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Mental Health First Aid Online Course

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The course qualifies you as a Mental Health First Aider, giving you:

·       An in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect wellbeing

·       Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues

·       Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress

·       Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening

·       Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support - whether that’s self-help resources, through their employer, the NHS, or a mix

Course Fee

MHFA England value this course at £300 + VAT per person.

Mind Fitness attendance fee is £230.00 + VAT per person

Ukie member discount - £25 = £205 + VAT per person

Use discount code UKIE at checkout

Book HERE

https://www.mindfitness.training/open-course/mental-health-first-aid-adult-online-course-july-11th-to-21st-2022/

Format

This is an online course delivered by Mind Fitness Training through the MHFA England Online Learning Hub and the Zoom Meeting platform.

Learning takes place through four live online training sessions, spread across two weeks, with individual learning activities undertaken before each online live session. See course structure section below for details.

July 2022 Mental Health First Aid Course - Live Online Sessions

Live Online Session 1: Monday July 11th - 10.00 to 12.30

Live Online Session 2: Thursday July 14th - 10.00 to 12.30

Live Online Session 3: Monday July 18th - 10.00 to 12.30

Live Online Session 4: Thursday July 21st - 10.00 to 12.30

Session 1

Individual learning (1 hour)

Live Online session (2 hours 30 minutes)

Session 2

Individual learning (2 hours)

Live Online session (2 hours 30 minutes)

Session 3

Individual learning (2 hours)

Live Online session (2 hours 30 minutes)

Session 4

Individual learning (2 hours)

Live Online session (2 hours 30 minutes)

Each session is built around a Mental Health First Aid action plan

We limit numbers to 16 people per course so that the instructor can keep people safe and supported while they learn

Takeaways

Everyone who completes the course gets:

·       A certificate of attendance to say you are a Mental Health First Aider

·       A manual to refer to whenever you need it

·       A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan

·       A workbook including a helpful toolkit to support your own mental health

Course Outline

Session 1

Individual learning (1 hour):

Introduction to the Online Mental Health First Aid course and the Online Learning Hub (course overview, safety procedure, attending live sessions, and completing individual learning activities)

Activity 1: Why Mental Health First Aid?

Activity 2: The Mental Health First Aid action plan

Activity 3: What is mental health?

Activity 4: Quiz: Impact of mental health

Activity 5: Stress Container (completed after live session)

Activity 6: Frame of Reference (completed after live session)

Live session (2 hours 30 minutes):

Introduction to course functions

Introduction to the course

ALGEE and mental health introduction recap

Stigma

Risk and protective factors

10 minute break

Frame of Reference

The Mental Health Continuum

Introduction to the Stress Container

Session 2

Individual learning (2 hours):

Activity 7: What is depression?

Activity 8: Risk factors for depression

Activity 9: Mental Health First Aid for depression

Activity 10: Introduction to suicide

Live session (2 hours 30 minutes):

Recap of individual learning on depression

Prevalence of suicide

Suicide, substance misuse and dual diagnosis

Analyse the impact of suicidal feelings

Recap of ALGEE and risk factors for suicide

Explain Mental Health First Aid action plan 1 for suicide

10 minute break

Explain non-judgemental listening, Empathy video

Practice using ALGEE in case study scenarios

Review of ALGEE for suicide and depression

Self-care

Session 3

Individual learning (2 hours):

Activity 11: What is anxiety?

Activity 12: Mental Health First Aid for anxiety

Activity 13: What are eating disorders?

Activity 14: Mental Health First Aid for eating disorders

Activity 15: What is self-harm?

Activity 16: Mental Health First Aid for self-harm

Activity 17: What are personality disorders?

Live session (2 hours 30 minutes):

Recap of individual learning on anxiety

Recap of the five basic steps of ALGEE for anxiety

Explain action 1 for anxiety

How to support someone who is having a panic attack

Explain crisis first aid

Practice action 2: non-judgemental listening

10 minute break

Practice applying the Mental Health First Aid action plan for anxiety

Explain cognitive behavioural therapy

Recap of eating disorders and self-harm

Case study for eating disorders and self-harm

Review ALGEE for eating disorders and self-harm

Session 4

Individual learning (2 hours):

Activity 18: What are psychosis, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder?

Activity 19: Risk factors for psychosis

Activity 20: Mental Health First Aid for psychosis

Activity 21: Helpful and unhelpful responses

Workbook Activity 10: My action plan for using Mental Health First Aid (completed after live session)

Live session (2 hours 30 minutes):

Review of individual learning on psychosis

Explain the development of symptoms of psychosis

Review the five steps of ALGEE for psychosis

Group discussion about MHFA Australia psychosis video

Case study activity using Mental Health First Aid action plan for psychosis

10 minute break

Recovery

Explore how to build a mentally healthy workplace

Start action plan to use Mental Health First Aid

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