MHFA Course
Our Mental Health First Aid Course (MHFA Course) teaches individuals how to identify risk factors and warning signs of mental health issues. Learn to detect symptoms of mental health in adults aged 18 years and older, as well as how to provide assistance and lead them toward appropriate care.
MHFA Associate Instructor
Our lead trainer is a MHFA England Associate Instructor, one of the highest rankings with MHFA.
CIPD Associate
Our lead trainer is quality assured through CIPD and qualified to design high quality courses.
MHFA England
Our (MHFA) Mental Health First Aid course and others available have been designed directly by MHFA England.
MHFA Training Course – Mental Health First Aid Course
The MHFA Course is a program that provides participants with the knowledge, skills and confidence to support a friend, family member or co-worker experiencing a mental health problem. The course covers a range of topics, including how to approach someone and start a safe conversation, how to provide support and where to find help.
MHFA Courses will teach you how to listen and respond to someone with a mental health problem, even if they are experiencing a crisis. You’ll learn how to help someone to access the support they might need for the successful management of symptoms as part of their recovery journey.
Would you know how to help?
We all have mental health, just as we all have physical health. Mental ill health can strike at any time and can affect people from all walks of life.
Although things are improving, stigma still exists around mental ill health. As a society, we don’t tend to know how to take care of our mental health like we do our physical health. This means that people may not know how to support a colleague experiencing a mental health issue, or where to go for support with their own mental health.
This MHFA Course – Mental Health First Aid Course online trains 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
Who is the course for?
The course is aimed at anyone interested in Mental Health First Aid Training and is looking for ways to better support their colleagues, friends or family who may be struggling.
Cost
We value this course at £300 per person.
Email us to book a private course for larger groups (online or in-house Covid-19 willing).
Format
- This is a MHFA Course or Mental Health First Aid Course delivered through the MHFA England Online Learning Hub
- Learning takes place through four live training sessions, spread across two weeks, with self-learning activities in between. See course structure section below for more detail
- 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 Mental Health First Aid course (MHFA 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
Upcoming Course Dates
20-21 June (Mon-Tue)
Face 2 Face in Bristol,
BS3 4NA
27-28 June (Mon-Tue)
Online
12-13 July (Tue-Wed)
Online
26-27 July (Tue-Wed)
Online
15-16 August (Mon-Tue)
Online
29-30 September (Thu-Fri)
Online
11-12 October (Tue-Wed)
Online
Nov TBC
Online
How our MHFA Course Can Help?
MHFA Training is a course which teaches people how to identify, understand and help someone who may be experiencing a mental health issue.
Our MHFA Course won’t teach you to be a therapist, but it will teach you to listen, reassure and respond, even in a crisis – and even potentially stop a crisis from happening.
- You’ll learn to recognise warning signs of mental ill health, and develop the skills and confidence to approach and support someone while keeping yourself safe.
- You’ll also learn how to empower someone to access the support they might need for recovery or successful management of symptoms. This could include self-help books or websites, accessing therapy services through their GP, their school or place of work, online self-referral, support groups, and more.
- What’s more, you’ll gain an understanding of how to support positive wellbeing and tackle stigma in the world around you.
Become a Mental Health First Aider (MHFA)
EDP Training MHFA Course is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and confidence they need in order support someone who’s experiencing mental health problems. Topics covered include how best approach a friend or family member struggling, what types of things we should be talking about when offering our assistance (and which ones aren’t appropriate), where people can go if they want help right away – all while maintaining your own privacy at any time during this process. MHFA Course is open to anyone who wants to learn more about mental health and how to support others.
MHFA courses are delivered by accredited MHFA Instructors who have undergone specific training to deliver the course.
MHFA Course participants will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the course.
Take the (MHFA Training) Mental Health First Aid Course Online with us.
Get your MHFA Mental Health First Aid Course FREE!
That’s right! Most of our delegates get the training free to them as most employers are willing for you to become their qualified Mental Health First Aider. If you are interested in becoming MHFA trained and are not sure how you can pay for it make sure you ask your workplace to help sponsor you. Send your manager an email or set up a meeting letting them know why it’s important to have a Mental Health First Aider in the workplace and why you’d be a great fit.
It doesn’t hurt to ask, remember if you don’t ask you don’t get!
MHFA Course Structure
This course is held online over the course of 2 days from 9am – 5pm on both days
Day 1: 9am - 5pm
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
Day 2: 9am - 5pm
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 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
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Our MHFA Courses are great for...
At EDP we believe everyone should be educated in mental health in order for it to be less stigmatised. Although with that being said we do believe it is vital for some of the few (but not limited to) professions listed below to be educated in mental health to help fast track us into a better world where mental health will be less stigmatised. One person at a time. Every person trained gets us one step closer to a better world!
Workplaces, Organisations & Social Enterprises
Whether your a big corporate business or a small charity fighting for change we have designed a sliding scale for training your workforce. Email us for details.
Health and Mental Health Professionals
Whether you are a physiotherapist or a counsellor. Don't let microaggressions or gaslighting be a blind spot for you when talking about mental health.
Private Practices
It is important everyone in your private practice know how to spot the signs especially when dealing with patients or clients.
Education Professionals
Whether you are a teacher or a tutor or anyone that works in an educational setting learning ways to spot the signs is key.
Line Managers or HR Professionals
In this day in age it is vital for people managers and line managers to be trained and qualified to look after their workforce not just physically but mentally as well.
Individuals
Our courses are great for individuals who may have a passion for mental health and are looking for ways to learn more on how to better support those struggling.
Why Choose Us?
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Trusted by Big Name Brands
From Airbus to Bali there is a good reason our big clients keep choosing us!
Quality Assured Training
We are quality asured thorugh MHFA England and CIPD.
Lived-In Experienced Educators
Our instructors don’t just talk about it, they’ve lived through it so know what it is like.
Trusted By
Here are some of our top and re-curring clients, just to name a few. Need further proof? Ask us about our case studies.
Testimonials
But don't take our word for it, take a look at what our past delegates have to say! We have a 5 star rating on google. See for yourself!
I love working with Bianca, and have been fortunate enough to have been part of and organised many courses with her. she is super easy to discuss the course content with what I am after and very helpful in helping us a create a course designed to help particular attendees. Before, during and after the courses Bianca is always on hand and offers excellent support, very quick to answer any questions I have and helps guide us through every step. I will always use Bianca, and will always recommend her to others. Bianca is just such a lovely person, and everyone who I book on her courses agree!
Chloe Coombs
HR Manager at Aardman Animation
Bianca was an incredible trainer, she has a wealth of experience and makes the environment very safe to tackle some challenging topics. I have learned so much over the course and feel confident I will now be better equipped to support others. Thank you for your passion and expertise.
Sarah Walker
Head of Safeguarding Case Mgmt at The Football Association
Bianca was engaging, sensitive and provided a safe space for people to openly discuss their uncertainties around mental health without fear of judgement.
Annabel Leydon
Outdoor & Cycle Concepts
Ready to become a mental health advocate and champion change? Learn how to better support your students, colleagues, clients, patients, friends or family?
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