Mental Health First Aid Training - 2 Day Course: Cohort 2

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Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an internationally recognised 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. In the same way as learning physical first aid, MHFA teaches people how to recognise those crucial warning signs of mental ill health and feel confident to guide someone to appropriate support.

To become a Mental Health First Aider, participants must complete a two-day MHFA course. This is a comprehensive awareness and skills course, which includes a mix of presentations, discussions and group work activities. Every MHFA course is delivered by a quality assured instructor who has completed the Instructor Training programme accredited by the Royal Society for Public Health

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

Please Note: Once you have booked on the course, click on Add to Calendar to start the process to import the course appointment into your calendar. This contains the link to the MS Teams course meeting under Joining Instructions that you will use to join on the day of the course.

This course is aimed at participants who would like to become an MHFAider® to gain the knowledge, awareness, and skills to spot signs of people experiencing poor mental health, be confident to start a conversation, and signpost a person to appropriate support.

In addition to the course, participants will become part of the largest dedicated community of Mental Health First Aiders in England, the Association of Mental Health First Aiders, gaining access to resources, ongoing learning, and 24/7 digital support, to give them the tools and knowledge needed to carry out the role effectively and confidently.

Number of sessions: 2

In person

Trainer: Claire Harris Claire Harris (Mental Health First Aid England) is a health psychologist, associate fellow of the British Psychological Society and has worked in mental health for over 24 years. She has worked in research and academia, the NHS and local authority designing and delivering bespoke mental health and wellbeing training programmes to meet the needs of organisations. Claire has vast knowledge and expertise of mental health research, policy, services, public mental health and wellbeing.

Claire qualified as a Mental Health First Aid Instructor in 2009 and works with in the public, private, voluntary and corporate sector.

Two full days (you will need to sign up for both days on 5th and 6th Nov)

If you signed up to the cohort in October you DO NOT need to attend then 2nd cohort. It is the same training.