Mental Health First Aid

In partnership with Maudsley Learning

First Aid for Life and Onlinefirstaid.com have partnered with Maudsley Learning to provide enhanced Mental Health First Aid training. This is delivered as blended learning with e-learning as pre-learning and a live, virtual day run by clinicians from the Maudsley Hospital. The focus is on offering transferable skills to de-escalate situations, help manage challenging behaviour as well as providing a clear framework to help someone struggling with their mental health and a wealth of resources too.

Mental Health First Aid brings a fresh approach to enhancing mental wellbeing. You’ll learn practical tips to optimise mental health, build resilience, help with insomnia, and manage stress. The CARES method gives a clear structure to identify potential problems and help yourself or others in need of additional support.

Mental health First Aid – Online Course – Onlinefirstaid.com

This mental health first aid training course will teach you how to recognise warning signs of mental ill health and help you develop the skills and confidence to approach and support someone, whilst keeping yourself safe. We help you develop resilience, learn new ways to cope with stress, advise on sleeping better and equip you with a wealth of resources to be able to confidently help someone struggling with their mental health.

Mental Health Awareness – Supporting Good Mental Health – Online Course – Onlinefirstaid.com

Ideal for individuals needing additional help and guidance to support their mental well-being, for those looking to introduce positive mental health practices to their workplaces, for teachers and support staff and friends, family and colleagues wanting more information on this vital topic.

Mental Health First Aid for Children and Young People – Online Course – Onlinefirstaid.com

This course has been developed for family, friends, school staff, college staff, carers, youth workers, children and young people wanting to be more confident supporting others with their mental health.

Enhanced Mental Health First Aid – Online Course – Onlinefirstaid.com & Maudsley Learning

First Aid for Life and Maudsley Learning are delighted to have worked in collaboration to bring this enhanced Mental Health First Aid course to you. The Maudsley is the largest mental health training institution in the UK and their expertise in this area is second to none. This course is continually updated by experts in Mental Health and offers clear, practical advice to help you gain a better understanding of how to help yourself, or others to achieve optimum mental health.

Mental Health First Aid – Blended Qualification – Maudsley Learning

This mental health first aid training course will teach you how to recognise warning signs of mental ill health and help you develop the skills and confidence to approach and support someone, whilst keeping yourself safe.

Mental Health First Aid – Practical Session – Maudsley Learning

More Courses:

Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW)

The EFAW course adapted to First Aid for Schools is a one day course covering care of the unconscious casualty as well as commonly occurring injuries covering the full syllabus specified by the HSE First Aid plus the addition of: head Injuries, asthma, breaks and soft tissue injuries. This syllabus includes child first aid and is tailored to First Aid in a school setting.

Emergency First Aid (3 hour)

Many schools choose our Emergency First Aid (3 hour) course for teachers and admin staff who need basic First Aid knowledge and covers accidents and emergencies in adults, babies and children and concentrates upon the most common children’s medical emergencies – you will be able to choose to focus on the age group most relevant for you and the course will be tailored to your needs. Again this is available as a scheduled option or as a group course for up to 14 people.

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Paediatric First Aid

The full day Paediatric First Aid course is our most popular course with schools and covers the full Ofsted syllabus in one day. For Early Years Staff this course is available as blended learning – 6 hours conveniently online followed by a one day practical course in order to obtain your 12 hour paediatric certificate.
First Aid for Teachers and Support Staff

Group Courses

We would be delighted to come to your school and run a group course for your staff. We will teach courses to any specification and include additional elements you may wish us to cover. We are more than happy to assist with health care plans and provide specific first aid advice pertaining to different medical conditions.  Training can be tailored to cover asthma, head injuries, epilepsy and fitting, Life Support and use of a defibrillator and any other specifications you might need.

We also run courses for pupils and parents and many schools use our training to fundraise.

 

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Online Refresher Courses:
The 3 hour online course Supporting pupils with medical conditions in schools and childcare settings  is a great way for professionals to refresh your knowledge of how to best help pupils with ongoing medical conditions.

This qualification is specifically targeted at staff working in schools, colleges, nurseries and childcare settings in both public and private sectors. It is designed around the needs of the education sector and highlights issues such as; working with parents and healthcare providers, the importance of records and documentation, consent, parental responsibilities and student self-medication.

 

Supporting children with medical conditions
This 3 hour online course Caring for Children with Anaphylaxis, Asthma, Diabetes and Epilepsy (plus a bonus section on Head Injuries) is suitable for all health professionals, teachers, parents and carers and anyone who has any of the above conditions; or is working with, or involved in the care of any child or young person who has any of these long term health conditions. It is a comprehensive course that explains; the physiology of the conditions, common triggers, signs and symptoms, how to recognise an acute episode, what to do, how to treat and how to administer medication.

The course also provides helpful support to Schools and health professionals in writing Individual Healthcare Plans and supporting children with these medical conditions to play a full and active role in school life, remain healthy and achieve their academic potential.

Free school resources

We also have a number of useful free resources to help introduce children to first aid. (click here)
These include comprehensive modular online courses, PDF handouts, lesson plans, PowerPoint presentations, infographics and posters all created to enhance the learning experience and help the students get the most from learning these invaluable skills.

They are designed to complement our First Aid for Life practical hands-on first aid training courses, as well as our online options.

 

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