Awareness of First Aid for Mental Health

• Classroom (4.5 hour course), Virtual (2 x 2 ½ hour sessions)

• Gives learners a good awareness of Mental Health First Aid

• Gives learners the skills to start that difficult conversation

• What is Mental Health?

• Why people develop mental health conditions

• What the role of a mental health first aider is

• Knowing how to provide advice and practical support

• Knowing how to recognise and manage stress

• Recognising a range of mental health conditions:

• Depression

• Anxiety

• Psychosis

• Eating disorders

• Suicide

• Self-harm

• 37% of all work-related ill-health is due to mental health problems

• Problems with mental health cover 45% of all working days lost

• A whopping 12.8 million working days, or 49, 042 years, were lost due to mental health problems in 2018/19

• 602,000 workers suffered from work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2018/19

• One in four people will have a mental health problem at some point during their lives

• Whether work is causing or aggravating mental health problems, employers have a legal responsibility towards their employees

• Work-related mental health issues must to be assessed to measure the levels of risk to staff

• Where a risk is identified, steps must be taken to remove it or reduce it as far as reasonably practicable

• This half day course gives people a good awareness of mental health in the workplace

• For a more complete introduction, see our full day First Aid for Mental Health or two day Supervising First Aid for Mental Health courses

• Mental Health First Aid Level 1 (Ofqual Regulated)

• Mental Health First Aid Level 2 (Ofqual Regulated)

• Mental Health First Aid Level 3 (Ofqual Regulated)

• Mental Health First Aid for Youth (Ofqual Regulated)

• Mental Health First Aid Annual Refresher (CPD Accredited)

• Mental Health First Aid Level 3 Requalification Course (Ofqual Regulated)

• Bipolar Disorder

• Eating Disorders

• Psychosis

• PTSD and c-PTSD

• Self-Harm

• Five Steps To Mental Wellbeing

• Building Resilience - Adults

• Building Resilience - Children

• Stress Bucket

• Stress Management

• Stress Management Standards

Pochat Training

Devonshire House

Station Road

Brimington

Chesterfield

Derbyshire S43 1JU

United Kingdom

01246 451812

info@pochattrarining.co.uk

pochattraining.co.uk