Adult Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
The Adult MHFA Two Day course gives you:
- A deeper understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect people’s well-being, including your own
- Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
- Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress using the MHFA action plan
- Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgmental listening
- Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to appropriate 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
Practical mental health skills and awareness training is a key component for creating a safe, healthy workplace where the mental health and physical health of employees are valued equally. It gives people the tools to support their own mental health and that of their colleagues, and encourages them to access timely support when needed.
MHFA England training won’t teach you to be a therapist, but just like physical first aid, it will teach you to listen, reassure and respond, even in a crisis.
Adult MHFA Two Day courses are for everyone aged 16 upwards.
Learning takes place through a mix of group activities, presentations and discussions. Each session is built around a MHFA action plan.
Participant numbers are limited to 16 people per course so that the Instructor can keep people safe and supported while they learn.
Delivered across two days.
Day 1
- Why Mental Health First Aid?
- The Mental Health First Aid action plan
- All about mental health including impact of mental health issues, stigma and discrimination
- Depression - In the workplace, symptoms, risk factors, first aid, treatment & resources
- Suicide figures
- Alcohol, drugs and mental health
- First aid for suicidal crisis
- Non-judgmental listening skills
- Self-care
Day 2
- Anxiety Disorder - first aid, treatment & resources
- Crisis first aid after a traumatic event
- Alcohol, drugs and anxiety disorders
- Cognitive distortions and CBT
- Personality disorders
- Eating disorders
- Self-harm
- Psychosis - risk factors, warning signs for developing acute psychosis, crisis first aid for acute psychosis, treatment & resources
- Alcohol, drugs and psychosis
- Schizophrenia
- Bipolar disorder
- Recovery and building resources
- Action planning for using MHFA
Completion takeaways.
- Certificate of attendance stating you are a Mental Health First Aider
- Manual to refer to whenever you need it
- Quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan
- Workbook including a helpful toolkit to support your own mental health
- Copy of the Line Managers' Resource, an invaluable source of advice on how to support an employee experiencing mental ill health