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Aberdeen City CHP - Public Health Team

David Alexander and Rachael Little from the Aberdeen City CHP Public Health Team offer a range of training sessions to promote awareness raising and greater understanding of mental health and well being issues.

The main sessions offered are:

• An awareness raising session about mental health

The session concentrates on staff mental health and well-being and gives staff the opportunity to explore some of the reasons which cause them stress and how this impacts on their health.  Staff also receive some basic tips to help deal with life’s pressures.  Duration 1.5 to 3 hours.

Looking at depression and anxiety

Signs and symptoms.  Duration 3 hours.

Children and young people’s mental health

Session looking specifically at the mental health & well-being of children and young people.  The session includes sections on attachment, resilience, conditions and risk factors.  Duration 3 hours.

Promoting Mental Health Improvement—Raising Awareness

The course covers a range of issues around mental health improvement.

The first session looks at what is meant by mental health and looks at practical examples found in our communities.

The main part of the day concentrates on the McDonald/O’Hara model of demoting and promoting factors which influence mental health on an individual level, in communities and in the workplace.

The last session allows participants to work with the model and apply it to projects they are working on or planning.

This course does not cover the signs and symptoms associated with mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and psychotic disorders.

For training in this area, the Scottish Mental Health First Aid Course is appropriate.

Scottish Mental Health First Aid Training

The course covers:

• What is mental health?
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Psychotic Illnesses
• Self Harm

It introduces participants to the ALGEE model to help and support people experiencing an episode of mental ill health.

The course is made up of 4 three hour modules which can be run on two consecutive days, 2 non-consecutive days or as 4 three hour sessions.

The above courses are free of charge.  Organisations are required to provide accommodation and any catering requirements.

If you require more in depth training or would like to explore other training possibilities David and Rachael can meet with you to try to tailor a course to meet your needs.

CONTACT DETAILS:

DAVID ALEXANDER
HEALTH IMPROVEMENT OFFICER
MENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING
DAVID.M.ALEXANDER@GPCT.GRAMPIAN.SCOT.NHS.UK
TEL NO 01224 555254

RACHAEL LITTLE
HEALTH IMPROVEMENT OFFICER NEIGHBOURHOODS
RLITTLE@NHS.NET
TEL NO: (01224) 555268