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NHS Fife - Scotland’s Mental Health First Aid: Young People
Created: 17/08/2016
News/Events Category: Training and Learning
When: 9.30am - 4.30pm, Monday 12 September 2016
Where: Lynebank Hospital, Halbeath, Dunfermline KY11 4UW
This event is being organised by NHS fife
This particular event is free to attend, so no payment is required.
It is too late to book a place for this particular session, sorry about that.
The aim of this course is to show how mental health first aid can be applied, in both crisis and non-crisis situations, to a range of common mental health problems that people aged 11 to 17 years may face.
Successful completion of this course will provide:- The ability to recognise the signs of mental health problems or distress
- Increased their skills and confidence to ask about mental distress
- The ability to provide initial support
- Knowledge of how to guide a person towards appropriate professional help
This course includes content on: depression, anxiety, suicide, self harm, eating disorders, alcohol and drugs and cyber bullying.
This course is aimed at adults, including parents/carers, teachers, youth workers, sports coaches, social workers or others who are working or living with young people aged between 11 and 17 years old.
Please note: This course uses a blended learning approach which includes two e-learning modules and a participatory session. The first e-learning component will take approximately 3 hours and must be completed 2 weeks prior to the participatory session. The participatory session will involve 1 full day’s training. The second e-learning component will take approximately 4 hours. At the end of this there is a reflective writing exercise of not less than 500 words which must be submitted within 4 weeks. CPD certificates will only be awarded to those candidates who complete all three parts.
For further information please contact Karen Stirling on either telephone: 01592 226488 or e-mail: [email protected].
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