MHFA Refresher

The MHFA Refresher is a half-day course designed to update your skills with current research and renew your official Mental Health First Aider certification for an additional three years. It is open to individuals who completed the full two-day MHFA course within the last three years and have direct contact with rural or farming communities.

Course summary

• Goal: Renews your official MHFAider certification for another three years.
• Prerequisite: Completion of the full 2-day course within the last 3 years.
• Focus: Updating skills with the latest research and industry practices.
• Key Skills: Practising active listening, empathy, and crisis intervention.
• Self-Care: Re-emphasising personal wellbeing strategies for the first aider.

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.