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Mental Health First Aid and Mental Health Advocacy in the Workplace

Course Code: CMHWP
  • Level: 2
  • Qualification: Certificate
  • Course type: FREE (Eligibility Applies), Part-time
  • Duration: Distance learning (you will have 12 weeks to complete the course from the date of enrolment)
  • Time of day: Flexible
  • When you'll study: Distance learning (learn at a time and pace to suit you from the comfort of your own home or workplace)
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What's it all about?

This qualification is suitable for those who wish to raise awareness of mental health, creating a culture of care and the promotion of positive mental health. This qualification will give you the opportunity to understand mental health, its associated care and how this can be applied to students or colleagues in the workplace.

Course information

To be awarded the Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Mental Health First Aid and Mental Health Advocacy in the Workplace, you are required to successfully complete three mandatory units:

  • unit 01 – exploring mental health
  • unit 02 – understand how to support individuals with mental ill health
  • unit 03 – understand a mentally healthy environment.

Please note that this course is only available to those 19 years old or over.

There are no specific entry requirements for this course.

This qualification is internally assessed and externally quality assured. You must successfully demonstrate your achievement of all learning outcomes of the units as detailed in the qualification specification.

You may progress onto a range of other health and social care distance learning courses at the College.

Please note fees are quoted for one year only.

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