Mental Health Awareness-An Introduction-Online Course-Community Learning-09:30-12:30

Online Courses, Nottingham

Date	17 May 2022
Time	9:30am - 12:30pm
Venue	Online Courses, Nottingham View venue details View on Google Maps
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 15
Cost	FREE - £9

About this course

We have all experienced challenges to our mental health and wellbeing in the past two years. But for some people mental ill health is a longer lasting experience Would you like to know more about mental illnesses and how to support family and friends living with these?

This half-day course offers a great preliminary learning experience for moving on to our accredited CACHE Level 1 course in Mental Health Awareness

What will be covered on the course?

What is mental ill health? Learners will be able to identify main types of mental illness, their causes and symptoms
Models of mental illness and mental health: learners will be able to understand different ways in which mental illness is defined and how these impact on support and wellbeing.
Self care and supporting others: learners will engage with basic listening and responding skills to support others, and reflect on the importance of self care for maintaining good mental health
Sources of support: learners will be able to recognise and describe different forms of support including NHS services, voluntary agencies, peer support and self help

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

To reflect on the value of self care
To reflect on mental health and mental illness
To identify what mental illness is and what it is not
To describe symptoms and causes of common mental illnesses
To outline key aspects of UK law in relation to mental ill health
To understand the value of active listening
To know when and how to seek professional help

This is a short, introductory course for people with little or no knowledge of mental illnesses or the support available. It is very suitable for carers or relatives of family members living with mental health difficulties, seeking guidance on what mental ill health is, its impact, and sources of support; or for workers who do not specialise in mental illness but come into contact through their work with people living with mental illness, who would like more knowledge and understanding of how to help. It is also suitable for people living with mental ill health who would like to know more about it.

You will need:

Note-taking materials -either pen and notepad, voice recorder (learners are very welcome to record oral teaching as a reasonable adjustment but will be asked not to record personal disclosures)

Learners will be sent  PowerPoint presentations and supplementary handouts.

This course is based on interactive teaching and learning. Learners are asked to be prepared to participate in quizzes, question and answer, discussions based on personal experience, and case study discussion

As this course is online, a suitable device such as laptop, smart phone, tablet or computer will be required to access the course. Zoom will be used for the live sessions and the link will be sent to you once your enrolment has been completed.

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas: