Youth Mental Health First Aid Course
Course Type - Online & In Person
This 15hr course qualifies you as a Youth Mental Health First Aider
- An in-depth understanding of young people’s mental health and factors that affect well-being
- Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
- Confidence to reassure and support a young person in distress
- Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening
- Knowledge to help a young person recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether that’s through self-help sites, their place of learning, the NHS, or a mix – engaging with parents, carers and external agencies where appropriate
- Ability to support a young person with a long term mental health issue or disability to thrive
- Tools to look after your own mental well-being
- This course is available online and face to face
- The online course delivered through the MHFA England Online Learning Hub
- Learning takes place through four live training sessions spread across one to two weeks, with self-learning activities in between. See course structure section below for more detail
- Each session is built around a Youth 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
- For either format please fill out the form below for more information
- About mental health
- Risk factors for mental ill health
- Protective factors for mental health
- Preventing mental health issues and promoting well-being
- Topics included within the Youth MHFA course include:
- Depression – Anxiety – Suicide – Psychosis – Self-harm – Eating disorders
Everyone who completes the course gets:
- A certificate of attendance to say you are a Youth Mental Health First Aider
- A Youth MHFA manual to refer to whenever you need it
- A workbook including some helpful tools to support your own mental health
From £162.50 with volume discount, contact our team for more information.