MHFA: Engaging Leaders

Mental Health First Aid® (MHFA): Engaging Leaders course will help leaders, decision makers and influencers understand the benefits that MHFA can offer in helping to create mentally healthy workplaces.

This course contains information about how leaders can support their employees who may be experiencing a mental health problem.

Information in this course is based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of people with lived experience of mental health problems and professionals in workplace wellbeing. 

Note: This is not a therapy or support group.

Why attend a MHFA Course?

Evaluations consistently show that MHFA training is associated with improved knowledge of mental illnesses, their treatments andappropriate first aid strategies, and confidence in providing first aid to individuals with mental illness. It is also associated with decreased stigma and an increase in help provided.

Who can attend this course?

This course is best suited to leaders, decision makers, and influencers within organisations.

What is the format?

This is a 90-minute session.

What will you learn?

• An understanding of mental health problems in the workplace.
• How to recognise the signs in an employee who may be developing a mental health problem.
• How Mental Health First Aid can help in the workplace.