Highfield Accredited Course

Mental Health First Aid

Overview:

With the world currently dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic and businesses coming in and out of lockdown, uncertainty, stress and anxiety are affecting everyone and in different ways.

Our Mental Health First Aid course is designed to equip you or a team member with the skills and knowledge required to be the first point of contact in an organisation to assist others with their mental health challenges. It will also allow them to spot the warning signs or red flags that a member of staff might be experiencing a mental health issue. Spotting such signs early can lead to swifter help and can be a life-saver.

Unlike a traditional first-aider in a company who would dress a wound or deal with a physically injured person, mental health first aiders require a completely different set of skills. Our Mental Health First Aid course will provide participants with the tool box to confidently take on this role and which will provide them with these skills for life.

Course duration: 4 modules (8 Hours). Each module delivered virtually – 2 hours over 4 sessions, over 4 consecutive days.

Module 1 – Mental Health Awareness
  1. What is mental health and mental health first aid?
  2. Mental health awareness – statistics.
  3. Common types of mental health issues.
    • Depression.
    • Anxiety.
    • Bipolar disorder.
    • Chronic stress.
    • OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).
    • PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).
    • Post natal depression in men and women.
    • Psychosis and schizophrenia.
Module 2 – Mental Health Red Flags
  1. Signs of depression.
  2. Anxiety and panic attacks.
  3. Social anxiety.
  4. Eating disorders.
  5. Substance and alcohol abuse.
  6. Self-harm.
  7. Manic behaviour.
  8. OCD.
  9. Suicidal tendencies.
Module 3 – Triggers and Causes
  1. Biological factors affecting mental health issues.
  2. Cognitive distortions.
  3. Stress.
  4. Substance and alcohol misuse.
  5. Traumatic experience.
  6. Social media.
Module 4 – Actions and Responses
  1. Active listening.
  2. Becoming more resilient.
  3. CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy).
  4. Suicide prevention.
  5. Mindfulness.
  6. Immediate support and signposting.
  7. Initial response actions in mental health first aid.

Please note:

Each module is quite intensive and contains a lot of information (some participants may find some of the content slightly upsetting if they are of a particularly sensitive nature).

Each module allows sufficient time for discussion and questions.

By request, we can deliver this course in person over 1 or 2 days.

We have 2 ways for you to book this course, either enquire with us for a specific date or in-house training where we will come to you to deliver the training, or Book onto one of our available dates being run at our training centre in Bridgend.

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Course Level: Mental Health First Aid Train the Trainer
Course Cost: £250 + Vat
Course duration: 2 day
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