“Our mission is to train one in ten people in mental health awareness and skills”
MHFA England
ADULT 2 DAY MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID COURSE:
This online course qualifies you as a Mental Health First Aider, giving you:
- An in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect wellbeing
- Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
- Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress
- Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgmental listening
- Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether that’s self-help resources, through their employer, the NHS, or a mix
FORMAT:
- This is an online course delivered through the MHFA England Online Learning Hub
- Learning takes place through four live training sessions, spread across two weeks, with self-learning activities in between. See course structure section below for more detail. These can be split into half day sessions if required.
- Each session is built around a Mental Health First Aid action plan
- We limit numbers to 16 people per course so that the instructor can keep people safe and supported while they learn
TAKEAWAYS:
Everyone who completes the course gets:
- A certificate of attendance to say you are a Mental Health First Aider
- A manual to refer to whenever you need it
- A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan
- A workbook including a helpful toolkit to support your own mental health
COST:
- We value this course at £300 per person.
- However costs may vary depending on location and instructor – contact the instructor for more information by clicking on the link below
ROUTE 80/37 ARE ALSO QUALIFIED TO DELIVER THIS COURSE FACE TO FACE UPON REQUEST
About MHFA England
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England is a community
interest company and was established in 2009 after being
successfully piloted within the Department of Health. As
a community interest company, MHFA England is a
member of Social Enterprise UK. You can find out more
about how social enterprises operate at
socialenterprise.org.uk.
MHFA England provides mental health awareness and
skills training and consultancy to a variety of
organisations, businesses and communities – with the aim
to help people to develop the skills to look after their
own and others’ wellbeing and reduce the stigma
associated with mental ill health.
The company facilitates and delivers a number of courses,
including Adult MHFA, Youth MHFA and Armed Forces
MHFA. Each of the two day courses teaches the mental
health equivalent of physical first aid, tailored to the
relevant audience. At the end of a two day course
delegates are qualified as Mental Health First Aiders. The
shorter one day and half day courses are aimed at raising
mental health awareness and developing skills to support
someone who might be experiencing a mental health
issue.
MHFA England continually quality assures its training
products and applies a robust quality assurance and
evaluation process to all its course deliveries. The MHFA
England Instructor Training programme is accredited by the
Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH).
Why MHFA England?
- To date over 400,000 people across England have taken
an MHFA England course - There are about 1,800 registered MHFA England
Instructor Members in England - Numerous independent evaluations demonstrate that
MHFA training is effective at meeting its aims. A
summary of research can be found at mhfaengland.org. - Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the mental health
equivalent of physical first aid - MHFA England is the only provider of licensed Mental
Health First Aid Instructor Training in England. - MHFA England training provides participants with the
skills and confidence to recognize the signs and
symptoms of common mental health issues and
effectively guide a person towards the right support - MHFA England’s mission is to help people develop the
skills to look after their own and others’ wellbeing and
reduce the stigma associated with mental ill health. - MHFA England training, courses and Instructor
Members are continually quality assured, using robust
assessment and evaluation measures - MHFA is an internationally recognized course, taught in
25 countries around the world. There are now over 2.6
million people trained in MHFA skills worldwide
Mental health in the workplace
- At any one time one worker in six will be experiencing
depression, anxiety or issues relating to stress (Centre
for Mental Health, 2010)
- Mental ill health costs UK employers £34.9 billion
each year – the equivalent of £1,300 for every
employee in the UK workforce. This figure consists of
£10.6 billion in sickness absence, £21.2 billion in
reduced productivity, and £3.1 billion in replacing staff
who leave their jobs for mental health-related reasons
(Centre for Mental Health, 2017)
- Stress, anxiety and depression are the biggest cause of
sickness absence in our society. Work-related stress
alone accounted for 45% of all working days lost to ill
health in 2015/16 (Health and Safety Executive, 2017)
- 76% of line managers believe they are responsible
for employee wellbeing, but only 22% have received
training (BITC, Mental Health at Work Report, 2016)
Endorsements of MHFA
- Business in the Community makes a clear
recommendation that all employers train staff in first aid
for mental health
- Business in the Community recommends that all
workplaces provide MHFA courses for line managers
- Public Health England’s Mental Health Leadership and
Workforce Development Framework published in March
2015 highlights MHFA as an appropriate skills based
training model for employers
- The Department of Health, Public Health England and
NHS England are all using MHFA England courses within
their own organisations
- The MHFA England Instructor Training program’s are
accredited by the Royal Society for Public Health
