This two day course trains you as a Youth Mental Health First Aider (MHFAider®), giving you:

• An in-depth understanding of young people’s mental health and factors that affect wellbeing.

• Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues 

• Confidence to reassure and support a young person in distress.

• Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening. 

• Knowledge to help a young person recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether that’s through self-help sites, their place of learning, the NHS, or a mix – engaging with parents, carers and external agencies where appropriate.

• Ability to support a young person with a long term mental health issue or disability to thrive.

• Tools to look after your own mental wellbeing. ​

Format

• Two day face-to-face, or online course delivered across four manageable sessions.

• Each session is built around a Youth Mental Health First Aid action plan.

• Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities.

• Maximum of 16 delegates.

Everyone who completes the course gets:

• A certificate of attendance to say you are a Youth MHFAider®

• A YouthMHFAider®  manual to refer to whenever you need it

• A workbook including some helpful tools to support your own mental health