Mental Health
First Aid Training
First Aid Training
The last few years have been hard on everyone. Amidst a global pandemic, economic uncertainty, and changes to the ways we work, the need to support everyone’s mental health and wellbeing is greater than ever.
MHFAiders® gain the knowledge and skills to spot the signs of a person experiencing poor mental health, the confidence to start a conversation and the tools to signpost to appropriate support.
I am an accredited Instructor Member approved by MHFA England to deliver Mental Health First Aid training. Courses can be delivered face to face, online, or brought direct to your workplace. - Glenn
Course Details
Everyone attending will receive a learner bundle which includes: a hardcopy workbook, a digital MHFA manual, and access to the MHFAider® support package for three years. This package includes the MHFAider Support App®, exclusive content, and online events. The course is structured as four sessions for both online and face-to-face delivery. These can either be delivered over two or four days.
Pricing for Businesses & Individuals
£325
Pricing for Nonprofit Organisations
Connect Mind Care is delighted to be able to offer reduced cost training places to anyone attending from a nonprofit group, charity, or public sector organisation. Please contact me to learn more about how I can help (discounts are subsidised by Connect Mind Care).
Course Dates and Venue
4th & 5th July 2024 - Online
19th & 20th September 2024 - Norwich (venue TBA)
Bespoke Delivery of Course
MHFA Benefits
Reduces stigma around mental ill health
Helps build supportive communities and workplace culture where employees feel they can be open about their mental health
Encourages self-care, giving people the tools to look after their own and others mental health
Promotes early intervention and recovery, which can prevent an individual's mental health deteriorating
Gives increased confidence to have a supportive conversation about mental health
Promotes equity and understanding around mental health from different perspectives
Learning Outcomes
for MHFAiders®
for MHFAiders®
Recognise those that may be experiencing poor mental health and provide them with first-level support and early intervention
Encourage a person to identify and access sources of professional help and other supports
Practise active listening and empathy
Have a conversation with improved mental health literacy around language and stigma
Discuss the role in depth, including boundaries and confidentiality
Practise self-care
Know how to use the MHFAider Support App®
Course Structure & Content
Session 1 (day 1)
Mental Health First Aid and the action plan
The MHFAider® role and self-care
Helpful and unhelpful language
Useful models to support the role
Session 2 (day 1)
What influences mental health?
What is anxiety?
Crisis first aid
Active listening and empathy
What are eating disorders?
What is self-harm?
What is substance misuse?
Session 3 (day 2)
Applying the Mental Health First Aid action plan
What is depression?
What is suicide?
Crisis first aid continued
What is psychosis?
Session 4 (day 2)
Recovery and lived experience
Boundaries in the MHFAider® role
Moving forward in the MHFAider® role
My MHFA action plan
Mental Health in the Workplace - Research & Statistics
1. At any one time, one in six people of the working age population of Britain experience symptoms associated with mental ill health. [2]
2. 50% of employees have experienced at least one characteristic of burn out due to greater job demands and expectations, lack of social interaction and lack of boundaries between work and home life. [3]
3. Almost half of workers (46%) say they’ve worked in recent months despite not feeling physically or mentally well enough to perform their duties. [4]
4. Mental ill health costs UK employers approximately £56 billion each year. [3]
– Annual cost of presenteeism: approx. £28 billion
– Annual cost of staff turnover: approx. £22 billion
– Annual cost of absenteeism: approx. £6 billion
5. The total annual cost of mental ill health to employers have increased by 25% since 2019. [3]
6. For every £1 spent by employers on mental health interventions, employers could get back £5.30 in reduced absence, presenteeism, and staff turnover. [3]
7. 55% of respondents, in the CIPD good work index survey, who have experienced depression in the past 12 months said work had contributed, however, only 36% discussed this with their boss or employer. [4]
8. One third expect or would like more support for their mental health and wellbeing from their employers. [3]
9. Only 38% of HR respondents, in the CIPD Health and wellbeing at work survey, think line managers in their organisation are confident to have sensitive conversations and signpost staff to expert sources of help if needed. [4]
10. Just over a quarter of workers (26%) say they struggle to relax in their personal time because of work. [4]
Definitions:
Presenteeism: Attending work in spite of illness and so not performing at full ability. [3]
Absenteeism: Days absent from work in relation to mental health issues. [3]
Burnout: Burnout is a syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It is characterized by three dimensions: feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion; increased mental distance from one’s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one's job; and reduced professional efficacy. [5]
Sources:
[1] CIPD health and wellbeing at work survey (2022)
[2] Royal College of Psychiatrists: Mental Health and Work report (2016)
[3] Deloitte UK Mental Health Report (2022)
[4] CIPD good work index (2022)
[5] The World Health Organisation (2019)
Taken from: https://mhfaengland.org/mhfa-centre/blog/10-workplace-mental-health-statistics-2022/