First Aid for Mental Health – FAA Level 2 Award

Location

Oxenwood Outdoor Education Centre, Marlborough, SN8 3NQ

Time commitment

1 full day (8.45am-15.30pm)

Course Fee

£ per person

Course Description

This course is suitable for everyone, but has been designed to help employers provide a positive mental health culture within the workplace and to provide learners with comprehensive knowledge on a range of the most common mental health conditions and the skills to be able to act should a condition be suspected.

To book training email: info@oxenwood.org.uk

Topics Covered:

Learners undertaking this course will be considered First Aiders for Mental Health and be a point of contact within the workplace to help and support those with a suspected mental health condition.

Building on the First Aid for Mental Health Awareness – FAA Level 1 Award, this course introduces the First Aid for Mental Health Action Plan which allows learners to provide their peers with comprehensive guidance and support for a suspected mental health condition. Learners will be able to provide signposting to professional help and support that person whilst they are receiving professional assistance.

This course also covers the effects of drugs and alcohol and provides learners with the skills and knowledge to assist employers in implementing a positive mental health culture to support employees within a workplace.

Topics covered include:

  • What is First Aid for Mental Health?
  • Identifying mental health conditions
  • Providing advice and starting a conversation
  • Drugs and alcohol
  • First Aid for Mental Health action plan
  • First Aid for Mental Health in the workplace

Assessment

Continuous observation by the trainer and written assessments.

Certification 

On successful completion, learners will be awarded the Ofqual regulated Level 2 Award in First Aid for Mental Health (RQF)/Award in First Aid for Mental Health at SCQF Level 5.  This qualification is valid for three years.

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