Youth MHFA is an internationally recognised training programme designed specifically for those people that teach, work, live with or care for young people aged 11 - 18.

The training provides information, tools and techniques to promote a young person's mental and emotional wellbeing and to enable participants to support a young person who might be experiencing mental and emotional distress.

The Youth MHFA course will teach you how to:

• Spot the early signs of a mental health problem in young people
• Feel confident helping a young person experiencing a problem
• Provide help on a first aid basis
• Help protect a young person who might be at risk of harm
• Help prevent a mental health illness from getting worse
• Help a young person recover faster
• Guide a young person towards the right support
• Reduce the stigma of mental health problems

Why Youth MHFA is needed:

• 1 in 10 young people experience emotional and mental health problems
• By the time young people become adults the incidence of mental health problems rises to somewhere between 1 in 4 and 1 in 6 people
• For those aged 15-24 suicide is the second most common cause of death
• There is evidence to suggest early intervention is hugely beneficial

Key areas covered within the course include:

• Promoting emotional, mental, social and psychological well-being
• Eating Disorders
• Self Harm
• Diversity and equality issues
• Substance/Alcohol misuse
• Suicide
• Child, adolescent and family psychosocial development
• Depression/Anxiety/Psychosis
• Bullying/Cyber bullying
• Promoting protective factors and good parenting

For further information please contact us @ mhfa@westessexmind.org.uk