Mental Health First Aid Level 3

With 1 in 4 people in the UK likely to experience a mental health issue each year, it is of the upmost importance that workplaces are taking an active role in supporting the wellbeing of their staff. A Mental Health First Aider can help to facilitate this. This qualification raises learners’ awareness of mental health, develops an understanding on how to support, reassure and signpost fellow colleagues to professional support.

This 2-Day course goes into detail on a wide range of mental health conditions and the support and help provided by healthcare professionals. It covers the content of both the
Level 1 and Level 2 qualifications but is aimed at Trainer/ Assessors and/or supervisor level within the workplace.

After completing this course, you will understand:

• What is First Aid for Mental Health?
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Identifying mental health conditions
• Self-harm
• Providing advice and starting a conversation
• Suicide
• Stress
• Eating disorders
• Mental health conditions
• Personality disorders
• Drugs and alcohol
• Bipolar disorder
• First Aid for Mental Health action plan
• Psychosis
• First Aid for Mental Health in the workplace
• Schizophrenia
• Depression
• Anxiety