MHFA - Being You Leeds *Fully Booked*
Start Date: 29th January 25
End Date: 30th January 25
Location: Leeds
Price: FREE to all frontline workers in Leeds including volunteers and peer mentors
This training is being funded by Being You Leeds to increase access to Mental Health Training for:
- community organisations, charities and non-profit organisations
- volunteers as well as paid workers
We are keen to ensure that those attending either work or volunteer for:
- organisations working within the most deprived areas of Leeds or
- organisations supporting socially excluded groups and communities with the worst health outcomes
To qualify for a free place, you must also be (working or volunteering) directly supporting people (i.e. a frontline worker).
This two-day course qualifies you as a Mental Health First Aider, giving you:
- An in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect wellbeing
- Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
- Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress
- Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening
- Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support
MHFA is an internationally recognised, accredited two-day course that teaches people how to recognise and respond appropriately to signs of mental ill issues. The practical, skills-based approach demystifies mental health problems and challenges the stigma and discrimination that surrounds mental health. Participants will learn about anxiety, depression, psychosis and suicide and will gain an understanding about risk factors, signs and symptoms and the range of available support.
Training Dates and Times:
- Day One: Wednesday 29th January 2025, 09:30 – 16:30
- Day Two: Thursday 30th January 2025, 09:30 – 16:30