Scotland’s Mental Health First Aid is a 2-Day course and is based on the concept of first aid training.

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It teaches you how to:

• Recognise the signs and symptoms of someone with mental health

        problems and provide initial help.

• Deal with a crisis situation or the first signs of someone developing poor

        mental ill health.

• Guide people towards professional supports and other help.

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For more information, visit https://www.smhfa.com/about-smhfa/programme.aspx

safeTALK is a 3.5 hour course which gives participants the skills to recognise when someone may have thoughts of suicide, ask the question about suicide and to connect that person to someone with intervention skills who can continue to keep the person safe.

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For more infromation, visit LivingWorks safeTALK - LivingWorks

LivingWorks ASIST is a 2-day in-person workshop that teaches participants to:

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• Recognise when someone may be thinking about suicide

• Have open, compassionate conversations and ask the suicide question

• Provide skilled intervention and develop a safety plan supporting immediate safety

• Understand how personal and community attitudes affect help-seeking and intervention

For more information, visit LivingWorks ASIST - LivingWorks

It equips learners with essential knowledge to identify signs of suspected mental health conditions, along with practical skills to confidently start supportive conversations. Participants will also learn how to effectively signpost individuals to appropriate professional help and resources.

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Suitable from age 14 onwards. 

This course covers the content of the awareness course but also expands on the effects of drugs and alcohol, incorporates the First Aid for Mental Health Action Plan and covers ways in which a positive mental health culture can be supported within a workplace.

It also looks at a variety of mental health conditions and how the symptoms of these can be recognised.

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Suitable from age 14 onwards.

This 2-day course covers a wide range of mental health conditions. 

It teaches how a first aider could recognise someone in distress in a variety of situations, start a supportive conversation and encourage the person to reach out for other supports using the First Aid for Mental Health Action Plan.

It also covers the impact of stigma and how workplaces can become mentally healthier. 

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Suitable from age 16 onwards.

This course is designed to give participants an understanding of what can affect a young persons mental health and what to look out for to enable us to recognise this.

It covers a variety of conditions that young people are most commonly affected by and the help and support that can be offered to support the young person through this, starting with supportive conversations through to accessing more professional supports. 

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Suitable from age 14 onwards.

This course will provide learners with a basic understanding of mental health, including what mental health means, how it is linked to physical

health, what to do if they have a worry and the various ways in which they can look after their mental health. 

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This training is suitable for young people between the ages of 9-13.

This is delivered over two 4 hour workshops and provides the opportunity for people with lived experience to develop their knowledge and skills in supporting others others in their recovery journey.

This can be adapted to suit the needs of each individual organisation.

This 1 day course gives learners an insight into what we mean by trauma, possible causes and how we can work in ways that will recognise this and ensure that people who are affected receive the best possible care and support and that responses are safe, effective, person centred and trauma informed. 

Delivered as a 1 day course, this course is ideal for employees who have been identified to act as the first aider in low risk work place environments.

The course covers all key responsibilities of a First Aider and the most common injuries and illnesses that are seen within low risk work places. 

Delivered as a 1 day course, this course is ideal for employees who have been identified to act as the first aider in low risk work place environments.

The course covers all key responsibilities of a First Aider and the most common injuries and illnesses that are seen within low risk work places. 

Delivered as a 1 day course, this course is ideal for employees who have been identified to act as the first aider in low risk work place environments.

The course covers all key responsibilities of a First Aider and the most common injuries and illnesses that are seen within low risk work places.