Blended Face-to-Face Mental Health First Aid Course - October 2024

Mental Health First Aid course
Workplace Training | Blended Face-to-Face delivery

Facilitated session (after completion of prior eLearning):
Monday 28 October 2024, 10:00AM - 2:30PM AEDT
Location: Mental Health Foundation Australia
Address: G1, 10 Yarra St, South Yarra VIC 3141

Includes 30 minutes lunch break. Please bring your own lunch, otherwise there are cafes/restaurants nearby. 

About the course:
The Standard MHFA course teaches adults (18 years and over) how to provide initial support to adults who are developing a mental illness or experiencing a mental health crisis, as well as learning the signs and symptoms of common and disabling mental health conditions, where and how to get professional help, what sort of support has been shown to be effective, and how to provide first aid in a mental health crisis.

Blended Face-to-Face Delivery:

Course Component 1 - Self-paced eLearning component (5-7 hours to complete). eLearning must be completed before attending facilitated session with instructor.
Course Component 2 - A 4-hour in-person workshop led by Licensed Mental Health First Aid instructor. 

After completing the course, you will be given a link to complete the Accreditation Assessment by Mental Health First Aid Australia. If you pass the assessment, you will receive a digital Certificate of Accreditation which lasts 3 years.

Course Fee:
$255 plus GST and booking fee per person

Membership discount:
$55 discount available for MHFA members, Attachés and Ambassadors. To become a member, follow this link: https://www.mhfa.org.au/become...

MHFA Individual membership (1 year): $30 (enables 1 member to access member discounted MHFAid training)
MHFA Organisation membership (1 year): $100 (enables 5 staff to access member discounted MHFAid training)

To access the member discount code for checkout, contact the organiser Aura Goh via email (aura.goh@mhfa.org.au) with proof of membership/payment. 

Re-sitting Fee:
Due to the limited capacity, if you miss your booking, there is a re-sitting fee of $175 plus Humanitix booking fee to book into another course. If you are booking a spot to re-sit the course, please contact the organiser via email (aura.goh@mhfa.org.au) to get the discount code for checkout.

IMPORTANT (please read carefully before booking):

• Please book using your personal email and mobile number - this is used to create your profile on Mental Health First Aid Australia's platform. Shared email accounts are not permitted. If, over time, you lose access to the email account you registered with (i.e. work email), you will also lose access to your Mental Health First Aid account.
• After your booking has been finalised, you will be contacted via email with further instructions to access your Mental Health First Aid account dashboard and eLearning modules.
• Please note, you MUST complete component 1 eLearning before you can attend the facilitated session.
• Session starts on time. Ensure to arrive ~10 minutes earlier, allowing time to use the bathroom, get a drink, and settle in before the start of the session. Late-comers will be marked as absent and will have to rebook into a later course.
• Re-sitting fee applies if you miss your booked session, as numbers are limited and you have taken a booking.
• The instructor may postpone the course to a later date if the minimum number of participants required has not been met.
• Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.

For further inquiries, please contact the organiser Aura Goh via email to aura.goh@mhfa.org.au