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MHFA 1 day Youth Course

The MHFA one day course qualifies you as a Youth MHFA Champion.

Youth MHFA Champions have:

An understanding of common mental health issues and how they can affect young people

Ability to spot signs of mental ill health in young people and guide them to a place of support

Knowledge and confidence to advocate for mental health awareness

Skills to support positive wellbeing

Mental Health First Aid Courses

I am a fully qualified MHFA Youth Instructor and passionate about delivering mental health first aid training for schools.

I share the MHFA England vision to normalise society’s attitudes and behaviours around mental health, by developing the skills we need to look after our own and others’ wellbeing. We want to empower people through education to care for themselves and others.

Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) courses are for everyone who works with, lives with or supports young people aged 8-18. They will teach you the skills and confidence to spot the signs of mental health issues in a young person, offer first aid and guide them towards the support they need. In doing so, you can speed up a young person’s recovery and stop a mental health issue from getting worse.

A MHFA course won't teach you to be a therapist, but we will teach you to listen, reassure and respond, even in a crisis - and even potentially stop a crisis from happening.

MHFA 2 day Youth Course

Our Youth MHFA Two Day course qualifies you as a Youth Mental Health First Aider.

Youth Mental Health First Aiders have:

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