Mental Health First Aid Training

Mental Health First Aid  teaches participants how to notice and support individuals who may be experiencing mental health issues or exhibiting the signs of substance use in a work environment. They are also taught how to connect those people with appropriate help from fellow employees, community resources or healthcare professionals.

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Mental Health First Aid

Short Summary:

Mental Health First Aid  teaches participants how to notice and support individuals who may be experiencing mental health issues or exhibiting the signs of substance use in a work environment. They are also taught how to connect those people with appropriate help from fellow employees, community resources or healthcare professionals.

Course Description:

Around 25 per cent of the UK population will experience a mental health problem at some point in their lives. Most are mild, tend to be short-term and are usually treated successfully with therapy and medication.

But it is still a significant problem, and teaches participants how to notice and support individuals who may be experiencing mental health issues or exhibiting the signs of substance use in a work environment. They are also taught how to connect those people with appropriate help from fellow employees, community resources or healthcare professionals.

The course introduces the subject and outlines the benefits of Mental Health first aid and workplace wellness schemes. It then goes on to cover the effects of stress on individuals and teams and discusses how stress and mental health are linked.

It then covers the roles of employers, managers and employees in ensuring that a Mental Health First Aid programme is successful. It concludes with a series of practical examples of how to apply mental health first aid to real situations, how to support employees who are experiencing mental health issues and where to point them for further help and advice.

Target Audience:

This course is aimed at people in the workplace that would like to become a Mental Health First Aider in their workplace or for Supervisors or Managers that are interested in starting a Mental Health First Aid programme in their workplace.

Advantages:

Online training is flexible, efficient and cost effective meaning the candidate can progress through the modules at their own pace and in their own time, so they can fit the training in around their work and personal life.

Course is endorsed by Gatehouse Awards. 

Further Progression:

Other courses that complement this one could include Developing a Workplace Mental Health Policy, Stress Awareness and Developing Teamwork, which is also endorsed by the ILM.

Duration: 90 Minutes Start YOUR Mental Health First Aid Here

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  • •   Course is CPD Approved
  • •   Accredited by Gatehouse Award
  • •   Same day certificate
  • •   Low Cost Our Price £25 plus vat
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  • •   One-on-One tutor led
  • •   Developed by qualified Health & Safety professionals

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The course introduces the subject and outlines the benefits of Mental Health first aid and workplace wellness schemes.

 

It then goes on to cover the effects of stress on individuals and teams and discusses how stress and mental health are linked.

Typical environments may include

  • •   Hosptials
  • •   Businesses
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  • •   Social Care
  • •   Care Sector
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Please note once you have successfully completed the course you can print off your certificate for compliance and audit purposes.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is mental first aider?
 
Mental health first aid is the help you give to someone developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis. You can give this first aid until the person has received appropriate professional treatment or the crisis is resolved.
What does it take to be a good mental health first aider?
 
Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental illness. an understanding of how to perform some physical first aid as part of their response to mental illness. the confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress.

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