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…

We offer the above courses as group bookings for 6 delegates or more...