Standard Mental Health First Aid training for businesses, communities, and individuals. Customised to your goals for full accreditation.
Considering the prevalence of mental health issues, you’ve likely been in a position to offer support to someone in need, but lack the knowledge or experience to take the first step. Identifying when someone is in need can feel difficult, and then intervening to offer support in a sensitive, appropriate way is even more daunting without a ready plan of action.
Many mental health crises aren’t immediately obvious, which means that many problems pass beyond our notice. But a trained Mental Health First Aider, knowledgeable in identifying signs and symptoms of growing issues, can provide life-saving assistance in the same manner as a physical First Aider in a physical health crisis.
A Mental Health First Aid course gives you the knowledge, skills, and confidence to notice when a peer requires assistance, follow a plan of action to stabilise a crisis, and guide your friends, family or colleagues to the help they need. Mental Health First Aid training helps you keep your community or workplace safe.
MHFA is informed by the lived experience of people - something our facilitators are familiar with. We bring much of ourselves to each course, and use our experiences as counsellors, coaches, leaders, and people to help you connect and learn.
Life is messy - whether it’s time, location, learning type, or anything else - we cater with full customisation. We prioritise accessibility, catering for in-person, remote, or unique content - we’ll make sure you get the MHFA that’s right for you.
Mental health can be a tough topic for many people. With deep respect for both the subject material and you, we make it easier to approach with a comfortable, safe atmosphere - and we even share a laugh from time to time.
In whichever way you measure your impact - we take the same perspective. From healthier workplaces, to critical skills and confident, open conversations, we’ll aim for your goals and measure the outcomes together.
Mental Health First Aid certification is a well-understood benefit to any community, but not always easy to arrange. It is with us. We work with you to help access and integrate the powerful lessons of MHFA into your community or organisation.
Mental Health First Aid is for everyone - we aim to make it equally accessible regardless of your experience in life. We offer sensory aids, fidget tools, and customised courses to give you the best experience. Don’t hesitate to tell us what you need.
We run our standard adults-supporting-adults Mental Health First Aid training – either online in two 3-hour sessions, or face-to-face for two full days or four 3-hour sessions. You’ll join our experienced facilitator to learn about the basics of prevention, early intervention and crisis management with the up-to-date, evidence-based knowledge & skills included in the globally recognised Mental Health First Aid Australia program.
We frequently customise our standard training to give your team, community, or group the most relevant information, and also provide lifetime support to help you make the most of your new skills. During our sessions together, we’ll help you feel comfortable and confident, and provide a learning experience that suits you.
Our course covers the evidence-based course material of the MHFA system, designed to help you prevent, intervene and support people experiencing mental health issues. It includes; recognising signs and symptoms, understanding risk factors, prevalence & impact, evidence-based intervention, and barriers to seeking help.
You’ll learn to apply the ALGEE action plan to help in a crisis, and build the confidence to make an impact on the mental health outcomes in your workplace or community.
Nick started The Mental Health Coach with this in mind. From his background as coach, counsellor, facilitator and leader of multidisciplinary teams, he came to understand the wide variety of ways different people engage with learning.
Through programs like the globally-recognised Mental Health First Aid training, TMHC reaches people throughout society. We help people build safer, stronger, more supportive places to work, live and grow. By sharing the knowledge and skills that help make an impact when it matters most, we can all work together to move the needle in the right direction.
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Three years, much the same as physical first aid certification, after which it’s a good idea to brush up on your skills and learn the most up-to-date information. We run Mental Health First Aid Refresher programs to recertify you for another three years, commonly accessed in short online sessions.
