ADULT MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID COURSE Online or Face to Face

Summary

- 4 sessions of 4 hours

- Online or Face to Face in Wiltshire

- £325 includes:

- trainer there ALL the time

- A hard copy workbook to support their learning throughout the course

- A digital manual to refer to whenever they need it​ after completing the course

- A wallet-sized reference card with the Mental Health First Aid action plan​

- A digital MHFAider® certificate 

- Access to the MHFAider Support App® for three years

- Access to ongoing learning opportunities, resources and exclusive events ​

- Quarterly webinars to support ongoing learning.

- The opportunity to be part of the largest MHFAider® community in England

Course outcomes 

As an MHFAider® you will be able to: 

• Recognise those that may be experiencing poor mental health and provide them with first-level support and early intervention 
• Encourage a person to identify and access sources of professional help and other supports 
• Practise active listening and empathy 
• Have a conversation with improved mental health literacy around language and stigma 
• Discuss the MHFAider® role in depth, including boundaries and confidentiality 
• Practise self-care 
• Know how to use the MHFAider Support App® 
• Know how to access a dedicated text service provided by Shout and ongoing learning opportunities with MHFA England 
  

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MHFAiders® are essential to maintaining employee wellbeing. Our training is grounded in proven techniques and developed with clinical practitioners to ensure we provide the best course content possible.

We make sure everything taught is reflective of people’s real lived experiences of poor mental health. 

And as a result, our course has proven to increase MHFAiders’® confidence in supporting people with mental health issues, meaning they can support your workplace more effectively in the long term. 

But while MHFAiders® work to support others, they need support too. It is a crucial part of ensuring that MHFAiders® stay effective, confident and motivated to help their colleagues.

Confidence included - Through their training and certification, MHFAiders® become part of a workplace wellbeing community. With access to the MHFAider Support App®, they can access 24/7 digital support, as well as training resources and ongoing learning opportunities.

Format

The course takes place over 2 weeks and is made up of four sessions of 4 hours each all delivered by a fully qualified MHFA instructor.

These are conducted online via Zoom or can be arranged to be face to face.

MHFAiders® receive access to exclusive events so that they can continue to develop their support for your workplace beyond the training course.
 
MHFAiders® have access to regular online events that provide further learning and support, allowing them to continue to perform their role confidently and effectively, long after receiving their initial training.

Please book at least 15 working days before a course so that the materials will be with you in time.

Takeaways

Everyone who completes this course gets: 

• A hard copy workbook to support their learning throughout the course 
• A digital manual to refer to whenever they need it​ after completing the course 
• A wallet-sized reference card with the Mental Health First Aid action plan​ 
• A digital MHFAider® certificate 
• Access to the MHFAider Support App® for three years 
• Access to ongoing learning opportunities, resources and exclusive events ​ 
• The opportunity to be part of the largest MHFAider® community in England

Recognised and approved by the Royal Society for Public Health.

"The course was brilliant. Incredibly well presented and fantastically useful."

Our New MHFAiders® Support App.
 

Unique to this course is access to a support App. This has the following benefits:

• The MHFAider Support App® provides training resources and ongoing learning opportunities so that MHFAiders® can improve their support skills on the job. 

•   MHFAiders® can help organise their roles with reminders and secure conversation journaling, to safely reflect on their work. 

•   The MHFAider Support App® works to support the MHFAiders'® own mental health – the resources within can teach critical self-care skills, with the emotion tracker function allowing them to chart their own wellbeing. 

•   The app provides 24/7 text support for when MHFAiders® are feeling overwhelmed or need guidance for certain situations.