Mental Health First Aid Champion (MHFA)

Accreditation

MHFA

Course Duration

1 Day

Valid for

Never expires

Course Information

The MHFA Champion 1 Day course from MHFA England gives people the awareness and skills to be a MHFA Champion. This is an awareness and skills course that will teach you to recognise the main signs and symptoms of common mental health issues and provide initial support. It will teach you how to guide a person towards appropriate professional help whilst being mindful of your own wellbeing.

MHFA Champions in your workplace can promote greater understanding of mental health and help build a mentally healthy workplace. They can play a significant part in ending stigma and discrimination around mental health in the workplace.

MHFA Champion Course Content

This one day course trains you as an MHFA Champion, giving you: 

  • An understanding of common mental health issues  

  • Knowledge and confidence to advocate for mental health awareness

  • Ability to spot signs of mental ill health 

  • Skills to support positive wellbeing

Learner Numbers

In order to ensure the interaction between the learners and the tutor is spread evenly and effectively, the maximum number of learners allowed on a course is sixteen.

To book this course

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Assessment & Certification

Assessment

Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities.

Certification

Everyone who completes the course gets:

  • A certificate of attendance to say you are an MHFA Champion
  • A manual to refer to whenever you need it
  • A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan
  • A workbook including a helpful toolkit to support your own mental health

More Details

How will attending an MHFA England course help? 

Research and evaluation shows that taking part in an MHFA England course:

  • Raises awareness and mental health literacy
  • Reduces stigma around mental ill health
  • Boosts knowledge and confidence in dealing with mental health issues
  • Promotes early intervention which enables recovery

Endorsements of MHFA

  • Business in the Community makes a clear recommendation that all employers train staff in first aid for mental health
  • Business in the Community recommends that all workplaces provide MHFA courses for line managers
  • Public Health England’s Mental Health Leadership and Workforce Development Framework published in March 2015 highlights MHFA as an appropriate skills based training model for employers
  • The Department of Health, Public Health England and NHS England are all using MHFA England courses within their own organisations
  • The MHFA England Instructor Training programmes are accredited by the Royal Society for Public Health