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*FAA Level 2 (RQF) Award in First Aid For Mental Health
This course will be delivered by Distance Learning or Group Training
This course is suitable for everyone but has been designed to help employers to provide a positive mental health culture within the workplace and to provide learners with comprehensive knowledge on a range of the most common mental health conditions and the skills to be able to act should a condition be suspected.Learners undertaking this course will be considered First Aiders for Mental Health and be a point of contact within the workplace to help and support those with a suspected mental health condition.
Building on the Level 1 Award in Awareness of First Aid for Mental Health this course introduces the First Aid for Mental Health Action Plan which allows learners to provide their peers with comprehensive guidance and support for a suspected mental health condition. Learners will be able to provide signposting to professional help and support that person whilst they are receiving professional assistance.
This course also covers the effects of drugs and alcohol and provides learners with the skills and knowledge to assist employers in implementing a positive mental health culture to support employees within a workplace.
Content
A range of subjects are covered including:
- What is First Aid for Mental Health?
- Identifying mental health conditions
- Providing advice and starting a conversation
- Drugs and alcohol
- First Aid for Mental Health action plan
- First Aid for Mental Health in the workplace
Duration
This course runs over 6 hours spread over 1 day. Ideally, the course should be run over one day, but we have the flexibility to accommodate your specific needs if you so desire, providing it is completed within 6 weeks of starting the course and the training sessions last for a minimum of two hours.Numbers
A maximum of 16 students can be accommodated on this course and all candidates must be a minimum of 14 years of age to qualify.Assessment & Certification
The qualification is assessed through both a practical demonstration of the First Aid for Mental Health Action Plan and a multiple-choice question paper. A Level 2 Award in First Aid for Mental Health will be issued to the learner, subject to successful assessment. No external assessors are required.No dates have currently been scheduled for this course.
Please contact us with a view to tailoring a course to your needs either at our training centre or an in house course at your premises subject to us assessing the suitability of your premises.
Flexible Training
✓ We deliver on-site training to fit around your business.
✓ Training can be booked on evenings or weekends if required.
✓ We can spread the course over a number of sessions to suit your needs.
✓ If necessary we can provide a venue at Kennaway House.
✓ If there are less than five that require training, then the best value for you will be found by selecting a scheduled course.
✓ One to one training can be arranged to suit individual or business needs at our premises or we can come to you.
✓ Courses can also be as flexible as you like with elements of on-line learning as well as in-person classroom sessions reducing the amount of face-to-face time required in the classroom.
✓ In addition to this we also offer on-line First Aid yearly refresher courses.
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