Mental Health First Aid Courses
- One in four people in the UK will have a mental health problem at some point.
- One in 6 people in England report experiencing a common mental health problem (such as anxiety or depression) every week.
- Mental health is about how we think, feel, and behave.
- Anxiety and depression are the most common mental health problems.
- They are often a reaction to a difficult life event, such as bereavement, but can also be caused by work-related issues.
- This guidance talks generally about work-related stress but where such stress is prolonged it can lead to both physical and psychological damage, including anxiety and depression.
- Work can also aggravate pre-existing conditions, and problems at work can bring on symptoms or make their effects worse.
EMPLOYERS HAVE A LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP THEIR EMPLOYEES. WORK-RELATED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ASSESSED TO MEASURE THE LEVELS OF RISK TO STAFF. WHERE A RISK IS IDENTIFIED, STEPS MUST BE TAKEN TO REMOVE IT OR REDUCE IT AS FAR AS REASONABLY PRACTICABLE.
That’s why we are offering the following Mental Health First Aid Courses:-
Level 1 Introduction To Mental Health In The Workplace
- Understand Mental Health and its importance.
- Define Mental Health, turning abstract into concrete, levels of functioning, what affects your Mental Health.
- Risk and protective factors for Mental Illness, when does normal behaviour become signs of poor mental health.
- Understanding stress.
- Signs of stress in teams and employees, physical and psychological symptoms.
- Discrimination and prejudice Mental Health discrimination in the workplace.
- Understanding Mental Illness and depression.
- Understanding suicide.
- Useful tips on supporting others…
Level 2 Understanding Mental Health In The Workplace
- Understanding mental health and its importance.
- Identifying the roles and responsibilities of those associated with mental health in the workplace.
- Legislation associated with mental health in the workplace.
- Promoting positive mental health in the workplace.
- Common mental health conditions.
- Work-related stress.
- Anxiety.
- Eating disorders.
- Depression.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Obsessive Compulsive disorder (OCD).
- Phobias.
- Bipolar.
- Psychosis.
- Suicide.
- Identifying key features within a mental health first aid at work action plan and listening techniques…
Level 3 Mental Health First Aid In The Workplace
- Understanding mental health and its importance.
- The roles and responsibilities for mental health in the workplace Importance of own wellbeing as a mental health first aider.
- Common mental health conditions, including: Characteristics and features of Work-related stress.
- Anxiety.
- Eating disorders.
- Depression.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
- Phobias.
- Bipolar.
- Self-harm.
- Psychosis.
- Suicide.
- Promoting positive mental health first aid in the workplace.
- Best practice for employers.
- Mental health first aid at work action plan.
- Appropriate coping strategies.
- How employers can provide support to employees in the workplace.
- Assisting those off work or returning to work.
- Procedures to support employees who are off work whilst experiencing poor mental health.
- Types of support available both locally and nationally…