- For Teams
Mental Health First Aid Training
The importance of your organisation to embrace the need for and value of emotionally and mentally healthy employees is clear.
Now more than ever before, employees' mental health is rightfully being viewed as an organisational imperative rather than a 'flavour of the month'.
The Mental Health First Aid training courses Summit offers you are:-
Approved by MHFA England.
Facilitated by Certified Mental Health First Aid trainers.
Designed to provide learners with meaningful learning (not just 'information').
Learn Mental Health First Aid in person or online with our certified mental health first aid team.
- Course Outline
How do we benefit from mental health first aid training?
Some of the many benefits of your employees becoming Certified Mental Health First Aid Practitioners include...
An in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect wellbeing
Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress
Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support
Develop credible in-house capability to support employees' mental health
Achieve an internationally recognised standard in mental health support
Remove the guesswork from how to support mental health and well-being
Boost employee engagement through proactive employee support
- Course Curriculum
MODULE 1 - what is mental health?
Introduction to the Mental Health First Aid Model.
What is Mental Health First Aid?
The Mental Health First Aid Action Plan
What actually is Mental Health?
Understanding Frames of Reference
The impact of mental health
The Mental Health Continuum
- Course Curriculum
MODULE 2 - Depression & suicide
This Module explores:-
What is Depression?
Risk factors of Depression
Mental Health First Aid for Depression
Introduction to Suicide
Non-judgemental listening with Empathy
Stigma surrounding mental health
- Course Curriculum
MODULE 3 - Anxiety
Module 3 explores:-
Recap learning on Depression
The prevalance of suicide
What is Anxiety?
Suicide, substance abuse and dual diagnosis
MHFA for dealing with Anxiety
Analysis of suicidal thoughts and feelings
Understanding the risk factors of suicide
Exploration of the MHFA action plan
MHFA for eating disorders & self harm
Understanding personality disorders
- Course Curriculum
MODULE 4 - panic & crisis management
Module 4 explores:-
How to support during a panic attack
Exploration of Crisis first aid
Non-judgemental listening (practice)
Case study exploration
The role of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Applying MHFA to a crisis situation
- Course Curriculum
MODULE 5 - specific conditions
Module 5 explores:-
What are psychosis & bipolar disorder?
Risk factors for psychosis & bipolar disorder
Exploration of scizophrenia
MHFA for psychosis & bipolar disorder
MHFA for scizophrenia
Helpful and unhelpful responses
- takeaways
LEARNERS WILL LEAVE THIS TRAINING WITH:
Certification as a Mental Health First Aider
A comprehensive Course Manual
An understanding of Mental Health First Aid
Learning with a Certified MHFA Trainer
- Want to know more?
MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING
Simply fill out the contact form to get the ball rolling.
Once we’ve received your enquiry, we’ll get back to you as soon as possible (usually within two hours).
When we know more about what you'd like from our training course, we’ll send you a more detailed proposal, including costs.
- Postal address
Summit Consulting and Training Ltd
33 Harrison Road, Halifax
HX1 2AF
- Phone number
- T: 0845 052 3701
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