Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Online Training, for Adults and Youth (Accredited)
What is Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Online Training?
First
Aid for Mental Health is the initial support that we can provide to someone who
may be experiencing difficulties with their wellbeing.
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Online Training is flexible
and focussed, to get you to be a great support for others.
It also encourages people to recover and to promote
wellbeing and good mental health, by signposting to professional services, and to alleviate
suffering and give reassuring support, when within your remit of practice.
As MHFA
aider you will develop skills to identify some of the early signs of some of
mental health difficulties.
You will learn to communicate in a
compassionate, respectful and non-judgmental manner. You will also will develop
basic skills so to discuss difficult subjects, such as self-harm and suicide.
You will be able to identify what factors may
be contributing to this within the workplace, so you can become a champion
within your organization and support people around you to be more open and
secured to express their mental health needs.
Also, we will look at how to signpost people
for support, with the work place, the NHS or the third sector. You will be able
to support colleagues when most needed.
We aim to develop the following skills to
Mental Health First Aider:
- To be a
point of contact
- To
start supportive conversations
- To
listen and communicate (compassionate, respectfully and non-judgmentally)
- Reduce
Mental Health Stigma
- Signpost
and encourage contacting professionals
- Maintain
Confidentiality
- Contact
Emergency Services if needed
What about mental health stigma and
MHFA?
We want to empower people to be a role model,
and to be able to have open conversations. Also, through the MHFA Online
Training we aim to break through some of the barriers put up by organizations,
and society, so Mental Health First Aiders can be at the forefront of the
support for people’s wellbeing.
How many MHFA levels are there?
There are various levels we can teach to
individuals or organizations:
MHFA training online options:
Mental
Health Awareness Training
First aid for mental health awareness – FAA
level 1 award – 4 hours
First aid for mental health awareness – FAA
level 4 award Scotland – 4 hours
MHFA for
Adults Trainings
First aid for mental health – FAA level 2
award – 1 day
First aid for mental health – FAA level 5
award Scotland – 1 day
First aid for mental health leading – FAA
level 6 Scotland award – 2 day
First aid for mental health supervising – FAA
level 3 award – 2 day
MHFA for
Youth Training
First aid for youth mental health – FAA level
2 award – 1 day
First aid for youth mental health – FAA level
5 award Scotland – 1-day
Who is MHFA training for?
Mental Health First Aid can be accessed by
anyone.
People looking to enhance their skills and
improve their CV and work opportunities.
Community leader who wants to be able to
cater to their community psychologically, and begin to normalize psychological
suffering.
It is also central for companies to be in
best partnership with their employees, and being able to support employees when
at their most need has been at the forefront of many enterprises.
Accredited Mental Health First Aid for youth,
it is ideal for education, community or support networks of those who work or
deal regularly with young adults.
You can join one of our open courses
delivered online, you can check our Eventbrite profile to check what is coming
up.
Alternatively, you can contact me to a bespoke course delivered to your employees. Furthermore,
if you are a company or business owner and looking to improve
your mental health provision, you can contact me and we can discuss a
tailor-made package for your unique needs. You can count with the expertise of
an online therapist to make the most of your employees’ wellbeing.
If you have any questions that you’d like answered
or you’d like to learn more about this, just send an email to:
therapy@online-cbt.com
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