Mental Health First Aid Training

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Skill development for self-managing mental health

We’ve all seen or experienced how mental ill-health can impact your professional life. The problem is, mental ill-health can be invisible. So, where CPR is a common first-aid response to a physical emergency, what do we do in a mental emergency? Most of us can relate to feeling helpless when it comes to our mental stability. The secret isn’t in never feeling low or drained, but rather how to ensure we have the tools to pick ourselves back up when it matters the most.

Mental health first aid training equips you with the tools to stabilise your mental health until further support can be obtained (i.e. therapy or professional support). How? The training is designed to promote proactivity with your wellbeing and mental health, and identify appropriate support for your peers who need help, too. The first step to regulating your mental health is learning how to identify the warning signs and manage them before they spiral out of control.

At Healthy Minds, we’ve done the scientific research to understand the ingredients for wellbeing, and with our wellbeing workshops, mental health programs and digital self-paced courses, you can become a master of your own mental health.

5 Key Takeaways Of Mental Health First Aid Training:

Educating your workforce creates a sense of unity and understanding of how mental ill-health can impact colleagues, loved ones and themselves. There are 5 key pillars that our training is built on:

Description text Did you know that around 1 in 5 Australians experience a mental health issue in a year, but fail to recognise their symptoms? The first step to managing your mental health and taking control lies in how well you can recognise the warning signs. At Healthy Minds, we strongly believe that mental ill-health doesn’t go from 0-100; there will be gradual signs, and it’s important that you know how to recognise them early.
Listening is the number one tool for helping someone. Sometimes, life can creep up and become overwhelming. You’d be surprised how many of your peers can find relief in just talking to someone who is there to listen without judgment. This is an important tool to practice with yourself, too. Listening is a key skill for managing your mental health.
This is the foundation of general wellbeing and mental health. We’ve all heard comforting words from a friend once or twice. These kind words can be helpful to someone who is truly struggling. It’s not about knowing the scientific facts. It’s about reassuring and comforting someone who really needs it.
The training isn’t about teaching you to be a therapist; that’s for the professionals. But, what you
can do is guide someone who is struggling towards professional help (e.g. counsellors, doctors or additional support). It’s important to be sensitive during this step.
With our training, you can learn the pillars of wellbeing and mental health. This includes self-help techniques, peer support and resource materials that can help you when you’re feeling lost. These tools are vital for crisis management.

Why Is Mental Health First Aid Training Important?

It’s common to feel like your mental health is out of your control. But what if we told you it doesn't have to be? With our mental health first aid training, you can learn the tools you need to self-manage your moods and take the lead on your own mental health. We roll out our training to workplaces to ensure that these tools are ingrained in each employee, not only so they can master their own wellbeing, but also that of their colleagues.

Why is our mental health first aid training important in the workplace?

Risk Management:

As an employer, you have a duty of care to your employees, and this extends far beyond professional responsibility. You should cultivate a safe psychological environment for your employees, so they feel empowered to manage their mental health and respected as valuable members of your business.

Reduce Absenteeism:

An employee who is struggling with mental ill-health may still be present but ineffective in the long term. Without the proper tools and opportunity to navigate their mental health, it can impact their productivity, mood and approach to their work, which eventually leads to increased absences.

Boost Culture and Employee Retention:

A workplace that supports mental health awareness and importance creates a positive culture with foundations of respect, engagement and loyalty to a business that values them as humans.

Awareness:

Above all, offering mental health first aid training to your employees demonstrates that you truly value the importance of a healthy workforce and prioritise their mental health.

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Mental Support With HealthyMinds: Get Started

Corporate workplaces can often overlook the importance of mental health, but at HealthyMinds, we know better. Our world-leading research has developed strategies and tools that are designed to enhance your mental resilience, performance and health.

We leave the therapy to the professionals, providing you instead with development programs and training that equip your workplace with skills to succeed. Our approaches are evidence-based, and however you plan to educate your workforce, we can help.

Contact us today so we can help find the right approach for your staff. With in-person wellbeing workshops, live webinars, or digital self-paced courses, there’s something for everyone. Our directors Nick Lee and Tom Nehmy are happy to speak with you.

Become an Accredited Healthy Minds Workplace

We offer an accreditation process which maintains quality practices and adoption of the latest developments in corporate mental health. By becoming an accredited Healthy Minds workplace, you provide your staff with the skills and knowledge to be their best, and establish your organisation as a leader in employee wellbeing.

Here are some of the organisations we have helped.