Youth Mental Health First Aid Course
Early intervention is absolutely crucial in reducing the possible lifelong impact of mental ill-health on adolescent development, so having adults who are trained in Youth Mental Health First Aid is important.
This course is for anyone who teaches, works lives or cares for young people aged 8 - 18.
By training your staff in Youth MHFA you will:
- Equip staff and students with the appropriate language to be able to talk about mental health and ill health in an appropriate and de-stigmatising way
- Help your staff to feel supported and confident in their ability to spot the signs and symptoms of mental ill health in young people and respond appropriately
- Enable students to access support early, limiting the impact of mental ill health on their development
- Create a climate where those with a long-term mental health issue can receive the support they need to flourish
Course Structure
The Youth Mental Health First Aid course can de delivered online or face to face.
Online it is a blended learning course with 4 instructor-led live sessions to attend virtually as well as guided, individual learning tasks to complete online. Individual learning tasks will be based on a combination of videos, workbook activities and reading. This can be completed at your own pace in advance of each live session.
The total time commitment is around 15 hours for either delivery type.
Youth MHFA Course Structure
Our open programme of online Youth MHFA courses means that you can book onto as an individual or a small group on dates that suit you.
The live sessions are either morning or afternoon sessions and are led by one of our approved MHFA England Instructors. They are interactive, involving presentation of slides, video clips, activities, discussion and case studies, which you will explore as a group to embed learning.
You will be given a log-on to the new MHFA England Online Learning Hub and should plan to log on at least 15 minutes early on the day of your first live session. If you have any difficulties with the technology we will have someone available by phone to help you sort them out.
You need to complete activities 1 – 7 prior to the Live Session 1. Once a live session has taken place, the next set of activities you need to complete will be made available to you.
Course Content
The online Youth Mental Health First Aid course qualifies you as a Youth Mental Health First Aider, giving you:
- An understanding of young people’s mental health and factors that affect wellbeing
- Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
- Confidence to reassure and support a young person in distress
- Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening
- Knowledge to help a young person recover their health by guiding them to further support
- Ability to support a young person with a long term mental health issue or disability to thrive
- Tools to look after your own mental wellbeing
The youth MHFA course covers the following content across 4 sessions:
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Session 1 - Introduction Individual learning (1 hour 15 minutes):
Live session (2 hours 35 minutes):
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Session 2 - Depression, anxiety and self-care Individual learning (1 hour 15 minutes):
Live session (2 hours 10 minutes):
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Session 3 - Suicide and psychosis Individual learning (1 hour 20 minutes)
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Session 4 - Self-harm, recovery and action planning Individual learning (1 hour 35 minutes)
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It is important to recognise that this course covers material that you may find emotionally triggering. Your self-care and your safety throughout the course is very important. You should consider identifying someone who could potentially support you during or after the course if you need it.
Qualification Details
This online training will qualify you as a Youth Mental Health First Aider and you will receive a MHFA England certificate on completion of the course. There are no pre-requisites to attend but you should have a strong interest in the subject.
Q. Is there any difference between the online Youth MHFA and the face to face course?
No.
The MHFA England, Youth Mental Health First Aid ( Youth MHFA) course is the same whether it has been delivered online or face to face. Learners will receive the same training and the same certificate regardless of the delivery method.
During the covid19 pandemic MHFA International developed online versions to ensure that the most popular MHFA courses could continue to be delivered where social distancing measures may have prevented face-to-face delivery.
Combining live, instructor led sessions with online learning, this method of online delivery has been an outright success.
Booking a Course
Our public online course dates are listed below. You can book and pay online directly or reserve your place and request an invoice.
If you would like to book a private online group course for staff at your workplace please contact us by phone on 0207 193 2608 or email: info@reactfirst.co.uk to schedule the live sessions on times and dates suitable for you.
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