Blended Mental Health First Aid Course for the Workplace is a combination of online (eLearning) and 4 hours of follow-on face-to-face training. After completing both steps, participants are eligible to complete an online accreditation in order to receive a Mental Health First Aider Certificate of Accreditation valid for 3 years. Accredited Mental Health First Aiders are eligible to be appointed as Mental Health First Aid Officers in the workplace.
The course teaches managers, supervisors and individuals how to assist a co-worker who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. However course participants will learn mental health first aid skills that can be applied to help any adult. Course content is tailored using case-studies, videos and resources tailored to their learning needs.
Course participants first complete the interactive self-paced eLearning component that presents an overview of mental health problems and mental health crises. The follow-on face-to-face training allows participants the opportunity to revise and consolidate skills in a group environment, and to address mental health problems in the workplace in more depth.
The eLearning component covers:
Participants will gain understanding and recognition of how to assist people who may have, or are developing mental health problems and mental health crises, and how to respond to them.
Mental health problems covered include:
Depression
Psychosis
Anxiety problems
Substance use problems.
The 4 hour face-to-face session covers:
The face-to-face component is designed to be delivered after participants have completed the 
eLearning MHFA Course for the White-Collar Workplace.
In this face-to-face training, the focus is on the revision and application of knowledge and skills learnt in the eLearning component, providing participants with the opportunity to:
- Examine issues pertinent to mental health problems in the workplace in more depth
- Clarify any points of uncertainty remaining after completion of the eLearning modules
- Apply the MHFA Action Plan to relevant workplace scenarios
- Discuss and reflect ‘a where to from now’ in using mental health first aid skills in the workplace.
How do I enrol?
Enrolling in this Blended Course is a two-step process:
1. Enrol and complete the eLearning component – you can do this via MHFA website
2. Arrange follow-up face-to-face group training session with TMF Training Solutions.
TMF Training Solutions delivers MHFA courses authored by Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Australia , with experienced MHFA 
Principal Master Instructors who are currently accredited by MHFA Australia.