Youth Mental Health First Aid ( July )

Become a Youth MHFAider® in this 2-day course, gaining skills to identify, support and guide young people with mental health needs.
About this Event

This two-day course trains you as a Youth Mental Health First Aider (MHFAider®), giving you:

• An in-depth 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 – whether that’s through self-help sites, their place of learning, the NHS, or a mix – engaging with parents, carers and external agencies where appropriate
• 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 ​

Format

• Two-day face-to-face course delivered across four manageable sessions
• Each session is built around a Youth Mental Health First Aid action plan
• Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities
• We limit numbers to 16 people per course so that the instructor can keep people safe and supported while they learn

Takeaways

Everyone who completes the course gets:

• A certificate of attendance to say you are a Youth MHFAider®
• A YouthMHFAider® manual to refer to whenever you need it
• A workbook including some helpful tools to support your own mental health
• The opportunity to be part of the largest MHFAider® community in England