Mental Health First Aid
High quality training in understanding mental ill health
Helping you to help others
For more information contact:
Mental Health First Aid – Yorkshire and the Humber
mhfa@commlinks.co.uk
0845 838 9928
or please register for MHFA updates here
To promote mental health in and out of the workplace, Community Links is delivering Mental Health First Aid training throughout Yorkshire and the Humber. This is achieved via a two day, nationally recognised training course aimed at all sections of the public.
N.B. The course is aimed at those with little or no knowledge of mental health issues. Trainees will not become 'therapists' but will gain the practical knowledge of how to act when confronted by someone in distress.
Rt. Hon. Rosie Winterton MP, Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber has praised the effectiveness of the Mental Health First Aid course.
'This much-needed scheme...helps in identifying someone with mental health problems before professional help is sought'
Rt. Hon. Rosie Winterton MP speaking at the Social Inclusion: Mental Health and Employment conference in Leeds, Nov 08.
'Mental ill health costs UK businesses £1000 a year for every person they employ. Instead of running away from it, employers need to embrace the issue and create workplaces that promote wellbeing'
Trevor Phillips, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
Who should attend the training?
• Team leaders/managers, administrative and human resources staff
• Commercial, voluntary or public sector workers
• People who work with clients or as part of a team
• Employment Support staff
What does the training provide?
• Better understanding of mental ill health
• More confidence about mental health problems and how to offer early help to others
• Reduced stigma about mental ill health
• Better awareness of their own and other people’s mental health issues
A nationally approved MHFA instructor delivers each course to a group of 12 trainees. The fee includes full course materials, lunch and refreshments. Courses are subsidised by the Big Lottery Fund and participants will receive a certificate of attendance and a copy of the MHFA manual.
Limited subsidised places are available at £80 for the two day course.
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For more information contact:
Mental Health First Aid – Yorkshire and the Humber
Community Links
Regents Court
39a Harrogate Road
Leeds LS7 3PD
0845 838 9928
mhfa@commlinks.co.uk