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Our Mental Health First Aid Online course teaches you how to help a person who has developed a mental health problem, is experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or is presently in a mental health crisis.
Who is it for?
The course is ideal for anyone interested in mental health and the impact it can have on business performance.
It will enable employees who have responsibility for the well being of staff, those with an interest in mental health issues and those working closely in teams, to better understand about mental health conditions and the various outcomes these can have across all aspects of the workplace.
Qualification will enable persons to support colleagues and adopt positive mental health strategies.
This course qualifies you as a Mental Health First Aider, giving you:
An in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect well-being.
Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues.
Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress.
Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening.
Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support, whether that is self-help resources, through their employer, the NHS, or a combination.
Course Format
This is an online course delivered through the MHFA England Online Learning Hub by one of Safetyboss’ own experienced trainers.
Learning takes place through four live training sessions, spread across two weeks, with self-learning activities in between (covered in more detail in the ‘structure’ section).
Each session is built around a Mental Health First Aid action plan.
Numbers are limited to 16 people per course so that our instructor can keep people safe and supported while they learn.
The course includes…
Everyone who completes the course gets:
A certificate of attendance to say you are a Mental Health First Aider.
A manual to refer to whenever you need it.
A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan.
A workbook including a helpful toolkit to support your own mental health.
Successful completion of this online training course enables you to help a person who has developed a mental health problem, is experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or is presently in a mental health crisis.
Like traditional first aid, Mental Health First Aid does not teach you how to treat or diagnose mental health or substance use conditions. Instead, the training teaches you how to offer initial support until appropriate professional help is received or until the crisis resolves.
Whilst first aid for physical health crises is familiar to us all, conventional first aid training has not generally incorporated mental health problems.
Successful completion of this course qualifies you as a Mental Health First Aider.
This is a two-day training course.
The course is broken down into the following sessions:
Session 1
Individual learning (1 hour)
Introduction to the Online Mental Health First Aid course and the Online Learning Hub (course overview, safety procedure, attending live sessions, and completing individual learning activities)
Activity 1: Why Mental Health First Aid?
Activity 2: The Mental Health First Aid action plan
Activity 3: What is mental health?
Activity 4: Quiz: Impact of mental health
Activity 5: Stress Container (completed after live session)
Activity 6: Frame of Reference (completed after live session)
Live session (1 hour 45 minutes)
Introduction to course functions
Introduction to the course
ALGEE and mental health introduction recap
Stigma
Risk and protective factors
10-minute break
Frame of Reference
The Mental Health Continuum
Introduction to the Stress Container
Session 2
Individual learning (2 hours)
Activity 7: What is depression?
Activity 8: Risk factors for depression
Activity 9: Mental Health First Aid for depression
Activity 10: Introduction to suicide
Live session (2 hours 20 minutes)
Recap of individual learning on depression
Prevalence of suicide
Suicide, substance misuse and dual diagnosis
Analyse the impact of suicidal feelings
Recap of ALGEE and risk factors for suicide
Explain Mental Health First Aid action plan 1 for suicide
10-minute break
Explain non-judgemental listening, Empathy video
Practice using ALGEE in case study scenarios
Review of ALGEE for suicide and depression
Self-care
Session 3
Individual learning (2 hours)
Activity 11: What is anxiety?
Activity 12: Mental Health First Aid for anxiety
Activity 13: What are eating disorders?
Activity 14: Mental Health First Aid for eating disorders
Activity 15: What is self-harm?
Activity 16: Mental Health First Aid for self-harm
Activity 17: What are personality disorders?
Live session (2 hours)
Recap of individual learning of anxiety
Recap of the five basic steps of ALGEE for anxiety
Explain action 1 for anxiety
How to support someone who is having a panic attack
Explain crisis first aid
Practice action 2: non-judgemental listening
10-minute break
Explain non-judgemental listening, Empathy video
Practice applying the Mental Health First Aid action plan for anxiety
Recap of ALGEE for anxiety
Explain cognitive behavioural therapy
Recap of eating disorders and self-harm
Case study for eating disorders and self-harm
Review ALGEE for eating disorders and self-harm
Session 4
Individual learning (2 hours)
Activity 18: What is psychosis, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder?
Activity 19: Risk factors for psychosis
Activity 20: Mental Health First Aid for psychosis
Activity 21: Helpful and unhelpful responses
Workbook Activity 10: My action plan for using Mental Health First Aid (completed after live session)
Live session (1 hour 55 minutes)
Review of individual learning on psychosis
Explain the development of symptoms of psychosis
Review the five steps of ALGEE for psychosis
Group discussion about MHFA Australia psychosis video
Case study activity using Mental Health First Aid action plan for psychosis
10-minute break
Recovery
Explore how to build a mentally healthy workplace
Start action plan to use Mental Health First Aid
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