Youth Mental Health First Aid
$330.00
The First Aid Nest is pleased to provide Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training for staff
The Youth MHFA course is based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of people with lived experience of mental health problems and professionals. The course equips adults with the skills to recognise and respond to an adolescent who may be experiencing a mental health problem or crisis situation. Using a practical, evidence-based action plan, Youth MHFA teaches participants how to support an adolescent until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves.
YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID
Youth Mental Health First Aid is an education course that teaches adults about adolescent development and the signs and symptoms of common and disabling mental health problems in young people, including crisis situations.
You will receive a certificate to prove that you have completed the Youth Mental Health First Aid Course, created by MHFA Australia.
$330 pp
The course is based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of people with lived experience of mental health problems and professionals. It provides an overview of mental illnesses, risk factors, prevalence, and impact before taking a much closer look at the following mental health problems:
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Suicidal thoughts and behaviours
- Anxiety
- Panic attacks
The Youth Mental Health First Aid Course can be delivered in various formats.
We can help you with:
- Online courses
- Group workplace courses (5 people minimum) face to face (Sydney only)
- Group workplace courses (5 people minimum) online Australia wide
- Public face to face courses in South Sydney
- As an individual you can also zoom into the public sessions
- Refresher MHFA courses (If you have previously completed a MHFA course in the last 3 yrs)
Public courses are in South Sydney, NSW
Online courses are available Australia wide.
We can come to your site in Sydney and faciliatate a face to face session (min 5 ppl)
This course is suitable for all adults.
Evaluations consistently show that by attending a course, participants improve their knowledge of mental illnesses, their treatments and appropriate first aid strategies. Course participants also report improved confidence in providing mental health first aid to individuals and by improving mental health literacy, much of the stigma surrounding mental health problems is reduced.
Once you’ve completed the training you are a Mental Health First Aider. At the end of the course there is a short accreditation assessment.
You can complete this to become an Accredited MHFAider. Your accreditation is valid for 3 years.
This course should be refreshed every 3 years.
This course is for adults.
It’s important to remember that our courses do not teach people to be therapists or counsellors and they do not teach them how to diagnose mental illnesses or provide ongoing support.
Course participants learn about the signs and symptoms of mental health problems in adolescents; how to recognise and respond to an emerging and worsening mental health problem and the interventions and supports available.
Using the Mental Health First Aid Action Plan, participants learn how to approach a young person that they are concerned about and how to initiate a conversation about those concerns. Participants also learn how to offer initial support and information and how to encourage a young person to get professional help or other supports.
A Youth Mental Health First Aid course also looks at how to apply mental health first aid in a range of crisis situations, including suicidal thoughts and behaviours, panic attacks, aggressive behaviours, and severe psychotic states.
