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