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Half Day | Max. 20 Participants
Workshop Outcomes
- Practice MHFA skills in a supportive environment
- Update on the latest research
- Discuss challenges and share knowledge
Topics Covered
- Refresh mental health problems
- Refresh ALGEE
- Practise skills
Location
- Willing to work remote
- Willing to work interstate
How can this workshop be delivered?
- Face to Face
- Virtual
Overview
Course participants learn about the latest research in the mental health field, work through complex mental health first aid interactions, and practice their mental health first aid skills across a range of mental health problems and mental health crisis situations.
Participants can complete a short assessment at the end of a course to extend your Mental Health First Aid Accreditation for a further 3 years.
Alastair combines lived experience of mental crisis along with his experience as a long-term contract Facilitator for Lifeline to deliver an impactful MHFA experience.
Workshop Outcomes
- Practice MHFA skills in a supportive environment
- Update on the latest research
- Discuss challenges and share knowledge
Topics Covered
- Refresh mental health problems
- Refresh ALGEE
- Practise skills
Who is this workshop for
You are eligible for a Refresher course if you have completed a full MHFA course and accreditation assessment, within the last 3 years.
The course can be delivered in 1 of 2 ways:
Face-to-face: 2 x 2.5-hour sessions (same day)
Online: 2 x 2.5-hour videoconferencing sessions (same day)
Handouts/materials provided
Standard MHFA text book
What to bring
Curiosity and compassion
Facilitator
About the facilitator
My mission is to create safer spaces for health, learning and growth.
I create psychologically safer spaces to facilitate learning in mental health, safety, leadership and life skills. A compassionate critical thinker, I use lived experience of mental health crisis to develop caring and professional workplaces.
A wannabe 'pracademic', I hold a diverse mix of qualifications from environmental and analytical sciences to business psychology, safety, entrepreneurship and currently education.
I am a certified practitioner in OHS, change and psychological safety, ICF coaching member, Mental Health First Aid instructor, Meditation instructor and Mental Health Foundation advocate.
I facilitate on behalf of several credible organisations including AIMWA, Lifeline, Access Wellbeing Services and the Australian Institute of Health and Safety (AIHS). Most recently I've co-authored a chapter of the AIHS Body of Knowledge on Mental Health for Occupational Road Users and been a sessional lecturer in WHS at ECU.
I've developed the 'Fearless Teams' program for psychological safety, I also deliver a range of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) courses, coach and Facilitate clients content.
Key Expertise
- Psychological Safety
- Mental Health
- Workplace Health & Safety
- Leadership
- Resilience
- Teamwork
Industry Focus
- Education & Training
- Resources
- General Industry
Based in:
About the facilitator
My mission is to create safer spaces for health, learning and growth.
I create psychologically safer spaces to facilitate learning in mental health, safety, leadership and life skills. A compassionate critical thinker, I use lived experience of mental health crisis to develop caring and professional workplaces.
A wannabe 'pracademic', I hold a diverse mix of qualifications from environmental and analytical sciences to business psychology, safety, entrepreneurship and currently education.
I am a certified practitioner in OHS, change and psychological safety, ICF coaching member, Mental Health First Aid instructor, Meditation instructor and Mental Health Foundation advocate.
I facilitate on behalf of several credible organisations including AIMWA, Lifeline, Access Wellbeing Services and the Australian Institute of Health and Safety (AIHS). Most recently I've co-authored a chapter of the AIHS Body of Knowledge on Mental Health for Occupational Road Users and been a sessional lecturer in WHS at ECU.
I've developed the 'Fearless Teams' program for psychological safety, I also deliver a range of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) courses, coach and Facilitate clients content.
Key Expertise
- Psychological Safety
- Mental Health
- Workplace Health & Safety
- Leadership
- Resilience
- Teamwork
Industry Focus
- Education & Training
- Resources
- General Industry
Based in:
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