FAQ
Level 3
QN: 610/1484/9
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FAQ Level 3 Award in Mental Health: Workplace First Aider (RQF)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by FAQ. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 12 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
FAQ
Syllabus Units
2 Units
Guided Hours
12 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Practising First Aid for Mental Health in the Workplace
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to provide advice and practical aid for an individual presenting with a mental health condition
- Understand how to provide advice and support for a person experiencing stress
- Understand how to create a positive mental health culture in the workplace
- Understand the stages of an action plan for responding to a mental health episode
- Know how to take practical steps in response to an individual experiencing a mental health episode
- Understand how to support line managers to aid an individual returning to work and to make reasonable adjustments to work after a mental health episode
2
Principles of Working as a Mental Health Workplace Responder
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the nature of mental health conditions, mental health episodes and contributing factors.2.
- Understand current issues impacting on the mental health of individuals.3.
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of mental health workplace responders and mental health workplace first aiders in providing advice and practical aid in the workplace
- Understand the policy, legislative and best practice frame
- work of how mental health is managed in the workplace.5.
- Understand how to recognise and respond to a variety of mental health conditions.6.
- Understand the importance of promoting positive attitudes towards mental health conditions in the workplace.7.
- Understand how to support line managers to aid an individual returning to work after a mental health episode.
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/1484/9
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- FAQ
- Qualification Type
- Vocationally-Related Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2022
- Operational End
- Feb 2026