Youth Mental Health First Aid
Equips adults who teach, care for, or support young people with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to recognise, understand and respond to a young person experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis.
We understand youth, having managed an award-winning youth employment program for 7 years in Far North Qld.
Our Skilling Queenslanders for Work program achieved an 85% full time employment outcome.
Addressing youth wellbeing and mental health was instrumental in this success.
We understand how to communicate with youth and the challenges they often face.
Choose between
Face to face: Engaging and popular, no pre-study required, and it generally runs over 2 x 6-hour sessions. Min 6 max 25 participants
Blended course : 3-4 hours of pre-study (online) followed by a face-to-face session, for a total of 6 hours. Min 6 max 25 participants *Most popular
Fully online: 3-4 hours of pre-study (online) followed by 2 x online sessions at 2.5 hours each. This option is very popular for those with multiple locations or operating remotely. Min 6 max 12 participants
Course content
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Mental Health problems covered
• Depression and anxiety
• Eating disorders
• Psychosis
• Substance use problems ​
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Mental Health crises covered
• Suicidal thoughts and behaviours
• Non-suicidal self-injury
• Panic attacks
• Traumatic events
• Severe psychotic states
• Severe effects from alcohol or other drug use
• Aggressive behaviors
