Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England Training

MHFA courses and mental health skills for managers

Why Mental Health First Aid Training?

Mental Health First Aid training upskills managers and teams with the knowledge and skills to become a Mental Health First Aider. On the 2-day course, you will learn how to spot the signs of poor mental health, hold a supportive conversation and guide someone towards the right support.

The training helps minimise the impact of poor mental health on you, your colleagues and your business, while promoting healthier workplaces. It’s designed for a wide range of professionals, including managers, team members, HR and senior leaders.

Workplace mental health training helps to:

Benefits of training:

Attendees learn about common mental health conditions and the impact of stress on mental health. They also learn how to have conversations about mental health and how to support themselves and others. Workplace mental health training helps to:​

  • Build awareness of common mental health conditions and the impact of stress
  • Encourage open conversations and reduce stigma around mental ill-health
  • Improve knowledge, confidence and mental health literacy
  • Support earlier intervention, leading to better recovery outcomes
  • Strengthen self-care and the ability to protect your own mental health

Training Options

2-Day Adult Mental Health First Aid Course

  • Helps you recognise the signs of poor mental health
  • Builds confidence to start supportive conversations and guide people towards help
  • Emphasises how to protect your own wellbeing while supporting others

Half-Day Refresher

  • Required every 3 years to retain certification.

  • For MHFAiders and holders of Level 3 equivalent, to refresh skills and renew certification

  • Knowledge and confidence so you remain effective in your role.

Beyond the Course: Mentoring & Upskilling

After training, we offer mentoring and upskilling to support MHFAiders in their role. Mentoring and upskilling can help with:

  • Managing your MHFAider network

  • Skills practice and upskilling for your MHFAiders

  • Troubleshooting and best practice

  • Support to embed MHFA into your workplace culture

Learning Experience

Our MHFA training is interactive and not ‘death by PowerPoint’. You’ll learn through discussion, exercises and activities. Sessions are supportive and practical and designed to build your knowledge, skills and confidence.

Mental Health Skills for Managers

We also offer tailored in-house training to support managers to have confident conversations about mental health at work. This 2.5 hour training:

  • helps managers spot the signs of stress and poor mental health.

  • increases skills and confidence to support poor mental health.

  • provides a framework for confident conversations about mental health.

  • increases mental health awareness and literacy within the business

  • Helps managers signpost colleagues to professional and other support.

Ready to Book?

If you’re ready to arrange MHFA training for your organisation — or want to know more about refresher courses and mentoring support — get in touch today.

A safe environment

“The trainer created a really safe environment to discuss a difficult subject. Esther is very knowledgeable and reassuring. It’s a great course and inspires empathy and confidence…”​

Mental ill-health impact

Depression has more than doubled, and anxiety and loneliness have increased significantly.

The yearly cost of poor mental health is estimated at £1300 per employee.