“I found this course very helpful and beneficial for my work but also personally”
MHFA Awareness (3hrs)
MHFA is a 3 hour introductory mental health awareness course that can be delivered to up to 25 people. Because of its short duration it is not meant as a substitute for the full MHFA course.
The aims and objectives of the course include:
- Enabling participants to gain a wider understanding, for themselves and others, of some issues surrounding mental health
- Gain a greater understanding of how and why positive and negative mental health affects business
- Work more effectively with people experiencing mental health problems
By the end of the course participants will be able to:
- identify the discrimination surrounding mental health problems
- define mental health & some mental health problems
- relate to people’s experiences
- help support people with mental health problems
- begin developing a business case for promoting positive mental health in the workplace
- look after their own mental health
The course also introduces ALGEE – a unique memory tool for conducting mental health first aid.
