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Holding experience in a variety of sectors including financial services, civil service, retail and automotive trade, Mental Health First offers a variety of Mental Health + Suicide Awareness courses. We have something to suit you from half-a-day bite-size learning, full-day programmes and continuous learning journeys.

"We offer a range of evidence-based face-to-face and digital learning, from awareness raising to skill development. Our courses empower people to notice signs of mental ill health and encourage them to break down barriers, listen in a non-judgmental way, and signpost to support recovery." MHFA England

"We believe mental health and suicide prevention education must be provided by professionally competent and experienced educators in their chosen fields. We support our tutors to achieve their goals through individual mentoring and tested learning." SFA UK

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Adult Mental Health First Aid | 2 Day

This course is ideal for those who would like to become an MHFAider® to:

Gain the knowledge and skills to spot signs of people experiencing poor mental health
Be confident starting a conversation and signpost a person to appropriate support
Alongside the best evidence-based Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training, MHFAiders® are also provided with three-year access to ongoing learning and support through the MHFAider Support App®. The app gives you 24/7 digital support, access to exclusive resources, ongoing learning opportunities, and the benefit of joining England’s largest community of trained MHFAiders®.

Adult Mental Health Champion | 1 Day

This course is available as either an online or face-to-face training session. See 'book a course' section below for options.

This one day course trains 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

Takeaways

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 quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan
A workbook including a helpful toolkit to support your own mental health

Adult Mental Health Awareness | 1/2 Day

This course is an introductory 4 hour session to raise awareness of mental health in the workplace. The course has been developed by MHFA England is designed to give you an understanding of:

Mental health
Stigma
Knowledge of some common mental health issues
Spotting signs of distress
Self-care.

Adult Mental Health First Aid Refresher | 1/2 Day

To create a mentally healthy workplace it is vital to build supportive relationships between managers and team members. This four-hour training course will provide a consistent approach to mental health and wellbeing, promoting healthy performance across the whole organisation.

This evidence-based course is ideal for people managers who want to help create an open culture around mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. The course is available online or face to face. See our ‘Book a course’ section below to view upcoming courses

Mental Health For Managers

To create a mentally healthy workplace it is vital to build supportive relationships between managers and team members. This training course will provide a consistent approach to mental health and wellbeing, promoting healthy performance across the whole organisation.

This evidence-based course is ideal for people managers who want to help create an open culture around mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. The course is available online or face to face. See our ‘Book a course’ section below to view upcoming courses.

Course outcomes

By attending the course, you will learn to:

Identify if an employee may be experiencing poor mental health
Feel confident having open conversations about mental health with your team members
Appropriately signpost to available support and know where to go for support and guidance for yourself
Role model good self-care practice, inspiring your teams to look after their own mental health and wellbeing

Youth Mental Health

First Aid

If you work with young people, or are working in education or the care sector, come and join a Youth Mental Health First Aid course.

Certified by MHFA England, you will leave the course with improved skills supporting young people who may be struggling with poor mental health.

This two day course trains you as a Youth Mental Health First Aider (MHFAider®), giving you:

An in-depth understanding of young people’s mental health and factors that affect wellbeing
Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
Confidence to reassure and support a young person in distress
Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening
Knowledge to help a young person recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether that’s through self-help sites, their place of learning, the NHS, or a mix – engaging with parents, carers and external agencies where appropriate
Ability to support a young person with a long term mental health issue or disability to thrive
Tools to look after your own mental wellbeing

Suicide First Aid

Half or Full Day Course

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.

This course offers a half day LITE version or a full day C&G accredited version

Participants can choose to register for the City and Guilds accredited unit of learning for an additional fee of £93.50 per person. This involves the completion of a written assignment.

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