Open Mental Health First Aid Courses

There are a number of reasons an open course can be useful for you. If your company requires fewer than 8 delegates trained due to the size of the business. It could be that you already have a cohort of MHFAiders but want to increase the team or have new starters that you would like to train. Maybe you are a registered charity and would like to utilise the subsidised places we make available on each course. What ever the reason please feel free to email us to check for available dates.

There are 2 MHFA England courses available on an open course basis

  • MHFAider®

  • MHFAider® Refresher

MHFAider® Courses

2 day practical skills and awareness course designed to give you:

  • A deeper understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect people’s wellbeing, including your own

  • Practical skills and models around stress management, frame or reference and the Mental Health Continuum to utilise reactively and proactively with others

  • Confidence to spot the triggers and signs of poor mental health and step in, reassure and support a person in distress

  • Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgement listening

  • Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to appropriate support

Following completion of the course you will have access to the 3 years support and benefits package offered by MHFA England.

MHFAider® Refresher

Half day (approx 4 hours) course reserved only for previously trained MHFA England MHFAiders. This course is designed to rejuvenate the knowledge originally learnt and give fresh useful ideas how to use content, models and skills. We discuss going deeper around creating the correct environment for people to thrive and how proactively you can continue to make a difference. This isn’t a test of your memory but a really great opportunity to re-engage and refresh your MHFAider® knowledge!

Following completion of the course you will have access to the 3 years support and benefits package offered by MHFA England.