Mental Health First Aid – Adult

Delivery

• This is a classroom/Online course divided into 4 sections
• Learning will take place via a mix of presentations combined with group discussions and workshop activities
• Sessions build around a Mental Health First Aid Action Plan
• Numbers limited to 16 people per course ensuring people are getting the correct level of support during their learning
• Class times can overrun dependant on number of learners, always allow 30 extra minutes on course schedules

On completion you will get:

• A certificate of attendance to say you are qualified Mental Health First Aider
• A manual to refer to whenever you need it after your course
• Reference card for the Mental Health First Aid Action Plan
• A workbook and a toolkit to support your own mental health

Session 1

• MHFA and MHFAider role
• Self Care
• Introduction to ALGEE
• What is mental health?
• Helpful and unhelpful language
• Frame of reference
• The stress container
• Film and discussion

Session 2

• What influences mental health?
• The Mental Health Continuum?
• Applying ALGEE to case studies
• What is anxiety?
• Film and discussion
• What is a traumatic event?
• Active listening and empathy
• What are eating disorders?
• What is self harm?
• What is substance abuse?
• MHFA conversation practice

Session 3

• Applying ALGEE to case studies
• What is depression?
• What is suicide?
• What is Psychosis?
• Film and Discussion
• MHFA conversation practice

Session 4

• Recovery and lived experience
• Applying ALGEE to case studies
• Film and discussion
• Boundaries in the MHFAider role
• Session 4 quiz
• MHFA conversation practice
• Moving forward in the MHFAider role and your MHFA action plan
• Returning to self care