Overview
If you are a Mental Health First Aider or MHFA Champion you have skills for life that support you and the people around you.
Mental health should be treated equally to physical health – and just like physical first aid, Mental Health First Aid training should be kept up to date.
The 4 hour MHFA Refresher course will empower you to:
Please note that the MHFA Refresher is only for people who have completed an Adult Mental Health First Aider, MHFA Champion, or Armed Forces Mental Health First Aider course.
Cost
£125 per person.
Format
How often should MHFA England skills be refreshed?
Just like physical first aid, we recommend that Mental Health First Aiders and MHFA Champions attend a Refresher course every three years.
If it's time to refresh your skills, book onto an MHFA Refresher course now and feel confident that you are performing your vital role safely.
If you are a Mental Health First Aider or MHFA Champion you have skills for life that support you and the people around you.
Mental health should be treated equally to physical health – and just like physical first aid, Mental Health First Aid training should be kept up to date.
The 4 hour MHFA Refresher course will empower you to:
- Keep your awareness of mental health supports current
- Update your knowledge of mental health and what influences it
- Practice applying the Mental Health First Aid action plan
Please note that the MHFA Refresher is only for people who have completed an Adult Mental Health First Aider, MHFA Champion, or Armed Forces Mental Health First Aider course.
Cost
£125 per person.
Format
- 1 x 4 hour session
- Delivered live online through video conferencing (zoom)
- Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities
- Maximum of 25 people per course so that the instructor can keep people safe and supported while they learn
How often should MHFA England skills be refreshed?
Just like physical first aid, we recommend that Mental Health First Aiders and MHFA Champions attend a Refresher course every three years.
If it's time to refresh your skills, book onto an MHFA Refresher course now and feel confident that you are performing your vital role safely.
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Takeaways
Everyone who completes the course gets:
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Technical Requirements
For the best possible experience participants require:
For the best possible experience participants require:
- A computer, laptop, MacBook or tablet with speakers, microphone, and video capabilities
- A stable high-speed internet connection
- Private space where you can work uninterrupted
- Access to zoom video conferencing (it is free to download)
- Click here to review the system requirements for zoom
- Click here to try out a zoom test meeting
Agenda
Session 1
- About mental health
- Stress and factors which influence mental health
- Mental Health continuum and stigma
- Frame of Reference and non-judgement
- Reintroducing ALGEE
- Warning signs of mental ill health
- Depression and anxiety
- Suicide and first aid for suicidal crisis
- Psychosis and first aid for severe psychotic episodes
- More mental health issues
- Practicing our MHFA skills
- Self-care, wellbeing and recovery
