Many people are signing up for mental health first aid courses. This enables them to become mental health first aiders and offer help to those suffering mental health difficulties. Naturally these courses require instructors. So how do you become a mental health first aid instructor?

These courses for instructors are designed to give people the knowledge to pass on to those seeking to become mental health first aiders. The courses include spotting the early stages of mental health problems, being able to feel confident with someone experiencing such problems, how to prevent someone from harming themselves and others, stopping the illness from becoming worse, and guiding the sufferer to the right support.

Courses are designed to enable mental health first aid to be given to young people and adults.

Once someone has passed the initial instructor training course they are then mentored. To remain accredited instructors must take a set number of courses every year,