Understanding mental health first aid and mental health advocacy in the workplace
Understanding mental health first aid and mental health advocacy in the workplace
Key Details
Levels
Level 2 Award
FT / PT
PT
Location
Lowestoft | The Place
Duration
4 days
If you fall under the below categories, you are able to be fully funded for the course:
Low income - Earning under £25,750 annually before tax. (£2,083.30 monthly / £495.19 weekly)
UC - On universal credit and taking home £952 (single) or £1534 (joint)
Unemployed and seeking employment.
Receiving ESA/JSA
This qualification is designed to raise awareness of mental health and promote a culture of care and positive mental health in the workplace. It provides you with the opportunity to understand mental health, its associated care, and how this can be applied to learners or colleagues in various settings.
The course introduces and explores different types of mental ill health and factors that may increase the risk of mental ill health in individuals. It also covers how to support individuals with mental ill health within the boundaries of one's own role and explores how to create a mentally healthy environment.
There are no specific learning requirements. You will require appropriate level of literacy and willingness to complete the assessment criteria.
This is a knowledge-only qualification assessed through a portfolio of evidence, covering 3 units of work that is to be completed in your own time and requires some further reading.
Learners who achieve this qualification could progress to Level 2 or Level 3 Understanding Mental Health. Alternatively, they may wish to undertake Supervising First Aid for Mental Health.
Units included in this qualification:
Exploring mental health
Understand how to support individuals with mental ill health
Understand a mentally healthy environment
50/50
Career Pathways
Understanding mental health first aid and mental health advocacy in the workplace
Levels
Level 2 Award
Location
Lowestoft | The Place
FT / PT
PT
Duration
4 days
Course Costs
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