We offer 3 different Mental Health First Aid Courses.
Level 1, 4 Hour Awareness Course - this course is suitable for everyone as it provide learners with the knowledge to recognise a suspected mental health condition and the skills to start a conversation and be able to signpost a person towards professional help.
Level 2, 1 day First Aid for Mental Health - this course is suitable for everyone but has been designed to help employers to provide a positive mental health culture within the workplace and to provide learners with comprehensive knowledge on a range of the most common mental health conditions and skills to be able to act should a condition be suspected.
Level 3, 2 day Supervising First Aid for Mental Health - this course builds on the level 2 award and covers a wider range of mental health conditions and goes in to detail on the range of theraphy and professional support that a person may be given by professional bodies during treatment for a mental health condition.
All candidates must be 16 year of age.
Subjects covered
Level 1 course
- What is First Aid for Mental Health
- Identifying mental health conditions
- Providing advice and starting a conversation
Level 2 course
- As Level 1 course above
- Drugs and Alcohol
- Self Harm
- Suicide
- Eating Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Psychosis
- First Aid for Mental Health action plan
- First Aid for Mental Health in the workplace
Level 3 Course
- As Level 1 and 2 course
- A large range of Mental Health conditions covered in detail