Mental Health First Aid

On the 25th of January 2023, under the Ten-Minute Rule, Mr Russell re-introduced a bill, making it a legal requirement for employers to provide mental health first aid training.

The bill was first introduced in 2021 by Mr Russell who cited the “Where’s Your Head At?” campaign as evidence of public support of the proposal. The campaign aimed to make it a legal requirement for all workplaces to have a mental health first aider and even received 200,000 signatures. 2025 is when its expected to be passed.

What is covered?

• Understanding mental health
• Roles and responsibilities
• MHFA action plan
• Best practice for employers
• Personal wellbeing
• Coping strategies
• Work-related stress
• Anxiety
• Eating disorders
• Depression
• PTSD
• OCD
• Phobias
• Bipolar
• Self-harm
• Psychosis
• Suicide
• Returns to work
• Signposting / resources
• Supporting employee absence

First Aid 

• First Aid 
• First Aid at Work FAW 3 Day
• Paediatric First Aid (level 2) PFA 2 Day 
• Paediatric First Aid PFB 1 Day
• Emergency First Aid at Work EFAW 1 Day 
• First Aid at Work Requalification FAWR 2 Day
• CPR & AED 1 Day
• Emergency Response Football ERFA 4 Hours
• Emergency First Aid Refresher
• Appointed Person

Additional information

You tutors are First Response Emergency Care medics, with plenty of  experience and qualifications to satisfy all requirements of the industry.

Delegate Numbers:

There is a maximum of 12 delegates per course to meet the requirements for the qualification.

Minimum age of attendance is 14 years for First Aid at Work. 

Please note that delegates cannot be the designated First Aider in a workplace until they are 16 years. 

Duration: 

Depending on the course, 1, 2 or 3 days which can be split into hours to suit your timetable

Equipement used:

We use Laerdal Anne dolls – adult, child and baby, AEDs, bandages, Auto Injectors, slings, face sheilds, First Aid kits, plasters, tweezers, choking vests, gloves, manikin wipes, blankets, floor mats, ice packs.

Infection control:

We have put in place extensive measures to ensure that our clients will be safe during our training and that together we stop the spread.

Security Industry Authority

• Conflict Management
• Door Supervision (SIA)
• CCTV (SIA)
• Security Guarding (SIA)
• Close Protection (SIA)
• Physical Intervention (SIA)

Personal Safety Awareness

• Street wise
• Conflict management
• Physical intervention

Hand cuffing

• Identification of handcuffs
• Loading of Handcuffs
• Powers of arrest
• Applying Handcuffs
• Types of positions
• Handcuff - Passive
• Handcuff - Active
• Positional Asphyxia 
• Excited Delirium
• Law

Conflict Resolution (NHS) contact office for CFSMS/NHS registration number

• Define the common causes of conflict
• Describe different forms of communication
• Provide examples of how communication can break down
• Explain how communication models can assist in conflict resolution
• Describe patterns of behaviour that maybe encountered during interaction
• Give examples of impact factors
• Provide examples of warning and danger signs
• Understand the use of space when dealing with conflict
• Describe the use of force when dealing with conflict resolution
• Describe methods for dealing with possible conflict

Parent and Child

• Stranger Danger
• Children’s Self Awareness
• Confidence Building

Physical Intervention/Breakaway Techiques Course including Law Awareness

• Avoiding confrontation
• Handling violence and aggression at work or out and about
• Dealing with bullying and harassment
• Resolving conflict
• Recognising and responding to situations involving a risk to personal safety
• Risk assessment
• Physical Intervention and Control & Restraint techniques