Mental Health First Aid Training

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Categories: First Aid - Mental Health , First Aid Training Courses

£160 per delegate. This may be less for special offers on specific course dates and in-company training courses

Duration: 1 day

Trainer: P720ST

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Course Overview
Course Dates

This course is suitable for everyone but has been designed to help employers to provide a positive mental health culture within the workplace and to provide learners with comprehensive knowledge on a range of the most common mental health conditions and the skills to be able to act should a condition be suspected.

Learners undertaking this course will be considered First Aiders for Mental Health and be a point of contact within the workplace to help and support those with a suspected mental health condition.

Who Should Attend

This course is suitable for everyone but has been designed to help employers to provide a positive mental health culture within the workplace and to provide learners with comprehensive knowledge on a range of the most common mental health conditions and the skills to be able to act should a condition be suspected.

Learners undertaking this course will be considered First Aiders for Mental Health and be a point of contact within the workplace to help and support those with a suspected mental health condition.

Course Content

Module 1 – Introduction

Module content: Trainer/assessor introduction Learner introductions Course information

- Administration
- Learning outcomes
- Assessment criteria
- Reasonable adjustments
- Certification
- Complaints and appeals
- Assessment information
- Module duration: 15 minutes

Module 2 – What is first aid for mental health?
Module content: Definitions

- Role and responsibilities of a First Aider
- The impact of mental health issues Mental health stigma Statistics
- Module duration: 25 minutes

Module 3 – Identifying mental health conditions
Module content: Mental health continuum

- Mental health risk factors
- Early warning signs
- Module duration: 25 minutes

Module 4 – Providing advice and starting a conversation
Module content: How to start a difficult conversation

- Non-judgemental listening skills When to contact the emergency services The First Aider’s own health and emotions
- Module duration: 40 minutes

Module 5 – Stress
Module content:

- What is stress?
- Causes of stress
- Effects of stress
- Coping strategies
- Module duration: 25 minutes

Module 6 – Mental health conditions
Module content:

- Depression
- Anxiety
- Psychosis
- Eating disorders
- Suicide
- Self-harm
- Module duration: 70 minutes

Module 7 – Drugs and alcohol
Module content:

- What is substance misuse?
- Alcohol misuse
- The effects of drugs and alcohol on mental health
- First aid for drug and alcohol misuse
- Treatments and signposting for drugs and alcohol
- Module duration: 15 minutes

Module 8 – First aid action plan for mental health
Module content:

- Check for significant risk of suicide or harm
- Apply non-judgemental communication skills
- Reassure and provide information
- Encourage professional support and self-help strategies
- Practical assessment – First Aid Action Plan for Mental Health
- Module duration: 60 minutes

Module 9 – Mental health in the workplace
Module content:

- Developing a clearer picture of mental health in the workplace Factors affecting mental health in the workplace Building a mentally healthy workplace The five steps to mental wellbeing
- Module duration: 35 minutes

Module 10 – Assessment and course closure
Module content: Written assessment paper

Course administration Course closure

The course either has new dates in data loading, or is only run as a dedicated or In Company course.

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