Mental Health First Aid Training, 2-day (Jun 2024, face-to-face)
Starts at: 12/06/2024 9:00 am - Duration: 48 hour(s)Faraday House, 1 Faraday Close, Eastbourne, BN22 9BH
Free 2-day Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training delivered by Adrian Thomas for the East Sussex Wellbeing at Work Programme.
How to book:
This training course teaches people how to identify, understand and help someone who may be experiencing a mental health issue. This two day course certifies your employees as Mental Health First Aiders, giving them:
- An in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect wellbeing
- Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of a range of mental health issues
- Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress using the Mental Health First Aid action plan
- Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening
- Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether through self-help resources, internal support such as EAP, or external sources such as their GP
- An understanding of how to keep themselves safe while performing their duties
The course is delivered across two days:
- Day 1: Wednesday 12th June 2024, 9am-5pm delivered face to face at Faraday House, Eastbourne
- Day 2: Thursday 13th June 2024, 9am-5pm delivered face to face at Faraday House, Eastbourne
It is important that any delegate booked onto the course ensures that they can commit to attending Day 1 and Day 2 in full. No-shows and 48h drop outs will be liable to be charged the full cost of the course.
Everyone who completes the course gets:
- A certificate of attendance to say they are a Mental Health First Aider
- A manual to refer to whenever they need it
- A workbook including a helpful toolkit to support their own mental health
Please note, each organisation can send up to a maximum of three delegates on this course, cumulatively in April 2024/March 2025.
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If you have any queries about this training, or the accreditation itself, please get in touch with the team at Healthy.Workplace@eastsussex.gov.uk