Mental Health First Aid Australia

Mental Health First Aid Australia provides Mental Health Programs from Melbourne to workplaces across Australia, delivering skills-based education grounded in research and guided by the voice of lived experience, with over 1.6 million Australians trained.

• Workplace courses including Standard MHFA, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander MHFA, Older Person MHFA, Youth MHFA and Standard MHFA tailored for financial professionals, legal professionals and pharmacy.
• The Working Mind, an evidence-based program for employees and managers covering understanding mental health, fostering psychologically safe environments, addressing stigma and building resilience, delivered face to face or online.
• Three delivery options: public courses through the course finder, private in-house training delivered by a Licensed MHFA Instructor, or nominating a staff member to become an Instructor.
• The Workplace Recognition Program, a national framework recognising organisations for staff trained and actions implemented.

Best for: Australian workplaces of all sizes and sectors seeking to build employee capability to recognise and respond to mental health problems and crises.

Mental Health First Aid Australia provides Accredited and Non Accredited Training from Melbourne to organisations across Australia, with accreditation for MHFAiders and licensing for instructors.

• Refresher courses for Accredited MHFAiders, delivered as a four hour face to face or five hour online session, with an assessment that extends accreditation for a further three years.
• Instructor Training Courses delivered by MHFA Master Instructors, after which participants become Licensed Mental Health First Aid Instructors.
• Specialised courses on conversations about suicide, non-suicidal self-injury and gambling.

Best for: organisations wanting to maintain accredited MHFAiders or build in-house instructor capability.