Become a Mental Health First Aider™

Around 1 in 5 Australian adults experience a common mental illness each year. And in Northern NSW Bundjalung Country, this is even more so due to disaster-related trauma. If you work in community support or customer service, engaging with vulnerable people and taking a trauma-informed approach is more important in our region than ever before.

Mental Health First Aid® training enables you to become an accredited Mental Health First Aider™, teaching you practical skills to support someone with a mental health problem. This training helps you to recognise common mental health problems, to then provide initial help using a practical, evidence-based action plan, seek appropriate professional help and respond in a crisis situation.

Community Gateway is proud to be providing this training over 2 days in June. There are 15 spaces available, so register now to reserve your place.

Standard Mental Health First Aid® training benefits

Improves knowledge of mental illnesses, treatments and first aid actions.
Builds confidence in providing first aid.
Decreases stigmatising attitudes.
Increases the support provided to others.

Training details

Facilitator: Sharmaine Keogh, one of our specialist trauma counsellors and an accredited Mental Health First Aid® trainer
Dates and times: 12+13 June 2025, 8:30am-5pm
Location: Bundjalung Country, Community Gateway's Goonellabah Community Hub at 606 Ballina Road, Goonellabah NSW 2480
Cost: $120 (plus $3.50 booking fee and GST)

For enquiries and more information about this training, call Sharmaine 0448 261 650 or email sharmainekeogh@nrcg.org.au