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Mental Health First Aid for the Australian legal profession – blended

Wednesday, 11 September 2024
 5 CPD Units  Blended
9:00 AM 2:00 PM


The Law Society of New South Wales, 170 Phillip Street, Sydney NSW 2000

In this course, you will learn how to recognise common mental health problems, how to provide initial support to a person developing a mental health problem, and how to respond in a crisis situation. Although this course has been tailored specifically for legal settings, the skills learned can be applied to help any adult.

This course comprises of two components:

  • eLearning – this is self-paced and will take approximately 5 -7 hours to complete. You will receive an email tomorrow outlining how to access the eLearning. We recommend that you allow sufficient time to complete the eLearning. Please note, the eLearning must be completed in full prior to attending the instructor-led sessions.
  • Instructor-led session – this consists of a 4 hour instructor-led in person session. 

Based on the concept of physical first aid, mental health first aid refers to the support provided before professional help is received. This may be when a person is first developing a mental health problem, when the person is experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem, or when a person is in a crisis situation.

In this informative and practical course designed for the Australian legal workplace context, participants will learn:

  • About the signs and symptoms of common and disabling mental health problems in the legal profession.
  • How to provide initial help and have supportive conversations.
  • Where and how to get professional help.
  • What sort of help has been shown by research to be effective.
  • How to provide mental health first aid in a crisis situation using a practical, evidenced-based action plan.

This evidence-based course is based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of people with lived experience of mental health problems and professionals. Mental Health First Aid is an award-winning program and is included in SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidenced-Based Programs and Practices.
Simonette Vaja, Senior Consulting Psychologist


5 CPD units

Non-Member $295.00
Member $210.00

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