Event Details

This course has been developed by Mental Health First Aid Australia and will be delivered by AJ Williams-Tchen an award-winning Wiradjuri Mental Health Social Worker, Nurse and Youth Worker. For the past 30 years, AJ has been working at providing awareness of mental illness within the Aboriginal community and increasing mental health literacy among all Australians.

14 Hours (across 2 days) Face-to-face training in Melbourne 

Carers need to attend both days to complete the course.

Date: Saturday 12 & 19 October 2024

Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm - Lunch provided

Venue: Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare

Address: Level 5/50 Market Street, Melbourne

Course participants will discuss topics such as: adolescent development and its impact with mental illness, the signs and symptoms of the common mental health problems that young people face, where and how to get help when a young person is developing a mental illness, what sort of help has been shown by research to be effective, and how to provide first aid in crisis situations.

3 years Accreditation will be available for carers who successfully complete the course and choose to undertake the Accreditation Assessment. This is done post-course and will be explained at the workshop in more detail.

The session is designed for kinship, foster and permanent carers.

The course content and discussions may cause some distress and discomfort, and significant triggers warning will be in place within the course.  

Note we are also offering a Youth Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Heath First Aid two day-course in Dandenong on Saturday 30 November and 7 December if you would like to book this instead.