Mental Health First Aid

Course Content:

1. Understanding mental health and its importance
2. The roles and responsibilities for mental health in the workplace
3. Importance of own wellbeing as a mental health first aider
4. Characteristics and features
5. Work-related stress
6. Anxiety
7. Eating disorders
8. Depression
9. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
10. Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
11. Phobias
12. Bipolar
13. Self-harm
14. Psychosis
15. Suicide
16. Promoting positive mental health first aid in the workplace
17. Best practice for employers
18. Mental health first aid at work action plan
19. Appropriate coping strategies
20. How employers can provide support to employees in the workplace
21. Assisting those off work or returning to work
22. Procedures to support employees who are off work whilst experiencing poor mental health
23. Types of support available both locally and nationally

Who is this course designed for:

This course is a regulated and nationally recognised qualification that has been specifically designed for those who would like to raise their awareness of mental health, develop an understanding on how best to support, reassure and signpost colleagues to professional support.