Non-accredited training
Standard Mental Health First Aid
$380.00 + GST per person ($418.00 GST Included).
Course Schedule
Choose a delivery option.
Option 1
Blended face-to-face
Step 1: Mental Health First Aid eLearning (5 to 7 hours) - completed at your own pace, at least 48 hours before the face-to-face session.
Step 2: Face-to-face session with the instructor in Dubbo (4 hours).
Step 3: Short online assessment - Mental Health First Aid Australia emails each participant the link within 5 working days.
Option 2
Blended online
Step 1: Mental Health First Aid eLearning (5 to 7 hours) - completed at your own pace, at least 48 hours before the first online session.
Step 2: Two live online sessions with the instructor on Microsoft Teams (2 x 2.5 hours). Both sessions can be held on the same day, with at least 1 hour between them.
Step 3: Short online assessment - Mental Health First Aid Australia emails each participant the link within 5 working days.
For a workplace booking a course for its own team. Dates and session times are arranged with us.
Course fee
$380.00 + GST per person ($418.00 GST Included).
Outcome
Participants who complete the course and pass a short online assessment become Accredited Mental Health First Aiders® (MHFAiders®) with Mental Health First Aid Australia, valid for 3 years. Everyone who completes the course can download a certificate of completion.
HMC Group Solutions
Course dates and booking
Before you enrol
Entry Requirements
- Participants must be 18 years and over
- Participants must have access to a computer, tablet or smartphone with internet to complete the eLearning before the session. For the online option, each participant also needs a device with a camera, a microphone and Microsoft Teams for the live sessions.
- Participants must complete the eLearning before their session with the instructor. Mental Health First Aid Australia requires this for the 3-year accreditation. Please finish it at least 48 hours before your first session, and ideally no more than two weeks before, so the material is fresh (the official limit is three months).
- For group bookings, each participant should send a screenshot of their completed eLearning to their manager and to the instructor at least 48 hours before the first session, so the whole group is confirmed in time.
- Language, literacy and numeracy requirements - students must be able to read and correctly interpret training materials relevant to mental health first aid, and take part in group discussions and practice activities in English. Participants who want the accreditation also complete a short online assessment after the course.
- The course covers sensitive topics, including suicide, self-harm and traumatic events. If you have concerns about taking part, please contact us or the instructor before you book.
- Digital skills: students need basic digital skills to enrol and to complete any online learning, including using a computer, tablet or smartphone, a web browser and email.
Enrolment is confirmed only once all entry requirements have been met.
Course Information
Everything else you need to know.
Course Description
Standard Mental Health First Aid is Mental Health First Aid Australia's 12-hour course for adults. It teaches participants how to give initial support to another adult - a co-worker, friend or family member - who may be developing a mental health problem, whose mental health is getting worse, or who is in a mental health crisis, until professional help is received or the crisis resolves.
Participants learn an evidence-based action plan for approaching someone they are concerned about, starting the conversation, listening without judgement, giving support and information, and encouraging the person to seek professional and other help.
The course covers these mental health problems:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Psychosis
- Substance use problems
and how to help in these crisis situations:
- Suicidal thoughts and behaviours
- Panic attacks
- Non-suicidal self-injury
- Traumatic events
Suicide Prevention Australia recognises the course as a safe, high-quality and effective suicide prevention program.
Each participant is sent their own eLearning voucher before the course. The course suits employees, supervisors, managers, health and safety representatives and HR staff in workplaces of any size.
Accreditation as a Mental Health First Aider does not qualify a participant to diagnose a mental health problem or to provide counselling or treatment.
Learning Outcomes
On completing the course, participants will be able to:
- Recognise the signs and symptoms of common mental health problems in adults
- Use an evidence-based action plan to start a mental health first aid conversation
- Understand the barriers to seeking help and how to overcome them
- Assess a range of crisis situations and give initial support
- Explain how common mental illnesses are, their risk factors, and the treatments and supports available
- Look after their own wellbeing as a Mental Health First Aider
Assessment
This course is a non-accredited course.
To be eligible for accreditation, participants must complete the eLearning before their session with the instructor.
Within 5 working days of the last session with the instructor, Mental Health First Aid Australia emails each participant a link to a short online assessment.
The assessment has 10 multiple-choice questions and 5 true/false questions, and participants need to score over 80% to pass. Each participant has three attempts. Anyone who does not pass in three attempts needs to attend the full course again to be accredited.
Participants who pass receive a certificate of accreditation by email and are accredited as Mental Health First Aiders for 3 years. This is Mental Health First Aid Australia's own accreditation; it is not a nationally recognised qualification.
Participants who do not pass, or who choose not to attempt the assessment, can still download a certificate of completion.
Learner Rights & Responsibilities
Please note that enrolment to this course is made with HMC Group Solutions. The course is delivered by Tim Carr of Tim Carr Workplace Capability Pty Ltd, a Licensed Mental Health First Aid Instructor. Please contact HMC Group Solutions for all details relating to rights and responsibilities, including complaints and appeals.
If you or someone you know needs help now: in an emergency call 000. Lifeline is available 24 hours a day on 13 11 14.
About the facilitator
Tim Carr
Tim Carr is the founder of Tim Carr Workplace Capability and a Licensed Mental Health First Aid Instructor, based in Dubbo.
He has more than 15 years of experience developing people and workforce capability in the electrical, construction, plumbing, agriculture, livestock, motor vehicle, early childhood, aged care, community services, workplace wellbeing and mental health sectors.
His work includes leadership development, workplace training, non-clinical supervision, coaching and mentoring, and custom capability-building programs, with a focus on helping organisations build mentally healthy, safe and productive workplaces. He has worked with businesses, government agencies, health providers and community organisations.
Tim has lived and worked in rural NSW for most of his career. His approach is practical, evidence-based and grounded in the realities of regional work.
Credentials:
- Licensed Mental Health First Aid Instructor
- Individual Member, Australian Institute of Health and Safety
- UNSW short course: Managing Psychosocial Risks at Work
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