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Free Mental Health First Aid Suicide Prevention workshops

From: Rowena Saheb

Valid from: Thursday 21 March 2019 to Wednesday 17 April 2019


Free Mental Healh First Aid Suicide Prevention sessions on campus.

The four-hour Mental Health First Aid for the Suicidal Person (MHFA_SP) course, created by Mental Health First Aid Australia, equips individuals with skills on how to identify signs for suicide, confidentially support a person in crisis and develops skills and knowledge to safely have a conversation with a suicidal person. It is a stand-alone course that compliments the 12-hour Standard MHFA course, Blended MHFA Courses and the 14-hour Youth MHFA course.

For more information on MHFA_SP, please visit https://mhfa.com.au/courses/public/types/suicide

Participants have reported feeling more "confident and capable" in starting conversations around this topic post session.


Current open sessions
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Campbelltown campus
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Date: Monday 25 March
Time: 12.00 - 4.00pm
Register: At https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/lifeline-mhfasp-mental-health-first-aid-suicide-prevention-25th-march-1200pm-400pm-tickets-52802204816 - use password: mhwb

Liverpool campus
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Date: Monday 1 April
Time: 1.00 - 5.00pm
Register: At https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/lifeline-mhfasp-mental-health-first-aid-suicide-prevention-1st-april-100pm-500pm-tickets-55315055821 - use password: mhwb

Bankstown campus
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Date: Wednesday 17 April
Time: 12.00 - 4.00pm
Register: At https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/lifeline-mhfasp-mental-health-first-aid-suicide-prevention-17th-april-1200pm-400pm-tickets-55314945491 - use password: mhwb

Liverpool campus
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Date: Wednesday 22 May
Time: 1.00 - 5.00pm.
Regsiter: At https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/lifeline-mhfasp-mental-health-first-aid-suicide-prevention-22nd-may-100pm-500pm-tickets-55315154115 - use password: mhwb

The course content is based on expert consensus guidelines and includes an information handbook and a digital Certificate of Completion.