Keeping Children Safe

Youth Mental Health Two Day Course

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• 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 ​

Take Aways:

Everyone who completes the course gets:

• 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