Mental Health First Aid
Level 3 Mental Health First Aid in the Workplace
Objectives
To equip the Mental Health First Aider with a wide range of skills and knowledge so that he/she can competently recognise when someone is suffering. Upon successful completion of this course, a Qualsafe approved Mental Health First Aid at Work certificate will be awarded (valid for 3 years).
Contents
This course is broken down in to 4 parts, with each part taking half a day to complete. All 4 parts are essential in gaining a useful and coherent understanding of mental health in the workplace.
Part 1:
- What is mental health?
- Turning abstract into concrete
- The fluidity of mental health
- The action plan
- Stress and managing it
- Listening
- Prejudice and discrimination
Part 2:
- Mental illness
- Depression
- Suicide
- Self-care
Part 3:
- Anxiety disorders
- Eating disorders
- Bipolar disorders
- Self-harm
- Psychosis
Part 4:
- Legislation
- Role of a mental health first aider
- Implementing a good mental health practice in the workplace
- Recovery
- Practical skills learned
- Assessment
This course contains a number of activities, tasks, exercises (option to opt-out) and assessments to be completed by the delegates enabling them to be an effective mental health first aider in the workplace.
2 Day
To book this course call us on 01224 724008