Distance Learning - Mental Health First Aid and Mental Health Advocacy in the Workplace (Level 2 Certificate) 2024-25

Around 450 million people currently experience mental health problems. Recent reports suggest that over 12 million working days were lost due to work-related stress, depression, or anxiety in just one year. It’s important that employers are transparent and open about mental health issues. Increasing the understanding of mental health among staff at all levels builds a culture of care and support. In this course, you'll build an understanding of mental health problems and the support available in the workplace. You will learn how to support individuals with their mental health, as well as what a mentally healthy environment is like.

• Exploring mental health and the factors that can increase the risk
• Understand how to support individuals with mental ill health and your own
• Learn about the legislative framework relating to mental health and how policies can support
• Understand a mentally healthy environment and explore the idea of a wellness action plan

This 10 week course in Mental Health First Aid and Mental Health Advocacy in the Workplace can be applied in future career paths such as;

•Mental Health Nurse (£25,654 to £45,838)
•Health Promotion Specialist (£21,000 to £40,000)
•Human Resources Officer (£15,000 to £50,000)

Please see the distance learning introductory page to check your eligibility: https://edc.ac.uk/study/distance-learning

• you can complete your course online, by paper or online with paper resources
• we'll process your enrolment, and a tutor will be assigned to support you through your course, their contact details are in the joining instruction email
• an email containing your joining instructions will be sent, this email will contain your start and end date, submission dates. If completing online you will be advised of the weblink and your unique username for you to log into the e-assessor portal. If completing by paper you will still receive a joining instruction email and your paper resources will be posted out to you.
• if you need any guidance on your course content please contact your tutor direct.
• you will receive text reminders throughout your course
• your feedback from your tutor will either be online via e-assessor (located in my portfolio) or via email if completing by paper.

The course starts when you have received your joining instruction email containing your start, submission target dates and tutor contact details.

This course has one assessment and you have 10 weeks from enrolling to complete your course, this duration includes tutor feedback, internal verification and processing.