First Aid for Mental Health
It is crucial to recognise that emotional health and wellbeing are just as important as physical health. According to recent studies, mental health illnesses are a leading cause of health-related disabilities, which can have long-lasting negative effects on physical health, educational achievement, social relationships, and employment prospects.
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Mental Health First Aid
Mini Medics
Talking to kids about mental health is hard—so hard that many of us put it off indefinitely, not wanting to expose them to things like depression or overwhelming anxiety when they’re so young and innocent. But rather than keeping kids in the dark, it’s essential to learn how to talk about mental health with them to help them feel comfortable talking about their own worries and end the stigma before it begins.
Understanding
First Aid for Mental Health
Introductory CPD
This half day course provides an overview of the most common mental health conditions and equips learners with the knowledge on how to start a supportive conversation, and how and when to signpost someone to seek appropriate professional help.
First Aid for Mental Health
Level 2 Award
This Level 2 Award 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 the skills to be able to act should a condition be suspected.
Learners undertaking this course will be considered First Aiders for Mental Health and be a point of contact within the workplace to help and support those with a suspected mental health condition.
First Aid for Youth Mental Health
Level 2 Award
First Aid for Youth Mental Health is suitable for anyone who actively works with children such as parents, teachers & youth group leaders.
The qualification has been designed with children and young people in mind covering areas such as depression, self-harm, eating disorders and bullying and will provide the knowledge and skills to identify a potential mental health condition, start a conversation, and provide support and guidance to professional help.
Successful learners can act as a ‘First Aider for Mental Health’ in any environment which they may deal with young people.
Supervising
First Aid for Mental Health
Level 3 Award
Supervising First Aid for Mental Health builds on the Level 2 Award in First Aid for Mental Health and covers a wider range of mental health conditions and goes into detail on the range of therapy and professional support that a person may be given by professional bodies during treatment for a mental health condition.
The course is suitable for all persons within a workplace but is aimed at those who hold a supervisory/managerial level position and who have responsibility for implementing a positive mental health culture and responsibility for First Aid for Mental Health within an organisation.