What will I gain from this qualification?
This online qualification has been designed with children and young people in mind (it 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.
You will be able to demonstrate:
🟣 What mental health is, why young people develop mental health conditions and the role of a First Aider for Mental Health
🟣 How to recognise and manage stress
🟣 How to recognise a range of mental health conditions and behaviours
🟣 The First Aid Action Plan for mental health and how to put this into practice
During the 3-week period you will cover:
Module 1 – An introduction to the Qualification
Module 2 – What is First Aid for Youth Mental Health?
Module 3 – Identifying mental health conditions and early signs
Module 4 – Stress
🔵 1.5-hour group or 1-to-1 live online Zoom guided learning session
Module 5 – The following mental health conditions and behaviours – depression, anxiety, psychosis, eating disorders, suicide and self-harm, post-traumatic stress disorder, bullying and drugs & alcohol
Module 6 – First Aid Action Plan for mental health
🔵 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 30 minutes
What does the assessment involve?
To be awarded the qualification, you must successfully pass a verbal professional discussion assessment conducted online via Zoom, which takes around 30 minutes. The assessment paper is a mix of multiple-choice questions and open questions with short answers.
What are the entry requirements?
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.
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