Mental Health First Aid Course - 2008 February 25, 2008
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Great Southern Mental Health First Aid Partnership
Does your work involve contact with people, do you have someone close to you who is affected by a mental health issue, or as a community member would you like to further your first aid skills?
In 2007 the Rural Community Support Service in partnership with the Great Southern GP Network, Great Southern Population Health, Southern Agcare Inc, headspace Great Southern and Men’s Resource Centre have been given the opportunity to the Mental Health First Aid course (already being run privately) in the Great Southern region.
Mental Health First Aid is the help provided to a person developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis. The first aid is given until appropriate professional treatment is received or until the crisis resolves.
The Mental Health First Aid course is a 12 hour course usually ran over 2 days. It is designed to give all participants whether you are a service provider or community member some basic skills to support a person who you think may be developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis.
Based on the same idea as a First Aid course it breaks down the stigma and gives positive step-by-step tools that can be used in early intervention of a mental health problem as well as dealing with mental health crises. It does not qualify the participant as a counsellor but rather promotes first aid, giving practical skills until professional help is sought.
Its rigorous evaluation of its effectiveness sets it apart from other educational approaches, and it is this research that has resulted in a recommendation that the Mental Health First Aid training become a prerequisite for practice in certain occupations which involve increased contact with people having mental health problems, such as teachers and the police.
To be run in Denmark 12th and 13th of June 2008
Please note a training schedule from July to December will be released in May 2008.
Course Costs
Community Members - $50
Health Dept employees - $50
Other Government Departments / Non-Profit organisations / Charities - $75
Private Organisations - $120
So, if you would like to obtain further details on the courses above or register your interest in Mental Health First Aid please call Susie Wiese, Project Officer, on (08) 9881 0700, or email: susie.wiese {at} health.wa.gov(.)au. All trial, evaluation and more in-dept course content information are available on the Mental Health First Aid website: www.mhfa.com.au.
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