7087: Youth Mental Health First Aid

This 2 day course is for anyone who works with, lives with or supports young people aged 8-18. Places need to be booked Ten days before the course date. This training is conducted by a third party training company, Talking Life, and your details will be shared with them. Registration is required  to attend this course.
The course will provide:

• An understanding of young people’s mental health and factors that affect wellbeing
• Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
• Confidence to reassure and support a young person in distress
• Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening
• Knowledge to help a young person recover their health by guiding them to further support
• Ability to support a young person with a long term mental health issue or disability to thrive
• Tools to look after your own mental wellbeing

Course contents: Youth Mental Health First Aid

• About Youth Mental Health First Aid
• Context: England’s child health care policy
• About mental health – facts and figures
• Risk factors for mental ill health
• Protective factors for mental health
• Preventing mental health issues and promoting wellbeing
• The facts and figures, Signs and symptoms, and Risk factors of: Depression and anxiety, Suicide and 
        psychosis, Self-harm and eating disorders
• The Youth MHFA action plan: ALGEE
Price
Free
Next 5 sessions
17/06/2024
09:30 - 16:30
day 1 (Course III)
Virtual Training,  
18/06/2024
09:30 - 16:30
day 2 (Course III)
Virtual Training,  
3 Places Available
23/09/2024
09:30 - 16:30
day 1 (Course JJJ)
Virtual Training,  
24/09/2024
09:30 - 16:30
day 2 (Course JJJ)
Virtual Training,  
Fully Booked
04/11/2024
09:30 - 16:30
day 1 (Course MMM)
Virtual Training,  
05/11/2024
09:30 - 16:30
day 2 (Course MMM)
Virtual Training,  
7 Places Available
20/01/2025
09:30 - 16:30
day 1 (Course KKK)
Virtual Training,  
21/01/2025
09:30 - 16:30
day 2 (Course KKK)
Virtual Training,  
8 Places Available
10/03/2025
09:30 - 16:30
day 1 (Course LLL)
Virtual Training,  
11/03/2025
09:30 - 16:30
day 2 (Course LLL)
Virtual Training,  
8 Places Available