Mental Health First Aid for the Workplace
Course Overview
Mental health problems are common in the workplace and symptoms can have a significant impact on productivity, job satisfaction and staff morale. Providing a supportive work environment can assist in recovery from mental illness as well as reducing the cost and effort involved with replacing or retraining staff.
MHFA in the Workplace teaches managers, supervisors and individuals how to assist a co-worker experiencing a mental health problem or crisis.
Designed especially for workplaces that require training time flexibility, MHFA in the Workplace combines online learning with a half day of face-to-face training.
The initial interactive self-paced eLearning component presents an overview of mental health problems and mental health crises. The face-to-face training enables revision and application of knowledge and skills, providing participants with the opportunity to:
- Examine issues pertinent to mental health problems in the workplace in more depth
- Clarify any points of uncertainty remaining after completion of the eLearning modules
- Apply the MHFA Action Plan to relevant workplace scenarios
- Discuss and reflect on how mental health first aid skills can be used in the workplace.
COURSE CONTENT
Course content is tailored to the workplace setting using case-studies, videos and resources tailored to their learning needs.
This course is based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of people with lived experience of mental health problems and professionals and includes information on:
- Depression
- Anxiety problems
- Psychosis
- Substance use problems
- Suicidal thoughts and behaviours
- Non-suicidal self-injury
- Panic attacks
- Traumatic events
- Severe effects of alcohol or other drug use
- Severe psychotic states
- Aggressive behaviours
COURSE OUTCOME
All students will receive a copy of the MHFA manual and be issued with a Certificate of Completion. Individuals may also wish to complete an online assessment to become an Accredited Mental Health First Aider, an accreditation which is valid for three years.
GROUP SIZE
This course requires a minimum of six participants. Whilst the recommended group size is 12-14 we can accommodate up to 25 participants.
Note – This is an education course designed to teach people the skills to give first aid to others, it is not a therapy or support group.
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