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Youth Mental Health First Aid Training
Do you work with young people aged 11 -18?
Are you concerned for them yet not mental health qualified?
Are your concerns in relation to one or more of the following?
…depression, anxiety, phobias, obsessions, self-harm, suicide, eating disorder, psychotic disorders, substance misuse (drugs and alcohol)…
KSL employ a number of the Youth MHFA instructors who are either in training or approved by MHFA England. Having organised and evaluated the first Youth MHFA pilot for them we’re now ready to help bring this unique programme to the English children and young people’s service sector.
Youth MHFA’s Unique Selling Points
- Creates constructive learning space where participants explore conditions such as depression, suicide and self harm
- Teaches skills for dealing with difficult situations, providing the confidence to take the right action at the right time
- Tried and tested with positive results in other countries and successfully piloted in England (Wandsworth and Leeds)
- Officially MHFA certificated, one of the programmes that are internationally recognised and offered in 16 countries
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Youth MHFA Method & Outcomes
The Youth MHFA Action Plan: ALGEE
- Ask, assist and assess
- Listen non-judgmentally
- Give reassurance and Information
- Enable the young person to get appropriate professional help
- Encourage self-help strategies
Youth MHFA Course Outcomes
- To preserve life where a young person may be a danger to themselves or others
- To provide help to prevent the mental health problem developing into a more serious state
- To promote the recovery of good mental health
- To provide comfort to a young person experiencing a mental health problem
- To raise awareness of mental health issues in the community
- To reduce stigma and discrimination
who for
Who is the Youth MHFA course for?
MHFA does not teach people to be therapists. However, it does teach people how to recognise the symptoms of mental health problems, how to provide initial help and how to guide a person towards appropriate professional help. If you are responsible for staff, interact with the public, or just want to improve your knowledge MHFA is for you.
Some key groups include staff working or volunteering for NHS Trusts, independent service providers and community groups, local authorities, schools and colleges. The course is for all those without specialist mental health training, who are working in education, youth and community work, health care or social care, including residential, foster and day carers, and CAMHS support workers.
Our course can be tailored (by addition) to meet the learning needs of participants of different professional groups, but is ideally suited to mixed groups from different work backgrounds. We will research into your needs pre-course, and we ensure we address your specific issues.
pilots
The Youth MHFA England Pilots
Pilot Youth MHFA courses were held in Wandsworth (London) and then in Leeds (Yorkshire) in spring 2010, after MHFA England obtained the license to adapt the programme for English services. A pilot survey was designed as an initial test of the English programme version’s content and structure and of how well it fits its local service context.
20 of the 36 pilot course participants completed anonymous online survey forms after the English pilots and the results have been supplied to MHFA England. Other participants who would still like to complete a form or remind themselves about the survey method and questions may visit our Youth MHFA pilot page here (password protected).
Pilot Evaluation Results
The course succeeded in engaging a very diverse group of staff in youth services and schools, who had not received any mental health training previously, in understanding, demystifying and initially-handling the mental health problems experienced by young people. Each session was reported as well structured for their learning. 96% of the sample agreed or strongly agreed that the programme met its aims and objectives; 72% agreed or strongly agreed that the programme was in line with local service practice.
costs
We offer course places to individuals
We offer courses for organisations
Our standard fee for course places is £230+VAT per person. For voluntary/third sector organisations or those purchasing five or more places on a course, our rates are reduced to £200+VAT per person. These rates include everything, including catering for the two days, manuals to take away and follow-up certification.
Organisations purchasing a course place for an individual to sample, which then go on to purchase the Youth MHFA course from us, will get the fee they paid for that individual deducted from our price.
Organisations can now purchase Youth MHFA courses tailored exclusively for their staff, volunteers or partners, for £125+VAT to £225+VAT per person, depending on courses purchased, participant numbers and venues. Our rates include pre-course and on-day registration and all other training administration.
To purchase Youth MHFA courses or to find out more, please contact us.
dates
Our first public two-day Youth MHFA dates for individual bookings are:
Wednesday October 20th & Thursday October 21st, Euston and Kings Cross-St Pancras, Central London – Register here with code YMHFA-02
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