We facilitate accredited MHFA England Mental Health Training at up to an exclusive 40% discount. With this, we hope to make these vital courses more accessible and affordable.
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Adult Mental Health First Aid Course
What will I learn as I train as a MHFAider?
- Recognise those that may be experiencing poor mental health and provide them with first-level support and early intervention
- Encourage a person to identify and access sources of professional help and other supports
- Practise active listening and empathy
- How to have a conversation with improved mental health literacy around language and stigma
- Discuss the MHFAider role in depth, including boundaries and confidentiality
- Practise self-care
- How to use the MHFAider Support App
- How to access a dedicated text service provided by Shout and ongoing learning opportunities with MHFA England
- The course also includes materials to support you in your learning, and a certificate of completion that will be emailed to you and will be valid for three years
How is this course taught?
- The course is taught online over Zoom in 4 compulsory live sessions across 2 weeks
- There are 14 hours of live sessions in total
- It is taught by one of our qualified Mental Health First Aid Instructors
- With a maximum of 16 people per course
The session timings are as follows:
Session 1: 3 hours and 20 minutes
Session 2: 3 hours and 45 minutes
Session 3: 3 hours and 45 minutes
Session 4: 3 hours
Please note: You must attend all four live sessions to receive your qualification and certificate
How much does it cost?
- The AFT price is £195 + VAT per person (Mental Health First Aid England RRP is £325 per person)
Youth Mental Health First Aid Course
This course is designed for those working/living with/teaching/supporting those aged 8-18 years old. It covers:
- An in-depth understanding of young people’s mental health and factors that affect wellbeing
- Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
- Confidence to reassure and support a young person in distress
- Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening
- Knowledge to help a young person recover their health by guiding them to further support
- Ability to support a young person with a long term mental health issue or disability to thrive
- Tools to look after your own mental wellbeing
- It also includes materials that will be sent to you, and a certificate of completion that will be emailed to you and will be valid for three years
How is this course taught?
- The course is taught online over Zoom in 4 compulsory live sessions across 2 weeks
- There are 9.75 hours of live session in total
- There are 1-2 hours of self-study required in between/before each live session, all completed on the online learning hub
- It is taught by one of our qualified Mental Health First Aid Instructors
- With a maximum of 16 people per course
Please note: You must attend all four live sessions to receive your qualification and certificate
How much does it cost?
- the AFT price is £180 + VAT per person (standard course value is £300 per person)
Adult ½ Day Mental Health Awareness Course
This course raises awareness of mental health. It covers:
- What mental health is and how to challenge stigma
- A basic knowledge of some common mental health issues
- An introduction to looking after your own mental health and maintaining wellbeing
- Confidence to support someone in distress or who may be experiencing a mental health issue
- It also includes materials that will be sent to you, and a certificate of completion that will be emailed to you and will be valid for three years
How is the course taught?
- The course is taught online over Zoom
- The course is approx 4 hours long
- It is taught by one of our qualified Mental Health First Aid Instructors
- With a maximum of 25 people per course
Please note: You must attend the entirety of the live session to receive your certificate
How much does it cost?
- AFT price £75 + VAT per person (standard course value is £125 per person)
Youth ½ Day Mental Health Awareness Course
This course is designed for those working/living with/teaching/supporting those aged 8-18 years old. It covers:
- Some of the common mental health issues affecting young people, including depression, anxiety, eating disorders and psychosis
- Skills to work more effectively with young people living with mental health issues
- Ways to support young people with a mental health issue and relate to their experiences
- It also includes materials that will be sent to you, and a certificate of completion that will be emailed to you and will be valid for three years
How is the course taught?
- The course is taught online over Zoom
- The course is approx 3 hours long
- It is taught by one of our qualified Mental Health First Aid Instructors
- With a maximum of 25 people per course
Please note: You must attend the entirety of the live session to receive your certificate
How much does it cost?
- the AFT price £75 + VAT per person (course value is £125 per person)
Group Bookings
If you are interested in booking a private course for a large group, team or your organisation, please email info@applauseforthought.co.uk.
Mental Health First Aid Refresher
This MHFA Refresher course is designed to empower Mental Health First Aiders (MHFAiders®) to renew their qualification, maintain their skills and refresh the training they completed 3 years ago.
The four-hour online MHFA Refresher course will support your MHFAiders® by:
- Renewing their skills
- Updating their knowledge of mental health supports
- Giving them the chance to practice applying the Mental Health First Aid action plan
- Providing them access to three years of MHFAider® support and benefits
It is important for MHFAiders® to refresh skills, the same way physical first aiders do, it’s also a great way to demonstrate your commitment to treating mental health and physical health equally.
Investing in the course will keep you feeling motivated, empowered and confident to continue carrying out your role as a MHFAider®.
How is the course taught?
- The course is delivered online via Zoom
- As with the Mental Health First Aid course, learning will take place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities
- The capacity is limited to 20 people per course so that your instructor can keep people safe and supported while they learn
- It is taught by one of our qualified Mental Health First Aid Instructors
How much does it cost?
- the AFT cost is £90 +VAT (course value is £150 +VAT)
If you are interested in booking a private course for a large group, team or your organisation, please email info@applauseforthought.co.uk.
Scholarships
We are able to provide a limited number of extra subsidised places on our course for those who may be in need of further financial support. For more information, please email info@applauseforthought.co.uk with the subject ‘Scholarships’.
Kate graduated university with a degree in Psychology with Cognitive Science before heading into a career in teaching. She now has over 30 years experience in education and training, having worked as a numeracy consultant, a local authority trouble-shooter in failing schools, before taking up headship herself. In the case of the latter she oversaw the establishment of a new school and led it to be categorised as ‘outstanding in all areas’ by OFSTED at the first attempt.
In 2017, having decided to take a career break, Kate became a founding Trustee and facilitator of the mental health charity ‘Invincible Me’, supporting schools in developing strategic, sustainable approaches to mental health for the whole school community. This work led her to develop her own consultancy and become a Mental Health First Aid England trainer. She is also a founding Trustee of Apples and Honey Nightingale – the UK’s first nursery to be run on the grounds of a care home. More recently, during the coronavirus pandemic, Kate trained, and now works as, a volunteer for the 24/7 crisis helpline SHOUT to support people in crisis.
Work with AFT:
Kate first met AFT’s Founder and Director back in 2019 when Kate led her through her Adult Mental Health First Aid Course. They hit it off and together facilitated what started as a one off Adult Mental Health Awareness Course for the AFT community in April 2020…
This has since grown and Kate has now led over 600 people (and counting) through their mental health awareness or mental health first aid certificate at a hugely discounted rate through AFT. Kate is also collaborating with AFT on creating Mental Health and Well-being Schemes and Consultancy for some of the UK’s top theatre production companies.