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Certificate in Understanding Mental Health First Aid and Mental Health Advocacy in the Workplace

Course Overview

Unlike other mental health training courses, this qualification aims to raise your employees’ knowledge and awareness of the different types of mental health problems and their prevalence, as well as considering the importance of understanding individuals with these conditions in order to care for and interact with them.

This course is ideal for employees who are interested in mental health, either for their personal life, or professional development.

Key Information

Course Length
8 to 16 weeks

Learning Method(s)
Online materials
Online assessment

For Individuals

Benefits

Benefits against other mental health training courses:

  • You will see improved staff retention
  • Employees will achieve a nationally recognised level 2 qualification
  • Employees can learn from their own homes, in their own time
  • Employees get access to award-winning learning and assessment materials
  • Employees will receive subject-specialist support from a Tutor for everyday queries
  • Funding available – speak to one of our team for more information and to see if your staff are eligible.

    • Funded Course
    Yes

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    Unit 1: Exploring Mental Health

    This unit will introduce learners to different types of mental ill-health. They will understand factors that may contribute to mental ill-health and actions that can be taken..

    Unit 2: Understand how to support individuals with mental ill-health.

    The aim of this unit is to understand how to support individuals with mental ill-health. Learners will understand their responsibilities and how to protect their own mental health.

    Unit 3: Understand a mentally healthy environment

    Learners will know about relevant legislation. They will understand mentally healthy environments and wellness action plans.