Mental Health Awareness & First Aid
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The aim of this qualification is to provide learners with an understanding and awareness of mental health, mental health first aid. Helping to reduce stigma and discrimination and encourage people to talk about mental health. Furthermore, the qualification should provide learners with the ability to apply their knowledge of mental health through recognising and responding to the signs of mental ill health in themselves and others and be able to undertake the role of Mental Health First Aider offering mental health first aid to people experiencing mental ill health.
Course content
Mental Health Awareness
Understanding mental health
Recognising signs and symptoms of common mental health disorders and issues
Support and advice available.
Mental Health First Aid
Recognise the signs of mental ill health
Provide initial help to a person experiencing mental ill health
Signpost appropriate sources of help
Escalate situations when a person may be at risk of harm to themselves or others
Promote good mental health
Study Format
Guided Learning hours - 15 hours Online Study 20 Total qualification time 20
Assessment 2 short e assessments which can be completed on demand
All courses are designed in line with EmployAbility Leisure Guide B. If you need learning materials in an alternative format or other reasonable adjustments, contact us at info@fittraining.co.uk
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Customer Reviews
Would recommend this course, learned a lot of valuable knowledge
Dear valued customer,
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review for our Mental Health Awareness & First Aid course.
We are so glad to hear that you found the course to be valuable and that you learned a lot of useful knowledge. We appreciate your recommendation and hope that our course continues to benefit you in the future.
Regards
Janet and the Fit Team
Really good course and very interesting as I know so many people suffer from mental health issue's,Jan and Ben are always there to support you and go to any lengths to so,highly recommend this course
Hi Tom
Thank you so much for your positive feedback! We are glad to hear that you found our mental health course to be valuable and interesting. Our team, Jan and Ben, are always dedicated to providing support and going above and beyond for our customers. We appreciate your recommendation and hope that our course continues to make a positive impact. Take care.
The Fit Team :)
This course has enabled me to identify people who has mental health problems and what symptoms to watch out for. Everything in the course was break down in clear Chapters and it was easy to follow. The Tutor Ben was also very helpful incase I was stuck at any point. Definitely recommended!
Thank you so much for your fantastic feedback! We're thrilled to hear that the course helped you gain valuable insights into identifying mental health symptoms and that the clear structure made it easy to follow. We're also glad to know that Ben provided the support you needed throughout the course. Your recommendation means a lot to us, and we’re happy to have been a part of your learning journey!
Would recommend the course.
Fit Training is a great company that I would not hesitate in recommending.
