Mental Health First Aid
In-person or Online 2 Day Course
Learn how to spot the signs of mental health challenges and provide effective support with our Mental Health First Aid course. Gain practical, life-changing skills to create a safer, more supportive environment in your workplace.
Mental Health First Aid
Poor mental health costs UK employers £51 billion a year. But for every £1 spent by employers on mental health interventions they get back £5.30 in reduced absence, presenteeism and staff turnover (Deloitte 2024).
Help your team become more resilient by training them as a Mental Health First Aider® and receive three years of certification, plus access to ongoing benefits by joining the Association of Mental Health First Aiders®.
Become a mental health first aider
As an MHFAider you will be able to:
- Recognise those that may be experiencing poor mental health and provide them with first-level support and early intervention.
- Encourage a person to identify and access sources of professional help and other supports.
- Practise active listening and empathy.
- Have a conversation with improved mental health literacy around language and stigma.
- Discuss the MHFAider role in depth, including boundaries and confidentiality.
- Practise self-care.
- Know how to use the MHFAider Support App®
Benefits of the course
- By training your staff in MHFA you can:
- Give people the tools to keep themselves and their colleagues healthy
- Encourage them to access support when it’s needed, for a faster recovery
- Empower people with a long term mental health issue or disability to thrive in work
- Provide managers with the skills to pro-actively support staff to manage mental health
- Stop preventable health issues arising by building a supportive culture around mental health
- Embed positive, long term cultural change across your organisation through robust policy.
Format
- This course can be delivered in-person or online and is structured across four flexible sessions. Each session will last 3hrs 30mins and sessions can be delivered within a two week period.
- Learners will be trained over four live sessions covering 14 hours of content in total.
- Learning takes place through a mix of instructor led training, group discussions, individual and group activities.
- Each session builds on the previous, enabling the learner to gain confidence in supporting others with a Mental Health First Aid action plan.
- Numbers are limited to 16 people per course so that instructors can keep people safe and supported while they learn.
Course Structure
- Mental Health First Aid and the action plan
- The MHFAider® role and self-care
- Helpful and unhelpful language
- Useful models to support the role
- What influences mental health?
- What is anxiety?
- Crisis first aid
- Active listening and empathy
- What are eating disorders?
- What is self-harm?
- What is substance misuse?
- Applying the Mental Health First Aid action plan
- What is depression?
- What is suicide?
- Crisis first aid continued
- What is psychosis?
- Recovery and lived experience
- Boundaries in the MHFAider® role
- Moving forward in the MHFAider® role
- My MHFA action plan
Cost
Mental Health First Aid England value this course at £325 per learner.
Contact us to discuss the price of group bookings.
Assessment
There is no formal assessment for this Adult Mental Health First Aid course, but learners must complete all sections of the course sequentially.
Certification
On completion of the course all learners will receive a digital Mental Health First Aider certificate issued by Mental Health First Aid England.