PAC training

We would like to advise you on NEW DATES available for Fully Funded Public Mental Health and Suicide prevention training, funded through LCC.

Our mental health is important to us all at home and in the work place. We offer a range of course to help best support our family, children, friends, colleagues and those who we support or care for.
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Please have a read of the course details below and don’t hesitate to contact us for further information.
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COURSE DETAILS
 
All training is accredited and your certificate will be received upon completion of the course in full. This is delivered by either email or face to face, depending on delivery.
 
Youth Mental Health First Aid – Full (2 day) and Half Day Aware courses
 
Designed to help young people aged 8 to 18.
 
YMHFA Full Course (two day) - Provides a more in depth understanding of specific mental health issues:
•          What is mental health?
•          Depression and anxiety
•          Suicide and psychosis
•          Self-harm and eating disorders
 
It focuses on the issues faced by young people today, such as cyber bullying and substance misuse, and teaches how to promote protective factors and good parenting.
 
Training can be carried out online or F2F. Online is delivered on a training platform over 4 lives sessions (2.5 hours each with home learning required).
 
YMHFA Half Day Aware - An introductory course designed to increase awareness of young people’s mental health and some of the issues that can affect this age group. Delivered on Zoom.
 
Please see the YMHFA fact sheet for further details HERE

 
Adult Mental Health First Aid - Full and Half Day Aware courses
 
AMHFA Full Course (two day) - A practical skills and awareness course designed to give you:
 
•          A deeper understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect people’s wellbeing, including your own
•          Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
•          Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress
•          Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgmental listening − Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to appropriate support
 
Training can be carried out online or F2F. Online is delivered on a training platform over 4 lives sessions (3.5 hours each).
 
The Adult MHFA Half day Online course is a 4 hour (one date only) online training session. An introductory course designed to increase mental health awareness and give an understanding of how to look after wellbeing and challenge stigma. Delivered on Zoom.
 
Please see the AMHFA fact sheet for further details HERE

 
SafeTALK - Free suicide alertness training
 
SafeTALK helps participants become alert to suicide. Suicide-alert people are better prepared to connect persons with thoughts of suicide with life-affirming help. Over the course of their training, safeTALK participants will learn to:
 
• Notice and respond to situations where suicide thoughts may be present,
• Recognize that invitations for help are often overlooked,
• Move beyond the common tendency to miss, dismiss, and avoid suicide,
• Apply the TALK steps: Tell, Ask, Listen, Keep Safe, and
• Know community resources and how to connect someone with thoughts of suicide to them for further suicide-safer help
 
 
Please see the safeTALK fact sheet for further details HERE

 
ASIST - Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
 
ASIST helps participants become more willing, ready, and able to intervene with someone at risk of suicide. In the course of the two-day workshop, ASIST participants learn to:
 
•          Understand the ways personal and societal attitudes affect views on suicide and interventions
•          Provide guidance and suicide first-aid to a person at risk in ways that meet their individual safety needs
•          Identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and the actions required to implement it
•          Appreciate the value of improving and integrating suicide prevention resources in the community at large
•          Recognise other important aspects of suicide prevention including life-promotion and self-care
 
Please see the ASIST fact sheet for further details HERE

 
Learners must be 16 years and over to attend. To be eligible for a FREE placement, you must live/work within the Lancashire border. Excluding Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen.
 
Course placements are limited per course and we will operate on a first come first serve basis. Should the date requested be full, an alternative will be offered if available at the time of enquiry, or you will be places on our wait list.
 
You can click the links below to download the relevant booking form. you can also copy and paste the hyperlink into google, should you have any problems downloading.
 
AMHFA    
    
30th Sep & 1st Oct09:00 – 17:00Rigby Street, Colne 
    
 
DATE 2024/2025 
TimeLocation
   
14th October 9:00 – 13:00 Rigby Street, Colne
Please read and complete the placement request form (please note the cancellation and resources fees), returning to [email protected] . Should the course dates advised be unsuitable, we can add you to our wait list.
 
You can join our mailing list Mailing List Sign up, where we will update you as new dates become available, or check our WEBSITE