Anyone / Peer-to-Peer
Online or F2F
2 days face-to-face or 5 x 90 minute sessions
Min. 8 - Max. 20
This is available as a level 2 qualification from Highfield if taking the optional exam
Become a workplace wellbeing ambassador or first aider for mental health with an internationally recognised qualification, accredited by Highfield.
A workplace wellbeing ambassador is not clinically qualified to assess, diagnose or treat mental ill-health but they will have the basic tools to listen to individuals who require first response support for their mental health and to signpost them for further support.
This training can be taken as 2 days face-to-face (plus an optional exam for the qualification) or 5 x 90 minute online sessions (with an optional 60-minute exam for the qualification). Both options come with home study also.
Note: this is a two-part qualification with the first part being An Introduction to An Introduction to Mental Health Awareness and the second part being Introduction to First Aid for Mental Health.
As both parts have to be taken, the timing (5 x 90 minutes plus exam of 60 minutes) incorporates both courses.
Learning outcomes for First Aid for Mental Health part of the course are as follows:
– Understand the principles of first aid for mental health
– Learn how to recognise mental ill-health in self and others
– Understand how to support mental wellbeing in the workplace
– Understanding how to promote a mental wellness culture in the workplace
– Understand the importance of resilience and protection of self for first aiders for mental health
Our new Healthy Work Toolkit supports you to get started with handy tips, fact sheets, help to support your colleagues and a business case for implementing your own workplace wellbeing programme
The right health and wellbeing strategy has the power to help you lower absence rates, increase productivity and improve employee engagement by showing you put your staff’s needs first.
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Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being.
It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.
Download your Healthy Work Toolkit to support you to look after your wellbeing and boost your resilience
The Healthy Work Manager Programme comes with a manual for managers, but also with this useful quick reference guide for a conversation with someone struggling
Download our FREE reference guide for manager conversations
As uncertainty, disruption and fear from the pandemic takes its toll on millions of workers around the world we know that anxiety particularly is on the rise.
Within your organisation, as well as training your managers and providing general mental health awareness training for all, you may feel that you want to appoint some Wellbeing Champions or Mental Health First Aiders to encourage people to talk more freely, promote early intervention which enables recovery, reducing stigma and boosting a positive culture.
Check out our toolkit to see if First Aid for Mental Health training is right for your organisation
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being.
It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.
Download your Healthy Work Toolkit to support you to look after your wellbeing and boost your resilience
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