Youth Qualified MHFAider®

This two day course trains you as a Youth Mental Health First Aider (MHFAider®), giving you:

• An in-depth 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 – whether that’s through self-help sites, their place of learning, the NHS, or a mix – engaging with parents, carers and external agencies where appropriate
• 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

Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA®) courses are for everyone who works with, lives with or supports young people aged 8-18. They will teach you the skills and confidence to spot the signs of mental health issues in a young person, offer first aid and guide them towards the support they need.

On completion of this course, you will receive: 

• A certificate of attendance to say you are a Youth MHFAider®
• A YouthMHFAider®  manual to refer to whenever you need it
• A workbook including some helpful tools to support your own mental health

• Two day face-to-face course delivered across four manageable sessions
• Each session is built around a Youth Mental Health First Aid action plan
• Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities

In addition, charges are added for Instructors’ travel expenses, accommodation and refreshments if outside West Essex, and any venue hire costs incurred.