Here’s an overview of all our First Aid for Mental Health Courses
This online qualification covers the content of the Level 1 course but also expands on the effects of drugs and alcohol, incorporates the First Aid for Mental Health Action Plan and covers ways in which a positive mental health culture can be supported in the workplace.
You will be able to demonstrate:
🟣 What mental health is, why people develop mental health conditions and the role of a First Aider for Mental Health
🟣 How to provide support and start a conversation with someone experiencing poor mental health
🟣 How to recognise and manage stress
🟣 How to recognise a range of mental health conditions and behaviours
🟣 The impact of substance misuse on mental health
🟣 The First Aid Action Plan for mental health and how to put this into practice
🟣 How to implement a positive mental health culture in the workplace
Module 1 – An introduction to the Qualification
Module 2 – What is First Aid for Mental Health?
Module 3 – Identifying mental health conditions and early signs
Module 4 – Providing support and starting a conversation
Module 5 – Stress
🔵 1.5-hour group or 1-to-1 live online Zoom guided learning session
Module 6 – The following mental health conditions and behaviours – depression, anxiety, psychosis, eating disorders, suicide and self-harm
Module 7 – Drugs and alcohol
Module 8 – First Aid Action Plan for mental health
Module 9 – Mental health in the workplace
🔵 1.5-hour group or 1-to-1 live online Zoom guided learning session
1-to-1 assessment conducted online via Zoom which takes up to 40 minutes
You will benefit from
1️⃣ Lifetime access to our user-friendly, interactive online learning system which includes a collection of informational resources to utilise as a “go-to” source of knowledge, including online lessons, discussions, articles, statistics, graphics, and research.
2️⃣ Live, interactive sessions conducted online by a skilled facilitator
3️⃣ A First Aid for Mental Health guide to refer to at any time
4️⃣ A digital certificate from an educational awarding body
5️⃣ Lifetime access to a large digital resource library
To be awarded the qualification, you must successfully pass a verbal professional discussion assessment conducted online via Zoom, which takes around 40 minutes. The assessment paper is a mix of multiple-choice questions and open questions with short answers.
The minimum age is 14 years or older. This distance learning qualification requires a level of unsupervised learning and literacy skills to be able to read and self-learn the reference manual and additional resources.
You can choose to receive either:
➡ FAA Level 2 Award in First Aid for Mental Health (RQF) – applies to England, Wales and Northern Ireland
➡ Award in First Aid for Mental Health at SCQF Level 5 – applies to Scotland
The qualification is valid for three years from the date of achievement.
If you are booking an on-site First Aid for Mental Health Course at your organisation’s premises, there is an additional cost of £200 + VAT per course.
One-to-One learners have four weeks from the date of purchase to contact us and schedule two 1.5-hour LIVE Zoom guided learning sessions and a 40-minute assessment. The sessions and assessment must be scheduled within a three-week time frame.