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Adult Mental Health First Aid

Course Ref: DDN1075
Start Date: Wed, 29th Apr 2026
Time: 09:30AM - 04:30PM
Register By: Fri, 13th Mar 2026
Cost: £31 for course workbook and lanyard, plus £21 if participant would like a hard copy of MHFA manual (digital manual provided free of charge)
Location: The Kemnal Academies Trust (Atkins Centre) The Atkins Centre, Sevenoaks Way, Sidcup, DA14 5AA
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This is a 2 part course on 29th April and 6th May 2026. Please note you are booking to attend both sessions: 

 

Target Audience:

All staff are welcome but particularly staff wellbeing leads, line managers, mentors, headteachers and SLT including business managers, corporate managers.

 

Overview:

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an internationally recognised training course which teaches people how to spot the signs and symptoms of mental ill health and provide help on a first-aid basis.

 

MHFA England training won’t teach you to be a therapist, but just like physical first aid, it will teach you to listen, reassure and respond, even in a crisis.  You will learn skills to support adults with their emotional wellbeing in your workplace, including taking care of your own mental health. You will leave the two days with:

  • A deeper understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect people’s wellbeing, including your own
  • Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
  • Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress
  • Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening
  • Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to appropriate support

 

Additional Information:

Atkins Centre Visitor Information

PARKING:

Car parking is available for visitors to the Atkins Centre and Centre Staff alike at the front of the school, please enter by the gates from Sevenoaks Way (opposite Cornwall Drive). Please do not park in unmarked spaces, or in marked visitors’ spaces (unless previously booked). Parking is provided on a first come, first served, basis. If there are no spaces available there is alternative parking for Atkins Centre visitors on the roads surrounding the College. Please use the pedestrian access at the front of the College on Sevenoaks Way, if necessary.

Visitors to the Atkins Centre are advised that under no circumstances are they to seek to park/gain access via the rear of the College, to ensure the College maintains its safeguarding responsibilities.

 

DRESS CODE:

Just a reminder that all attendees are expected to be dressed in a professional and business-like manner unless otherwise stated in the event details. Please also always wear your school ID badge when on the premises.

 

ULEZ CHARGES:

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