Youth Mental Health First Aid Refresher Training

• Refresher on Mental Health problems
• Learn to gain an understanding of the latest research in the mental health field
• Learn the 3 key actions for helping someone feeling suicidal
• Refresh ALGEE
• Work through complex mental health first aid interactions
• Practice mental health first aid skills.

This course will not teach you to diagnose a mental illness, nor treat it, just as a conventional first aid course will not teach you to be a doctor.

• You will learn or refresh on how to recognise that someone may have a mental health problem.
• What you learn or refresh on will help you to be supportive of them and help them to receive appropriate professional help as early as possible.

Participants will require suitable LLN skills to complete the following tasks/skills:

• Read information from a PowerPoint, Manual and whiteboard
• Listen and understand verbal information delivered by an English-speaking
  Mental Health First Aid Australia Accredited Instructor

Participants are required to attend 100% of this first aid training. To receive accreditation as a Mental Health First Aider you will be required to complete an online assessment following training.

This course does not form part of a Vocational Education Qualification.
Accreditation is provided by Mental Health First Aid Australia.

On successful completion of the post-training assessment, certification is issued as a Mental Health First Aider.

Three (3) years from the date of issue. (We recommend you use the email address that is still valid in 3 or 6 years time).

Refresher training is required after 3 years. which is either a 4 or 7 hour Face to Face course or 2 or 3 x 2.5 hours online video conferencing course.

• 5 Hour Instructor-led Face to Face course. (It can delivered 2 x 2.5 hours - upon Corporate request)
• 2 x 2.5 Hours Instructor-led online video conferencing Zoom course.

In the sixth year, the full course must be completed again.

Mental Health First Aid Australia (MHFAA) courses are based on evidence of what is best practice mental health first aid to support someone who has a mental health problem or is experiencing a mental health crisis.

This evidence has been developed in partnership with the University of Melbourne, through developing Delphi method guidelines that cover a number of mental health problems, crises and in different contexts.

All MHFA courses are then evaluated, using rigorous scientific methods, to ensure they are having a positive impact.

These evaluations consistently show that MHFA training is associated with improved knowledge of mental illnesses and their treatments, knowledge of appropriate first aid strategies, and confidence in providing first aid to individuals with mental illness, benefits which are maintained over time.

Some studies have also shown improved mental health in those who attend the training, decreases in stigmatising attitudes and increases in the amount and type of support provided to others.

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• Call one of our friendly customer service team on 0423 811 844,
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• Email us on info@yourfirstaidtrainer .com.au