Staff training with a difference
Poor mental health and wellbeing is now the number one reason for student and staff absence. Mental health training from posimente offers a cost- effective way to educate, promote, support, manage and enhance positive mental wellbeing in your school, tertiary institution or organisation.
posimente can expertly deliver several training courses in order for you to understand and explore mental health and what basic steps can be taken to positively support someone experiencing mental illness.
Our training works because it unites and empowers school staff via enhancing understanding, capacity and growing a consistency of knowledge and common language.
We offer a range of different accredited training courses and workshops. posimente’s whole staff training events for school, tertiary institutions and organisations can be held where you want and when you want.
Bringing the power of the lived experience of mental illness and clinical practice
posimente and our training partners Mind Over Matter combine the power of Lived Experience with Clinical Mental Health training so that your workplace or education space is covered from both angles.
This allows you to both be inspired which helps create change, impact, understanding and education which allows you to have the confidence you can support those around you.
What is Youth Mental First Aid?
About 75% of mental health difficulties emerge before the age of 25 and 14% of 4 – 17-year old’s experience mental health difficulties at some point. This means that over the course of their career, teachers and school leaders are very likely to be supporting young people experiencing mental health difficulties.
Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach participants mental health first aid strategies to support young people, in a 2-day fully accredited workshop.
Mental health first aid is the help provided to a student who is developing a mental health problem, or who is in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional treatment is received or the crisis resolves.
What is Youth Mental First Aid?
- Provide mental health first aid to a student,
- Assist a student who might be developing a mental health problem, and
- Support a student who is in a mental health crisis.
- Eating disorders
This program has been well evaluated and found to be effective in improving mental health literacy, reducing stigma and increasing helping behaviors.
YMHFA is an evidence-based training course, authored by Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Australia.
Developing mental health problems covered are:
- Depression
- Anxiety problems
- Psychosis
- Substance use problems
- Eating disorders
Mental health crisis situations covered are:
- Suicidal thoughts and behaviors
- Non-suicidal self-injury (sometimes called self-harm)
- Panic attacks
- Traumatic events
- Severe effects of drug or alcohol use
- Severe psychotic states
- Aggressive behaviors
Whole School Staff Mental Health Training
1 day - non accredited
Participants will learn how to:
- Provide mental health support to students suffering from a mental health difficulty,
- Assist a student who might be developing a mental health problem, and
- Positively support a student who is in a mental health crisis.
What Participants will receive:
- A participant course handbook
- Further online resources that will support ongoing practice and self-care management processes
- Certificate of Participation
- Other Training Opportunities
One-hour training offerings:
- Dealing with Challenging, Angry or Aggressive Behaviour
- Dealing with Grief & Loss within the school community
- Vicarious Trauma
- Leading Teams in Difficult Times
- Legal Aspects of Case Notes, Risk Assessment, Safety planning and Critical Documentation
- Positivity as a mindset
- Understanding Depression
- Understanding Anxiety
- Understanding Substance Misuse
- Understanding Psychosis
This training is customized to meet your staff and whole school community needs.
One-hour training is also available via online training platform delivery.
Upcoming courses
Upcoming courses will be announced soon.
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