Adult Mental Health First Aid
Format
Face to face or Virtual
Number of participants
8-16
Duration
2 days
Course overview
Mental Health First Aid is a two day educational course which teaches people how to identify, understand and help a person who may be developing a mental health issue. In the same way, as we learn physical first aid, Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to recognise those crucial warning signs of mental ill-health
Format
https://mhfaengland.org/individuals/adult/mental-health-first-aid/
Session 1
- Mental Health First Aid and the action plan
- The MHFAider role and self-care
- Helpful and unhelpful language
- Useful models to support the role
Session 2
- What influences mental health?
- What is anxiety?
- Crisis first aid
- Active listening and empathy
- What are eating disorders?
- What is self-harm?
- What is substance misuse?
Session 3
- Applying the Mental Health First Aid action plan
- What is depression?
- What is suicide?
- Crisis first aid continued
- What is psychosis?
Session 4
- Recovery and lived experience
- Boundaries in the MHFAider role
- Moving forward in the MHFAider role
- My MHFA action plan
Learning outcomes
This two day course qualifies your employees asMental Health First Aiders, giving them:
- 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
Who should attend
Cost per session
£3600 plus VAT
Pre-training requirement
No previous experience or training is necessary.
