Mental Health First Aid Awareness

This Mental Health First Aid Awareness course is suitable for everyone as it provides learners with the knowledge to recognize a suspected mental health condition. The skills to start a conversation and be able to signpost a person towards professional help.

All members of the public can benefit from this course and it is a great stepping stone into First Aid for Mental Health.

Content

What is mental health?

MH in numbers – the facts

MH – Myth-busting

What is our role!

MH issues

MH Stigma

The MH first aid procedure

Workplace stress

Eating disorders

Review of various MH disorders

Help & treatment

Signposting of people

Qualification training requires:- This course is a very interactive hands-on training session.

• Tutor contact time of 6 hours
• 1:12 tutor to candidate ratio
• Successful completion will result in the candidate gaining a certificate issued via ITC First
• The training is revalidated by attending another course after 3 years