Highfield Level 2 Award in Introduction to First Aid for Mental Health (RQF)
Duration of Programme – 2 day
Cost of Programme – Depended on Eligibility Criteria for funding
Minimum number of Learners – 5
Programme Overview:
This is a knowledge-only qualification that provides underpinning knowledge and understanding of the principles of first aid for mental health. This includes recognising mental ill health in self and others, supporting mental wellbeing in the workplace, understanding how to promote a wellness culture in the workplace and the importance of resilience and self-care for first aiders for mental health.
The qualification introduces learners to the concepts of mental health, mental ill health and wellbeing, other related terminology and subjects and the principles of first aid for mental health. It aims to provide a learner with an understanding that all individuals have mental health and that an individual’s experience of mental health can fluctuate on a spectrum. Learners will also be provided with an understanding of the basic concepts and tools needed to undertake the role of a first aider for mental health in the workplace. The unit also provides learners with an understanding of how to self-manage their own mental health and wellbeing and how they are contributing to a wellness culture and how they can manage their own self-care as a first aider for mental health.
What you will learn
- Understand the principles of first aid for mental health
- Know how to recognise mental ill health in self and others
- Understand how to support mental well-being in the workplace
- Understand how to promote a mental wellness culture in the workplace
- Understand the importance of resilience and protection of self for first-aiders for mental health
- Underpinning knowledge and understanding in relation to the principles of first aid for mental health Recognising mental ill health in self and others
- Supporting mental wellbeing in the workplace
- Understanding how to promote a wellness culture in the workplace
- The importance of resilience and self-care for first aiders for mental health
Who is it for?
A mental health first aider is a nominated person within an organisation who anyone can go to, to assist with a mental health problem. The first aider will help to advise and guide those needing assistance and will have knowledge of how to identify. The first aider for mental health is not clinically qualified to assess, diagnose or treat mental ill health but they will know the basic tools to listen to individuals who require first response support for their mental health. This qualification can be taken by learners preparing to enter employment or by those who are already in employment.