What to Expect at a Course

  90 Minute Session
Face to Face or Online (ZOOM)

Minimum: 6 participants
Maximum Face to Face: 24 participants
Maximum Online: 12 participants

Interested in rolling out Mental Health First Aid within your workplace, business, company or organisation?

This free information session is for you!  

Ignoring mental health makes no sense, business wise.

Currently, 1 in 5 Australian adults will experience a mental illness in any given year; and the costs to business can be significant. Mental ill health costs Australian workplaces $4.7 billion in absenteeism, $6.1 billion in presenteeism and $146 million in compensation claims per year.

Alarmingly, only 22% of full-time workers with signs of common mental illness will seek and receive treatment for their mental health problems. Mental Health First Aid training can assist your workplace in identifying and supporting individuals with mental health problems to receive professional help.

This course does not teach the skills of providing mental health first aid. It is an information session about Mental Health First Aid.

Should you wish to participate in this session, and subsequently book your workplace to attend the Mental Health First Aid course, let us know!

  2 Day Course – 12 Hours
Face to Face

Minimum: 6 participants
Maximum: 24 participants

Did you know that approximately 20% (1 in 5) of Australian adults experience a mental illness each year? 

Becoming an Accredited Mental Health First Aider will help you to assist and support a family member, friend, colleague, or member of the general public who may be in need of assistance and support.

Learn how to assist adults who are developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional help is received, or the crisis resolves.

This evidence-based course is delivered by a Licensed Mental Health First Aid Instructor and is based on guidelines and content developed through the expert consensus professionals, and of people with lived experience of mental health problems.

Successful completion of this course and its requirements accredits participants as Accredited Mental Health First Aiders, for a period of 3 years.

Participants are required to attend for the full course duration.

  Blended Format
eLearning (self-paced) + condensed instructor led component that is done either face to face or via videoconferencing (ZOOM)

Minimum: 6 Participants
Maximum Face to Face: 24 Participants
Maximum Online: 12 Participants

Course Component 1 - eLearning:
Self-paced eLearning (5-7 hours)

Course Component 2- Instructor Led:
Instructor led component done face to face or online via videoconferencing (ZOOM)
(2 x 2.5hr sessions with 1 hour break time in between each session)

The Instructor Led Component must be completed within 3 months of the e-Learning Component being completed.

Mental Health First Aid skills learnt in this course can be applied in any setting.

Did you know that approximately 20% of Australian adults experience a mental illness each year? 

Becoming an Accredited Mental Health First Aider will help you to assist and support a family member, friend, colleague, or member of the general public who may be in need of assistance and support.

Learn how to assist adults who are developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional help is received, or the crisis resolves.

This evidence-based course is delivered by an Licensed Mental Health First Aid Instructor and is based on guidelines and content developed through the expert consensus professionals, and of people with lived experience of mental health problems.

Successful completion of this blended online course and its requirements accredits participants as Accredited Mental Health First Aiders, for a period of 3 years.

 Participants are required to attend for the full course duration.

 Face to Face Format
5 hour session

Online Format

2 x 2.5hr sessions with 1 hour break time in between each session

Minimum: 6 Participants
Maximum Face to Face: 24 Participants
Maximum Online: 12 Participants

Mental Health First Aid skills learnt in this course can be applied in any setting.

 Only current and accredited Standard, Older Person, Tertiary and Industry Specific Mental Health First Aiders are eligible to attend a refresher course. 

The refresher course must be completed BEFORE your current accreditation expires to be eligible for extension of your current accreditation.

Staying current and up to date as an Accredited Mental Health First Aider will help you to assist and support a family member, friend, colleague, or member of the general public who may be in need of assistance and support.

Refresh your knowledge on how to assist adults who are developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional help is received, or the crisis resolves.

This evidence-based course is delivered by a Licensed Mental Health First Aid Instructor and is based on guidelines and content developed through the expert consensus professionals, and of people with lived experience of mental health problems.

Participants are required to attend for the full course duration.

Participants will need to provide a copy of their current Certificate of Accreditation to the Instructor prior to attending a refresher course. Certificates can be accessed via their Mental Health First Aid Account. 

Successful completion of this refresher course and its requirements re-accredits participants as Accredited Mental Health First Aiders, for another 3 years.

NOTE: PARTICIPANTS MAY ONLY COMPLETE THE REFRESHER COURSE ONCE PER ACCREDITATION.

If a participant has already completed a refresher course to extend their accreditation as a Mental Health First Aider once before, they must complete the full Mental Health First Aid Course again.