Day 2 of this course is on Monday 10 September.

What is MHFA?

This 12-hour MHFA (Wales) course is part of the national training programme for Wales and its partners include the Welsh Government, Health Challenge Wales and Mind Cymru. Comparisons can be drawn between MHFA and emergency first aid. In both cases, members of the public can offer immediate aid and support the person to get appropriate help. MHFA improves mental health literacy and helps people to recognise the signs and symptoms of someone with mental health problems; to respond to various mental health crises, engage with, support and signpost people to appropriate professional help.

MHFA aims to:

– Preserve life where a person may be a danger to themselves or others.
– Provide help to prevent a mental health problem developing into a more serious state.
– Promote recovery of good mental health.
– Provide comfort to a person experiencing mental health distress.

What others have said:

“Extremely useful from both a professional and personal perspective – pitched at a level that suits everyone – from those who have little awareness to those who have made a career in mental health issues” – course participant May 2012

“Extremely insightful. It was of great benefit to learn about many mental health issues and how to deal with different situations”  – course participant June 2012

“This was the most wonderful warm and caring group I have ever met on a course. No hard feelings, no hard word exchange but all joke comfort and advice all along. About the trainer and training methods, she is the best trainer I have ever met. This was an amazing training course with useful information.” – Fides Vyubuzima, course participant, Cardiff, May 2011

“The feedback I have had (on the MHFA course) has been fantastic. The delegates have been raving over it” – Ceri Harris, Diversity and Equality Manager, Velindre NHS Trust, October 2011

“Just to let you know we had an excellent couple of days last week. Very many thanks to Bethan – a fantastic trainer” – Dr Dolores Davey, MA Social Work Programme Director, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, 7th July 2011

The course tutor – Bethan Roberts

Bethan is a Wales Government Approved Mental Health First Aid Instructor and regularly delivers adult Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) courses and Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) courses. She is also a ‘Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction’ teacher and runs courses on the Equality Act 2010. She is also an Employment Tribunal Member and an Associate of the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales.

Bethan was a tutor for Cardiff University on the Employment and Discrimination Law course from 2005-2011. She worked for over 15 years in three statutory equality commissions. One of her roles was managing casework, dealing with hundreds of cases of discrimination. She has a degree in Economics, an MSc in Health Economics, an MA in Women’s Studies and an MSc in Equality and Diversity.

The cost is £110 per delegate. This includes a certificate from the Welsh Government, a comprehensive MHFA (Wales) manual, a buffet lunch and refreshments.

To book a place, please visit www.diversecymrutraining.co.uk