At long last it's here! The Blended MHFA Course for Tertiary Students is completed in a blended format, combining eLearning plus a follow-up half day face-to-face session. This course teaches tertiary students how to assist a peer who is developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis, using case-studies, videos and resources tailored to their learning needs.
MHFA Australia in collaboration with researchers from the University of Melbourne, Deakin University and University of Tasmania have developed guidelines on how to provide mental health first aid to a co-worker or an employee.
Here's a great news story via WIN News Canberra on a group of residents in Queanbeyan, ACT who undertook a mental health first aid course. Thhis week, a group of residents in Queanbeyan undertook a mental health first aid course. The concept was created in Canberra and is catching on worldwide, with over twenty countries running the training.
Thank you to everyone at ESTA (000) for their wonderful work delivering care to the Victorian community, and for showcasing how Mental Health First Aid is being used in their workplace. This Nine News video shows how MHFA is helping strengthen individual, and team resilience and the wellbeing of their people. For further information contact MHFA Instructor Stephen Dowling based at ESTA on 03 8656 1313.
The Board and staff of Mental Health First Aid Australia are saddened by the passing of Kevin Ferguson.
Kevin Ferguson was a Director of Mental Health First Aid Australia from 2012 to 2014, when he became too ill to continue. Despite his illness, he supported the transition to a replacement Director. He was very generous with his time and expertise in supporting the Board and finance staff of the organisation. We will remember his many contributions.
We give our condolences to his wife Janet and other members of the family.
Here's an article about the Inglewood Australia Day event that our CEO Betty Kitchener attended. Read the article here
Great to see MHFA making an impact in the Police force over in WA. Thank you to Sergeant Graham Binder from the WA Police Academy for sharing this internal article with us.
It's great to see this kind of 'whole city' coordinated approach to delivering MHFA and reducing stigma. The city of Philadelphia in the US has a been very active of late. Learn more
The Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Blended White Collar Workplace Program is a key component of our welfare and wellness program - ‘ESTA Live. Work – Be Well’.
The new course, initially trialled with a range of managers, supervisors, call-takers and dispatchers, provides successful participants with the skills and knowledge required to support, recognise or assist a co-worker who maybe experiencing mental health issues. Course content is tailored to the workplace setting using case studies to provide: