FAA LEVEL 3 AWARD IN SUPERVISING FIRST AID FOR MENTAL HEALTH (RQF)
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* Classroom (two day course), Virtual (6 x 2 ½ hour sessions)
* Gives learners knowledge of Mental Health First Aid and associated conditions
* This course is especially suitable for managers, supervisors and other staff
that have the power to make changes in the workplace
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COURSE CONTENTS:
* What is Mental Health?
* Why people develop mental health conditions
* What the role of a mental health first aider is
* Knowing how to provide advice and practical support
* Knowing how to recognise and manage stress
* Understand the impact of substance abuse on mental health
* Understand the first aid action plan for mental health and be able to put it
in place
* Know how to implement a positive mental health culture in the workplace
* Recognising a range of mental health conditions:
* Depression
* Anxiety
* Psychosis
* Eating disorders
* Suicide
* Self-harm
* PTSD
* Personality disorders
* Bipolar disorder
* Schizophrenia
BENEFITS OF THIS COURSE:
* 37% of all work-related ill-health is due to mental health problems
* Problems with mental health cover 45% of all working days lost
* A whopping 12.8 million working days, or 49, 042 years, were lost due to
mental health problems in 2018/19
* 602,000 workers suffered from work-related stress, depression or anxiety in
2018/19
* One in four people will have a mental health problem at some point during
their lives
* Whether work is causing or aggravating mental health problems, employers have
a legal responsibility towards their employees
* Work-related mental health issues must to be assessed to measure the levels
of risk to staff
* Where a risk is identified, steps must be taken to remove it or reduce it as
far as reasonably practicable
* This two day r employees' mental health and wellbeing
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ACCREDITED, OFQUAL REGULATED QUALIFICATION
Our Mental Health First Aid Courses are nationally recognised, Ofqual regulated
qualifications accredited by First Aid Awards Ltd in association with NUCO
Training.
This means that you can be rest assured that your Mental Health First Aid
Certificates fulfill the upcoming legal requirements and are a very good way to
make sure you and your employees have a supporting workplace to deal with
staff's mental health conditions.
The Ofqual Register number for this course is 603/3770/9