Mental Health First Aid teaches people to spot the signs of mental health issues and how to guide a person towards support. The course won’t teach you how to be a therapist, but it will teach you how to respond in a crisis and how to reach out before a crisis happens. To find out more about the benefits of MHFA please visit Adult · MHFA England.
By the end of the course learners will be able to:
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Explain what mental health is
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Describe how to look after their own mental health and wellbeing
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Describe the signs of possible poor mental health
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Explain some of the risk factors associated with poor mental health
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Demonstrate how to apply ALGEE in a Mental Health First Aid conversation
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Describe the role of an MHFAider
Our MHFA course can be delivered either online or face to face across either 2 or 4 days. The training course is designed to be delivered to between 8 and 16 people.
For face to face training we can deliver this course on site at your organisations venue or at our wellbeing centre in Ashton-under-Lyne, (216-218 Katherine Street, OL6 7AS).
If your organisation would like to book a MHFA course for your staff, please email trainingacademy [at] togmind.org.
Each learner on our MHFA course will receive:
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A workbook to write down notes and complete exercises
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A manual which holds information delivered on the course (in lieu of slides sent out)
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A lanyard and action card
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Access to the MHFAider support app
Accessibility
All materials can be ordered in large print versions. We will also endeavour to meet any reasonable adjustments that are required for someone to take part in our training sessions.