Mental Health First Aid · For current MHFAiders

Standard MHFA Refresher

Return to the skills you learned in Mental Health First Aid, work through more complex situations and practise how you would respond to someone who needs support.

Face-to-faceOne 4-hour session
Live onlineOne 5-hour session
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The course

Keep your skills current

The Standard Refresher brings accredited MHFAiders back to the key knowledge and helping skills from their original training. You will consider new information, discuss challenging scenarios and practise supportive responses across mental health problems and crisis situations.

Delivery options

In person

A 4-hour face-to-face session with an instructor.

Online

A 5-hour instructor-led video session.

Who can attend?

You need to have completed an eligible full MHFA course and its accreditation assessment within the previous three years. Standard, Older Person, Tertiary, eligible blended Community or Workplace, and relevant industry-specific MHFAiders may attend the Standard Refresher.

Before enrolment, have your Certificate of Accreditation ready so eligibility can be checked. If you are unsure which Refresher suits your original course, contact us.

Extending accreditation

After the course, eligible participants can complete a short assessment to extend MHFAider accreditation for a further three years.

Refresh your MHFA skills

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