days, for groups of six to sixteen participants per training course.  Everyone on the course is taught a set of skills which enables them to support anyone who is experiencing mental health issues.

Our fully-qualified and quality-assured Mental Health First Aid instructor delivers the training programme and is accredited by the Royal Society for Public Health.

The training is designed to fit into four manageable chunks of learning:

  • What is mental health?
  • Suicide and depression – recognise the signs, first aid for depression, how to help someone who is suicidal
  • Anxiety, eating disorders and self harm – recognising the signs, first aid, how to help
  • Psychosis – recognising the signs, first aid for psychosis

The course will teach participants a deeper understanding of all the issues that impact on and relate to people’s mental health; teach practical skills that can be used every day, including being able to spot the signs and symptoms of mental health issues.

Course participants will receive a Mental Health First Aid manual and workbook, along with a certificate confirming they are a trained Mental Health First Aider.

Independent research and evaluation shows that taking part in an Mental Health First Aid course:

  • Raises mental health awareness
  • Reduces stigma around mental ill health
  • Boosts knowledge and confidence in dealing with a person who may be experiencing a mental health issue
  • Promotes early intervention which enables recovery

If you’d like to arrange a Mental Health First Aid training course for your workplace, please get in touch with Nick Winfield at [email protected] or call 07773 767248.

 

 

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