Youth Mental Health First Aid

Dates

27th-28th March - Gorseinon, Swansea
17th & 18th June 2013 - Cardiff 
10th September 2013 - Cwmbran 

What is Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA)? 

YMHFA (Wales) is for everybody. It is particularly relevant for those who work with adolescents and may come into contact with young people at risk of experiencing mental distress.
 
Only YMHFA Instructors can deliver this course. They have been specially selected, trained and approved. This ensures YMHFA Instructors have a certain level of knowledge, skills and experience and that there is consistency in delivery across Wales. The course was developed in Australia and has been adapted to better suit the needs of young people in Wales. 
 

Quotes from young people:

“Many young people feel isolated and the more people that are trained to listen the better.” 
“It would be great to get more teachers, school nurses and staff trained up in this.” 
“If you go into hospital with a broken leg, you get the cards, visitors and gifts. Go in with mental distress and you’re usually on your own.”  


In-house YMHFA courses

The cost is £1,200 for up to 14 delegates and travel costs if held outside Cardiff. This includes a certificate from the Welsh Government and a comprehensive YMHFA (Wales) manual.
 

Open courses

The cost is £120 per delegate. This includes a certificate from the Welsh Government, a comprehensive YMHFA (Wales) manual, a buffet lunch and refreshments.
 

YMHFA aims to help participants: 

  • Preserve life where a young person may be a danger to themselves or others
  • Provide help to prevent mental distress developing into a more serious state
  • Promote recovery of good mental health
  • Provide comfort to a young person experiencing mental distress

YMHFA (Wales) course covers: 

  • Mental health first aid
  • Common mental health problems
  • Depression
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Psychosis
  • Substance use disorders
  • Eating disorders
  • Non-fatal deliberate self-harming behaviour

Participants will learn: 

  • The signs and symptoms of these mental health problems
  • Where and how to get help
  • What sort of help has been shown by research to be effective

Course Tutor - Bethan Roberts

Bethan is an associate trainer and consultant of Diverse Cymru. She is a Wales Government Approved Mental Health First Aid Instructor and regularly delivers the Mental Health First Aid course and the Youth Mental Health First Aid course. She runs Equality Act 2010 and other equality and diversity courses. Bethan is a ‘Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction’ teacher, an Employment Tribunal Member.

Bethan worked for over 15 years in three former statutory equality commissions. One of her roles was managing casework, dealing with cases of disability discrimination in employment and service provision. From 2005 to 2011 she was a tutor on the Cardiff University course on Employment Tribunal Skills and Discrimination Law.

Her qualifications include a degree in Economics, an MSc in Health Economics, an MA in Women’s Studies and an MSc in Equality and Diversity.

 

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