MHFA Aware

This half day course is the ideal introduction to talking about mental health. It will help you tackle the stigma that still surrounds mental health empower you to continue your mental health learning journey through the other courses we offer.

Course summary

• Goal: Raises workplace or community mental health awareness.
• Focus: Introductory overview of mental health concepts.
• Key Skills: Challenging social stigma and introducing common conditions.
• Mindset: Building confidence to offer basic comfort to someone in distress.
• Self-Care: Basics of maintaining your own personal mental wellbeing.
• Outcome: You do not become a First Aider, but you gain insight and awareness of mental health.

Key themes

The key themes we’ll cover in this course are:

• What is mental health?
• Mental Health Continuum
• Factors which affect mental health
• Stigma
• Stress and stress management
• Spotting signs of distress
• Mental health conditions
• Recovery
• Take 10 together – starting a supportive conversation

Eligibility

As these are funded courses, we have a responsibility to ensure those who attend are able to make the most of their learning in the farming & rural communities we seek to serve. This means in order to be eligible you must have direct contact with these communities, perhaps through your work, where you live, or through volunteering.