First Aid for Mental Health Qualifications - Overview

First Aid for Mental Health Qualifications – Overview

Our Mental Health First Aid qualifications are fully accredited by theFirst-Aid-Awards-Ltd SCQF and RQF educational awarding organisations in Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, with a focus on workplace mental health.

Mental Health First Aiders must be integrated into the workplace with care. These include a wider system of support, supervision, guidance, safeguarding, and due diligence.

Our Mental Health First Aid qualifications are a terrific way to start a good wellbeing culture in your workplace, and they are organised and presented differently from traditional MHFA courses. Get all the benefits of structured classroom learning with the flexibility of the digital world and the ability to study wherever you please. Throughout the course, learners can interact with the facilitators and with one another.

All courses are available for groups of up to 12 people or individually (one-to-one).

 

What advantages will I gain from taking these qualifications?

You will enjoy:

 

  1. Lifetime access to our user-friendly, interactive online learning system featuring a comprehensive collection of informational resources as your primary knowledge hub. This includes online lessons, discussions, articles, statistics, graphics, and research materials.
  2. Engaging live sessions conducted online by a skilled facilitator.
  3. A First Aid for Mental Health guide at your disposal for reference whenever needed.
  4. A digital certificate issued by an educational awarding body.
  5. Lifetime access to an extensive digital resource library.

Awareness of First Aid for Mental Health – 2-week course

This course is an introductory course only and does not qualify you as a Mental Health First Aider

 

Total time: 2-hours guided learning and a minimum of 4-hours self-study over a 2-week period.

 

A half-day on-site classroom version of the course is available.

 

This online qualification provides you with the knowledge to recognise potential early signs of poor mental health, to learn about certain mental health conditions, give you the skills to start a conversation and if necessary, signpost the person towards professional help.

First Aid for Mental Health – 3-week course

This course qualifies you as a Mental Health First Aider

 

Total time: 3-hours guided learning and a minimum of 6-hours self-study over a 3-week period.

 

A full day on-site classroom version of the course is available.

 

This online qualification covers the same content as the Award in Awareness of First Aid for Mental Health, but it also expands on the effects of drugs and alcohol, incorporates the First Aid for Mental Health Action Plan, and outlines how to support a positive mental health culture in the workplace.

Supervise/Lead First Aid for Mental Health – 6-week course

This course qualifies you as a Mental Health First Aider

 

Total time: 6-hours guided learning and a minimum of 9-hours self-study over a 6-week period.

 

A two day on-site classroom version of the course is available.

 

This online qualification covers the content of the Award in Awareness of First Aid for Mental Health and the Award in First Aid for Mental Health, as well as a broader spectrum of mental health conditions and behaviours and the support and assistance provided by healthcare professionals.

First Aid for Youth Mental Health – 3-week course

This course qualifies you as a Mental Health First Aider supporting Young People

 

Total time: 3-hours guided learning and a minimum of 6-hours self-study over a 3-week period.

 

A full day on-site classroom version of the course is available.

 

This online qualification has been designed with children and young people in mind (includes all children and young people up to the age of 18). It will provide you with the knowledge and skills to recognise early signs of poor mental health in young people, and give you the skills to start a conversation and if necessary, signpost the young person towards professional help.

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