Mental Health First Aid
We're proud to deliver internationally recognised courses from MHFA England.
Building awareness and up-skilling leaders to have supportive conversations around mental health, is strongly encouraged as a core standard in business.
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) courses provide your people with the knowledge, skills and confidence to make this a reality in your organisation.
In 2018, MHFA was among the top five workplace wellbeing practices identified as meeting the highest standards of evidence by a RAND Europe report commissioned by Public Health England.
The team at Everyday People have been a pleasure to work with, from start to finish!
We received plenty of support at every stage of the process and all of our Mental Health First Aiders completed the training course feeling confident and inspired to make positive change at Poplar HARCA.
The course was extremely engaging and our trainers had a breadth of interesting and useful experiences to draw upon which kept the discussions fresh and informative!
- Jodie McLeod, People and Development Advisor at Poplar HARCA
Mental Health in the workplace matters.
In the UK, 72 million working days are lost each year due to poor mental health, with an annual cost to employers up to £45 billion.
15% of people at work have symptoms of an existing mental health condition.
62% attributed symptoms to work or said that work was a contributing factor.
76% of line managers believe they are responsible for employee wellbeing, but only 22% have received training.
Sources:
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Deloitte Mental Health & Employers Report, 2020
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Mental Health at Work Report, 2016
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Thriving at Work Report, 2017
Become a Mental Health
First Aider 2-day course
Perfect for senior leaders, HR and H&S professionals + wellbeing ambassadors.
The main intention of the course is to train mental health first aid skills - just like the equivalent of a physical first aider.
Participants learn to spot the signs & symptoms of mental ill health and know how to best support in a first aid capacity.
The 2-day course covers stress, depression, anxiety (including panic attacks), suicide, eating disorders, self-harm, psychosis, and bi-polar disorder.
Participants consider their role as First Aiders in a workplace context. Self-care and recovery are important themes throughout the course.
Become a MHFA Champion
1-day course
Perfect for leaders, managers + supervisors
The main intention of the course is to build mental health awareness and reduce stigma in the workplace.
Participants learn to spot the signs & symptoms of common mental health conditions and get to know the MHFA action plan approach.
The 1-day course covers stress, depression, anxiety, suicide and touches on other common Mental Health conditions.
Participants consider their role as Champions in a workplace context. Self-care and recovery are important themes throughout the course.
MHFA Next Steps
Online and F2F workshops
Perfect for certified
Mental Health First Aiders
These everyday people workshops will help your team embed MHFA into your organisation and further empower participants in their learning.
The delivery and content can be tailored to suit your team's needs from one-off events to regular check-ins. We will always bring a balance of current knowledge refresh, introducing new topics, peer-supervision on real life cases, and a focus on self-care and boundary setting.
These workshops can also help Certified First Aiders explore their role together and the key questions - How can we support one another? How will we communicate to one another and stay aligned? How will we make ourselves known to the business? How else can we promote a mentally healthy workforce?
Participant feedback
How would you rate the course?
“Fantastic course, I now have a greater understanding of how to help my team.”
“Really useful and informative – a course that should be throughout the country.”
“Very relevant to our new campaign. I have stronger and more robust knowledge.”
How would you rate the facilitator?
“The authentic approach made it a safe place to learn – thank you!”
“Really great at making quiet voices heard.”
“Wonderful delivery, personal experiences brought it to life.”
How would you rate the course?
82% Very Good 18% Good
“Fantastic course, I now have a greater understanding of how to help my team.”
“Really useful and informative – a course that should be throughout the country.”
“Very relevant to our new campaign. I have stronger and more robust knowledge.”
How would you rate the facilitator?
90% Very Good 10% Good
“The authentic approach made it a safe place to learn
thank you!”
“Really great at making quiet voices heard.”
“Wonderful delivery, personal experiences brought it to life.”
We have a team of 14 facilitators who all bring their own flavour and authenticity to delivery. We pride ourselves on consistently positive feedback and finding the right facilitator match for your business.
