Youth Mental Health First Aid (Refresher) - Wests Illawarra, Unanderra

Sat 10th Feb 2024 (10am to 2pm)

Wests Illawarra
1 Hargreaves St, Unanderra NSW 2526
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Funded by the Targeted Early Intervention Grant - Free

Open: Thu 14th Dec 2023 (12am)
Close: Fri 2nd Feb 2024 (12pm)

Maximum 22 people

Anthony Pritchard
anthony.pritchard@nsw.scouts.com.au

Scouts NSW, Mental Health First Aid
mhfa@nsw.scouts.com.au

MHFA course is based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of people with lived experience of mental health problems and professionals. The course equips adults with the skills to recognize and respond to an adolescent who may be experiencing a mental health problem or crisis situation. Using a practical, evidence-based action plan, Youth MHFA teaches participants how to support an adolescent until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves. Providing Youth Mental Health First Aid training can help whole communities to: INTERVENE EARLY Recognize the warning signs of mental health problems in young people. PROVIDE SKILLS Provide the skills needed to speak openly and accurately about mental health RESPOND IN A CRISIS Respond in crisis situations where a young person may be at risk of harm. REDUCE STIGMA Reduce stigma and increase support for young people with mental health problems. Evaluations consistently show that Mental Health First Aid training improves a participant’s knowledge of mental illnesses, their treatments and appropriate first aid strategies, and confidence in providing first aid to individuals with mental illness. MHFA courses have also seen show to decrease stigma and increase help seeking behaviours.