Date
Tuesday 5 August, 2025
,
09:00
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17:00
Sessions
This course consists of one full-day classroom session.
Outline
Overview
Accredited by Mental Health First Aid England, this course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to confidently support mental health in the workplace and effectively guide a person towards the right mental health support.
Audience
This course is intended as an introduction to the topic for those that have general responsibility for others in the workplace, such as managers and team leaders.
You don’t need any previous knowledge or experience of mental health issues or workplace wellbeing in order to participate.
Objectives
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- An understanding of common mental health issues
- Knowledge and confidence to advocate for mental health awareness
- Ability to spot signs of mental ill health
- Skills to support positive wellbeing
Content
This course covers:
- Understanding mental health and the factors that can affect people’s wellbeing, including your own
- Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
- Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress
- Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening
- Helping someone recover their health by guiding them to appropriate support
- Understanding how to keep yourself safe while performing your duties
Resources
Everyone who completes the course gets:
- A certificate of attendance to say you are an MHFA Champion
- A manual to refer to whenever you need it
- A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan
- A workbook including a helpful toolkit to support your own mental health
Testimonials
An eye opening but great course and a huge support throughout from both Annie and Mandy
Annie was lovely throughout the course. Mandy the lady that joined her on course was also great – both very knowledgeable on subject and full of empathy for offers of experiences within the training session.
Can’t wait to complete more courses through Loates – thanks again.
Jo Barrie
Office Manager
Leicestershire
Great Educational Course
I participated in a 2 day training course for a qualification as a MHFA first aider. The course was really good, well delivered and a success, I feel confident in being able to deliver what was taught and given to me within my work role and in general. Thank you Loates and thanks Annie!!
Christian Parkinson
Physical Health and Activity officer
Derby
MHFA Training
I completed my training for this course over two weeks (four sessions) online. It was very detailed and informative. The course was packed with content relevant to Mental Health and the trainers were knowledgeable and very approachable, it was also a very down to earth group.
I felt like I’d accomplished something after the training had finished and I was a lot more confident in knowing I could help someone with the knowledge I’d learnt. I would recommend anyone to do this course.
Joanna, Helen, Andrew
Volunteer
Derby
I would recommend
Annie had an open approach to questions throughout the length of the course and explained the content perfectly. This helped with guidance regarding the participants experiences and knowledge sharing. The course size and timing was perfect with good engagement from participants.
I would recommend.
Ian Emm
Key Supplier Development Manager
Croydon
Great course
I attended a mental health one day course, Annie our trainer was amazing from when I got there guiding me into a car park place in the rain, the building and office was beautiful the course was delivered in such a great informative way and I learnt so much to take back to my workplace, plenty of drinks and snacks offered, lunch was really nice and the day went so quick.
Thank you Annie and the team for such a lovely day.
Deborah Carpenter
Quality Assurance Manager
Duffield, Derbyshire
Questions?
Not sure if this is the right course for you?
Just get in touch to arrange an informal chat with the course instructor themselves!
Instructor
Annie Litchfield
Throughout my training career (which now spans more than 20 years!) I’ve always been chasing the same dream: to feed my passion for helping others. I aim to bring a vibrancy and exuberance no matter what my role is – from small, family run businesses to multi-national corporations, my experience covers a whole host of sectors and sizes.
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Venue
Loates Business Solutions
We’re the parent company behind Loates HR Consultancy, Loates Management Training, Loates Workplace Wellbeing, and Loates HR Recruitment. We’re based at the beautiful and historically interesting UNESCO World Heritage Site of Darley Abbey Mills, on the outskirts of Derby. Our offices incorporate dedicated meeting rooms, which means we’re able to host training at our own site. So, come check us out at Loates HQ to see for yourself what we’re all about!
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Organiser
Loates Workplace Wellbeing
We’re the arm of Loates Business Solutions that’s specifically focussed on workplace wellbeing. We cover both the mental and physical aspects of occupational health, and are responsible for delivering accredited Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training.
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On-Demand Delivery
In addition to our public scheduled courses, we also offer the option of on-demand private training that’s exclusive to your organisation.
This can provide a particularly convenient and cost-effective solution if you have a large number of staff members to train.
And it’s also tremendously flexible.
Since on-demand courses only have your delegates attending, we can customise them to be specific to the policies and processes of your organisation, and tailor course lengths and depths to suit your particular needs. Likewise, we can combine material from several existing courses, develop fully bespoke content, or combine multiple courses into full programmes of training.
And we can deliver this training whenever and wherever is best for you; in-house at your venue, at one of our training venues, somewhere else entirely, online, or any combination of these.
For an idea of the types of on-demand training that we can provide, just take a look at our on-demand training catalogue.
To find out more about our on-demand delivery options, please contact us to arrange an informal chat with one of our friendly and down-to-earth training instructors.
On-Demand Equivalent
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on-demand training catalogueRelated Scheduled Courses