Professionals Training - DAY 2 - Young Person’s Mental Health First Aid (2 days- both days need to be attended)

Professionals Training - This is suitable for those working with young people aged 16 - 25 years old.

This course qualifies you as a youth mental health first aider.

Please make sure you are booked onto both days as this is a 2-day course.

This course gives 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
• this is an online course delivered through the MHFA England Online Learning Hub
• a certificate of attendance to say you are a youth mental health first aider
• a Youth MHFA manual to refer to whenever you need it
• a workbook including some helpful tools to support your own mental health

You can find these forthcoming events, and more, on the Learning Management System (LMS). Just type the title in the Find Learning search box for more details about each course and to book your place on the course.

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If you do not have an LMS account, you can contact the learning and development team for further information by email at learningcentral@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.