Mental Health First Aid England Aware is an introductory course designed to increase mental health awareness and give an understanding of how to look after wellbeing and challenge stigma.
Through an interactive instructor-led live session, you will learn:
What mental health is and how to challenge stigma
An introduction to some common mental health issues
Confidence to support someone who may be experiencing mental ill health
Ways to look after your own mental health and support wellbeing
Outline
What is mental health?
Mental Health Continuum
Factors that affect mental health
Stigma
Stress and stress management
Spotting signs of distress
Mental health conditions:DepressionAnxiety disordersPsychosisEating disordersSuicideSelf-harm
Recovery
Take 10 Together - starting a supportive conversation
Supporting mental health in the workplace
Useful statistics
Helpful resources
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The course seeks to improve the wellbeing and experience of people with dementia and of the care staff working with them. It should improve your confidence in managing situations you find challenging.
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This course will help you to gain a better knowledge of the policy which underpins end of life care. It will help you to learn about the delivery of great end of life care and improve your communication skills to strengthen working relationships during this period. You will also feel you have a better understanding on how to support the friends and family of the person that you are caring for.
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A key-worker role is to provide the best individual care for people they support and carry out effective assessment and support planning. Staff need to know how to motivate individuals to achieve their personal goals and understand how to advocate on their behalf. Staff also need to know how to improve communication between colleagues, individuals, other professionals, and contribute to service improvement.
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Come and join Supported Loving's Community of Practice for anyone working with people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people delivering relationships and sex education, this can be formally groups or informally within your job role. Working in this area can be challenging but as a community we can grow and learn - there is always something new to learn!
Each month we will take a topic to discuss and reflect upon what are the challenges and what has worked/ positive approaches.
Each session will include a case study to explore , a section where we share our favourite resources to use on this topic and space to discuss our practice surrounding this topic.
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This months topic- Dealing with staff anxiety
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Medication Awareness training is essential in the Health and Social Care Sector. This course aims to provide learners with the knowledge required to support the use of medication in Health and Social Care settings. It provides information on the different types, classifications and forms of medication, as well as providing guidance on safe storage and disposal.
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Explore the key features of Falls Awareness including common causes of falls in care & work environment including risk assessing for slips, trips and falls and being aware issues arising from medications and illnesses that can increase risk of falls.
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