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The One Day - MHFA Champion Course teaches you how to identify when a person might be experiencing a mental health issue and how to guide them to get the help they need.

Course Outcomes As an MHFAider® you will be able to:  Recognise those that may be experiencing poor mental health and provide them with first-level support and early intervention Encourage a person to identify and access sources of professional help and other supports Practise active listening and empathy Have a conversation with improved mental health literacy around language and stigma Discuss the MHFAider® role in depth, including boundaries and confidentiality Practise self-care Know how to use the MHFAider Support App® Know how to access a dedicated text service provided by Shout and ongoing learning opportunities with MHFA England Format Learners will be trained over four live sessions with an MHFA England Instructor Member, covering 14 hours of content in total. Learning takes place through a mix of instructor led training, group discussions, individual and group activities. Each session builds on the previous, enabling the learner to gain confidence in supporting others with a Mental Health First Aid action plan. We limit numbers to 16 people per course so that instructors can keep people safe and supported while they learn. We strive for all of our learning content to be as accessible and inclusive as possible. Takeaways Everyone who completes this course gets:  A hard copy workbook to support their learning throughout the course A digital manual to refer to whenever they need it after completing the course A wallet-sized reference card with the Mental Health First Aid action plan A digital MHFAider® certificate Access to the MHFAider Support App® for three years Access to ongoing learning opportunities, resources and exclusive events The opportunity to be part of the largest MHFAider® community in England Becoming a qualified MHFAider® Once you complete the Mental Health First Aid course, you can test your knowledge and build your confidence in your role as an MHFAider® with the internationally recognised MHFAider® qualification, RSPH Level 3 Award in Mental Health First Aid. Course Structure Session 1: Mental Health First Aid and the action plan The MHFAider® role and self-care Helpful and unhelpful language Useful models to support the role Session 2: What influences mental health? What is anxiety? Crisis first aid Active listening and empathy What are eating disorders? What is self-harm? What is substance misuse? Session 3: Applying the Mental Health First Aid action plan What is depression? What is suicide? Crisis first aid continued What is psychosis? Session 4: Recovery and lived experience Boundaries in the MHFAider® role Moving forward in the MHFAider® role My MHFA action plan

Train with us to facilitate Critical Incident Stress Debriefings. CISD are effective interventions that help care professionals to process stressful events in the workplace. A CISD helps restore well-being and protect from prolonged reactions. This excellent 2-day training will cover theory and practice, including lectures, videos, and small-group work. By the end you will be able to facilitate CISDs.

This accredited course gives you an introduction to mental health and wellbeing - what it is, how to take care of yourself and support others

This introductory three hour session raises awareness of young people’s mental health. It covers: Some of the common mental health issues affecting young people, including depression, anxiety, eating disorders and psychosis Skills to work more effectively with young people living with mental health issues Ways to support young people with a mental health issue and relate to their experiences

Making the case for working with families: Afternoon Cuppa Session (Wales)    Monday 21 October, 2.30-3.30pm    Are you making the most of the family evaluation data being collected about your museum?      About this training    This session will be particularly relevant to those who attended our July session, Capturing data and evaluating with families: Afternoon Cuppa Session (Wales). It will also be useful for anyone who wants to advocate for working with families internally to colleagues, or externally to funders or other stakeholders.    This training webinar will be led by heritage consultant Ruth McKew, who works with museums across the UK to help them develop and connect with their audiences. Ruth’s current work ranges from activity and interpretation planning to feasibility studies and audience development and evaluation, including work with small and medium sized museums in Wales.     The session will help delegates to:    advocate for families in your organisation, think about how you can share your family evaluation data more effectively to make the case for working with families in your museum, make plans to put the training into practice.   Take a look at the full schedule.    This training will be delivered virtually on Zoom over one hour.    The session will be delivered in English with bilingual slides, with an option to provide a Welsh language interpreter.     Run in partnership with the Welsh Museums Federation and generously supported by the Welsh Government    Who should attend?  This training is aimed at staff or volunteers who work in museums, galleries and heritage sites and are interested in advocating for working with families in their organisation. This webinar is for staff and volunteers from Welsh museums only.  Yr achos o blaid gweithio gyda theuluoedd: Sesiwn Paned Prynhawn (Cymru)     Dydd Llun 21 Hydref, 2.30-3.30pm     Ydych chi’n gwneud y defnydd gorau o’r data gwerthuso teuluoedd yr ydych wedi ei gasglu am eich amgueddfa?     Gair am yr hyfforddiant hwn    Bydd y sesiwn hon yn arbennig o berthnasol i’r bobl hynny a aeth i’n sesiwn fis Gorffennaf, Casglu data a gwerthuso gyda theuluoedd: Sesiwn Paned Prynhawn (Cymru). Bydd yn ddefnyddiol hefyd i unrhyw un sydd eisiau siarad yn gefnogol am weithio gyda theuluoedd yn fewnol wrth gydweithwyr, neu’n allanol wrth arianwyr neu randdeiliaid eraill.    Bydd y gweminar hyfforddi hwn wedi ei arwain gan yr ymgynghorydd treftadaeth Ruth McKew, sy’n gweithio gydag amgueddfeydd ar draws y DU i’w helpu i ddatblygu a chysylltu â’u cynulleidfaoedd. Mae gwaith Ruth ar hyn o bryd yn amrywio o gynllunio gweithgareddau a dehongliadau i astudiaethau dichonoldeb a datblygu a gwerthuso cynulleidfaoedd, yn cynnwys gweithio gydag amgueddfeydd bach a chanolig yng Nghymru.      Bydd y sesiwn yn helpu cynrychiolwyr i:    eirioli dros deuluoedd yn eich sefydliad, feddwl sut y gallwch rannu eich data gwerthuso teuluoedd yn fwy effeithiol i ddadlau o blaid gweithio gyda theuluoedd yn eich amgueddfa, wneud cynlluniau i roi’r hyfforddiant ar waith.   Gwelwch yr amserlen lawn.    Bydd yr hyfforddiant hwn wedi ei ddarparu’n rhithwir ar Zoom dros gyfnod o awr.    Bydd y sesiwn wedi ei darparu yn Saesneg gyda sleidiau dwyieithog ac opsiwn i ddarparu cyfieithydd Cymraeg.     Rhedir hwn mewn partneriaeth â Ffederasiwn Amgueddfeydd Cymru gyda chefnogaeth hael gan Lywodraeth Cymru    Pwy ddylai fynd?  Mae’r hyfforddiant hwn wedi ei anelu at staff neu wirfoddolwyr sy’n gweithio mewn amgueddfeydd, orielau a safleoedd treftadaeth sydd â diddordeb mewn hyrwyddo gweithio gyda theuluoedd yn eu sefydliadau. Mae’r gweminar hwn i staff a gwirfoddolwyr o amgueddfeydd yng Nghymru yn unig.