Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) - 2 Days - Face to Face

About this course

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This course is designed for adults supporting young people. Participants must be over 18 years of age to attend.

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.

The Youth Mental Health First Aid course teaches participants how to provide initial support to a young person (aged 12–18) who may be experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis, until professional help is received, or the crisis resolves. 

Course participants learn about the signs and symptoms of common mental health problems in adolescents, how to recognise and respond to an emerging or worsening mental health problem, and the treatments and supports available.

Upon completion of this course participants will be able to: 

• Recognise the signs and symptoms of mental health problems in young people 
• Use an evidence-based action plan to initiate a mental health first aid conversation 
• Assess for a range of crisis situations and provide initial support 
• Understand the prevalence and impact of mental illnesses, risk factors and treatments and supports available 
• Distinguish between normal and expected changes during adolescence and development of mental health problems 
• Understand the scope of the Mental Health First Aider role and the medical rights of minors 
• Apply self-care practices as a Mental Health First Aider. 

This course is recognised by Suicide prevention Australia. You can complete the short assessment at the end of a course to become a Accredited. Accreditations are valid for 3 years.

Course Facilitator

Thomas Pulliene is an expert on creating mentally healthy and resilient workplaces. He uses his skills in leadership, effective communication, emotional intelligence, conflict resolution and risk management and a lived experience of recovering from psychological injury to provide real and practical training for staff and leaders.

Tom started his career in the military serving in the Australian army as an infantry soldier, spending 17 years in service deployment to Timor-Leste, Solomon Islands, and Iraq. Since leaving the Military, Tommy has run a successful security company, worked in veteran mental health and veteran homelessness. Tommy has had a passion for Improving people’s mental health Literacy after being physically and mentally injured due to his service. He now runs a variety of programs to support people including mental health first aid (MHFA), resilience first aid (RFA), Leadership & Management and peer support and mentoring programs

Qualifications: Tommy holds the following qualifications and Certifications:

• Diploma of Mental Health,
• Diploma of Leadership and Management
• Certificate IV in Work Health & Safety
• Certificate IV in Training & Assessment
• Certified Resilience First Aid Instructor
• Youth Mental Health First Aid Instructor
• Mental Health First Aid instructor.

Toms’ passion is reflected in his commitment to supporting others with the tools to navigate life’s challenges. These credentials uniquely position him to guide, assess, and train workplaces to meet their psychosocial requirements.

Tom is working with Forsythes training and will be delivering both public and dedicated programs on Mental Health and building resilience to our clients across all industries. If you’re hunting down an inspirational trainer who genuinely cares about your staff then please get in touch today. Contact Forsythes Training on 02 4922 0122 or email us at training@forsythestraining.com.au