Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)

2-Day Mental Health First Aid Course

This two-day course qualifies your employees as Mental Health First Aiders, giving them:
An in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect wellbeing.
Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of a range of mental health issues.
Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress using the Mental Health First Aid action plan.
Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening.
Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether through self-help resources, internal support such as EAP, or external sources such as their GP
An understanding of how to keep themselves safe while performing their duties.

Two-day face to face course across four manageable sessions.
Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities.
Each session is built around a Mental Health First Aid action plan.
We limit numbers to 16 people per course so that the instructor can keep people safe and supported while they learn.

Everyone who completes the course gets:

A certificate of attendance to say they are a Mental Health First Aider.
A manual to refer to whenever they need it.
A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan.
A workbook including a helpful toolkit to support their own mental health.
A copy of the Line Managers’ Resource, an invaluable source of advice on how to support an employee experiencing mental ill-health.