Short courses

Essential, practical training to ensure consistent safety and daily well-being support.

DfE-Compliant Mental Health Training for Education Leaders.

AMHIE members are at the forefront of mental health in education. To support your critical role, we offer a suite of short courses based on the latest DfE policy and guidance.

This training ensures you gain a deep understanding of your statutory responsibilities and equips you with the practical strategies needed to develop and implement effective, whole-school mental health provision. Navigate complexity with confidence and help every student thrive.

AMHIE Member perk: This training suite is included free with your membership (saving over £1200 per person). Non-members: £99+VAT per course.

These awareness courses were developed to give you an understanding of the basic principles of supporting mental health

Self-esteem and confidence awareness

Self esteem and confidence awareness members training course

A 3-part course covering:

  • The definition of self-esteem
  • The aspects of self-esteem
  • Positive thinking
  • Building self-esteem and confidence

Universal mental health awareness

Supporting young persons mental health members course

A 5-part awareness course covering: 

  • Things you can do to support young people
  • Using mentoring
  • Grief or loss
  • Self-harm
  • Suicidal thoughts

Supporting young person’s mental health

Mental health awareness members course

A 5-module universal course covering:

  • Understanding the mental health spectrum
  • The impact difficulties can have
  • Common low level mental health problems
  • Ways they can help others wellbeing

Supporting social and emotional development

Supporting social and emotional development members course

A 4-part course covering: 

    • Revision of theories of social and emotional development
    • General support for optimal social and emotional development
    • Causes of behaviour
    • General Room or Classroom considerations

These in-depth CPD style courses were developed to give you the support to confidently and competently navigate the statutory requirements of your role

This training is currently under development and will be soon be available as part of your membership package as a full member of AMHIE.

To register interest or to book you can contact our central team on 02381 120010 or over email on support@amhie.com

Working with independent professionals

Covers:

  • Effectively monitoring services
  • Identifying how services fit statutory process
  • Costs of commissioning clinical services
  • Service level requirements
  • Setting up services
Stress risk assessments

Covers:

  • What is stress?
  • Good practice
  • Stress on general risk assessment
  • Role stress risk assessment
Health and safety and mental health

Covers:

  • Risk assessments
  • First aid assessments
  • Reducing risk
  • HR requirements
  • Staff voice
Staff wellbeing<br />

Covers:

  • What is wellbeing?
  • Wellbeing provision
  • Workload
  • Staff voice
Monitoring and reporting

Covers:

  • Principles of monitoring
  • Practical monitoring arrangements
  • Principles of reviewing provision
  • Principles of reporting
Mental health first responder

Mental Health First Responder (2-Day)

Course Cost £399 + VAT

Available soon! Certified training to ensure staff are skilled in crisis response and safe, supportive intervention.

Learning Objectives

  • Accessing help
  • Providing initial support
  • Recognising the signs of mental ill-health
  • Keeping yourself safe
  • What is a mental health crisis?
  • Coping mechanisms

Don't have a full membership?

If you don’t yet have full access to these courses it may be because you don’t have a full membership to AMHIE. That’s okay though, you can upgrade or purchase a full membership any time! Read more about our memberships and what we offer in our brochure or visit our membership page on AMHIE.com!

If you have any questions please contact our central team on: support@amhie.com or 02381 120010.

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