BECOME A STANDARD MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDER
PRACTICAL FIRST AID SKILLS AND BENEFITS
12-hour educational course
Learn practical skills to support friends, family members
and others in our community with a mental health problem.
Make a real difference to people’s wellbeing.
- Recognise common mental health problems
- Provide initial help using a practical, evidence-based Action Plan
- Seek appropriate professional help
- Respond in a crisis situation
- Improve your Knowledge of mental illnesses, treatments and first aid actions.
- Increase your Confidence in providing first aid so you can support others; and
- Decreases stigmatising attitudes
Training includes:
- MHFA Manual
- Morning & Afternoon Tea, and Lunch on both Days
- Mental Health First Aid Certificate of Accreditation on
Completion of the online assessment
Upcoming Trainings
Cost: $150 per participant- partially funded by WACHS
Dates
12th and 13th October
7th and 8th December
Contact detail: coordinator@yellowribbonmidwest.org.au
Training Facilitated By Robyn Hunt & Sarah Collins
MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID in the WORKPLACE BLENDED
This course is for workplaces that require flexibility in delivery of training.
Blended Mental Health First Aid in the Workplace is a combination of:
Online interactive self-paced eLearning that presents
an overview of mental health problems and mental health crises.
Followed By
A half day face-to-face training which allows participants the opportunity to revise and consolidate skills in a group environment, and to address mental health problems in the workplace in more depth.
The course content is tailored to the workplace setting using case-studies, videos and resources tailored to their learning needs.
Training includes:
- MHFA Manual
- Morning Tea
- Mental Health First Aid Certificate of Accreditation on
Completion of the online assessment
Payable by direct payment, details on invoice – to be negotiated with individual business. Enquiries to coordinator@yellowribbonmidwest.org.au
Available to business as required
Contact detail: coordinator@yellowribbonmidwest.org.au
Training Facilitated By Robyn Hunt & Sarah Collins
The Standard MHFA Refresher Course
4 hour face-to-face course
Do you know how to help someone that is feeling suicidal?
Allow people who have previously completed the Standard MHFA course to refresh their knowledge and skills.
This course offers an opportunity for Accredited MHFAiders to extend their accreditation for a further 3 years
Training includes:
- The Standard Mental Health First Aid Manual
- Morning Tea
- Mental Health First Aid Certificate of Accreditation on Completion of the online assessment
Cost: $75 per participant (Concession Rates Available)
Payable by direct payment, details on invoice
Upcoming Trainings
No Dates set as yet . Please forward expressions of interest to
Contact detail: coordinator@yellowribbonmidwest.org.au
Training Facilitated By Robyn Hunt & Sarah Collins
Mental Health First Aid for the Suicidal Person
Do you know how to help someone that is feeling suicidal?
Identify warning signs of suicide
Improve your confidence in having that conversation
Safely have a conversation
Confidently support a person in crisis
Training includes:
- The Standard Mental Health First Aid Manual
- Morning Tea
- Mental Health First Aid Certificate of Accreditation on Completion of the online assessment
Cost: $50 per participant (Concession Rates Available)
Payable by direct payment, details on invoice
Upcoming Trainings
Next Courses:
9th November 2020
This is a Mental Health First Aid Australian course and is based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of people with lived experience of mental health problems and professionals.
Contact detail: coordinator@yellowribbonmidwest.org.au
Training Facilitated By Robyn Hunt & Sarah Collins