Community & Sporting Clubs
Training
We believe every community group and sporting club deserves access to essential mental health training and education. Our sessions are designed to increase awareness, build support skills, and empower communities to foster a healthier, supportive and more resilient environment.
Our Community & Sporting Clubs Training covers
1.
Mental Health
First Aid
Target Audience
Adults supporting adults
Delivery Mode
12 hours | Face to face
Participant Numbers
Min 6 | Max 24 pax
Description
MHFA provides awareness around mental health and mental illness and teaches a support scaffold to guide supportive conversations. The course provides practical scenarios for general support and highlights the actions needed in a mental health crisis.
Outline
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Mental health
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Impact of poor mental health
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MHFA & support scaffold
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Depression & suicide
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Anxiety & panic attacks
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Psychosis & sever psychotic state
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Substance use and aggressive behaviour
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Quiz
Objectives
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Increase awareness
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Identify signs and symptoms
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Learn a support scaffold
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Understand what to do in a crisis
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Generate self-care and support options
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Assess knowledge
Additional Notes
The 12-hour course caters for all learning styles and provides hands-on scenario-based learning. In depth resources (MHFA textbook) included. Participants will receive a certificate and 3 year accreditation as a Mental Health First Aider.
2.
Mental Health
First Aid Refresher
Target Audience
Adults supporting adults
Delivery Mode
4 hours | Face to face
5 hours | Online webinar
Participant Numbers
Min 6 | Max 24 pax | Face to face
Min 6 | Max 12 pax | Online
Description
MHFA refresher allows people that have previously completed the 12 hour course to refresh knowledge and skills in a safe supportive environment. It provides an opportunity to extend their accreditation for a further 3 years.
Outline
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Refresh mental health problems
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Identify successes & challenges when applying MHFA
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Refresh MHFA support scaffold
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Recap signs, symptoms & treatments for common mental health problems
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Practise skills with scenarios and videos
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3 key actions for crisis
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Self-care
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Quiz
Objectives
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Increase awareness and understanding of the latest research
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Refresh common mental health problems
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Learn a support scaffold
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Work through complex MHFA interactions
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Learn 3 keys actions for helping someone suicidal
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Assess knowledge
Additional Notes
The 4 hour course caters for all learning styles and provides a safe environment for MHFAiders to increase their knowledge, skills and confidence. Participants need a copy of the MHFA text book (ed 4). On completion of the MHFA refresher participants will extend their accreditation for a further 3 years.
3.
Mental Health Response
Target Audience
Adults supporting adults or 17year olds +
Delivery Mode
6 hours | Face to face
6 hours | Online
Participant Numbers
Min 3 | Max 25 pax | Face to face
Min 3 | Max 25 pax | Online
Description
Mental Health Response is a contemporary course that focuses on understanding mental health issues and developing the confidence to engage and offer support to those developing a mental health issue or mental health disorder. This course also provides evidence-based strategies to follow when generating self-care, support or in the event of a crisis.
Outline
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Wellbeing & mental health awareness
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Identifying barriers to support
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Understanding the contributing factors to declining mental health
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Sign, symptoms, treatments and support for common mental health problems
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Scenarios & videos of lived experience
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IDEA support scaffold
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Mental health crisis
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Self-care
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Quiz
Objectives
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Increase awareness
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Learn signs and symptoms
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Become familiar with contributing factors
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Learn a support scaffold
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Understand what to do in a crisis
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Generate self-care and support options
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Identify and build a self-care plan
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Assess knowledge
Additional Notes
The Mental Health Response Course has been approved by the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) for ongoing professional development and by Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA) for CPD points and by Fitness Australia for continuing education credits (5CECs).
4.
Coach2Cope
Supporting Young People
Target Audience
Teachers, coaches & parents supporting young people
Delivery Mode
1.5 hours | Face to face
1.5 hours | Online
Participant Numbers
Min 3 | Max 30 pax | Face to face
Min 3 | Max 30 pax | Online
Description
This 90 minute Coach2Cope course has been designed by Equi Energy Youth’s co-founder Dr Stephen Spencer (PhD). The course is an evidence based and trauma informed professional learning session with programs designed for Executive, Wellbeing Teams, School Counsellors, Classroom Teachers, SLSO’s and coaches. The training will teach an ‘in the moment’ response to young people experiencing an episode of psychological distress.
Outline
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Dr Stephen Spencer’s background, expertise and research
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Contributing factors impacting on young people’s mental health
Attachment styles for young people -
Systemic support for enhanced developmental outcomes
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Coping, resilience (distress tolerance), and positive help-seeking behaviour.
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TAR3 Psychological first aid framework
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Practical scenarios
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Questions & Answers
Objectives
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Understand challenges young people face
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Understand your role in improving mental health outcomes for students
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To work effectively with your team and other systems
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Assessing and responding to a child/student’s level of distress
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Learn a trauma informed approach to ‘in the moment’ support
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Improve confidence when supporting young people
Additional Notes
The Coach2Cope program can be linked with further sessions to individualise support, build TAR3 support plans and to reflect and analyse episodes of distress. This training can be supported by an online subscription-based system customised to your organisation.
5.
Strive and Support for Adults
Target Audience
Adults
Delivery Mode
1 hour | Face to face
1 hour | Online
Participant Numbers
Min 3 | Max 50 pax | Face to face
Min 3 | Max 50 pax | Online
Description
The Strive and Support (Adult) Workshop is a proactive session designed to give participants general awareness about wellbeing and understand the relationship between mental and physical health. The sessions will help individuals create self-awareness and identify strategies they can implement to improve their wellbeing.
Outline
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Wellbeing & mental health awareness
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Self-awareness
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Sign, symptoms, treatments and support for common mental health problems
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Self-care using evidence based strategies
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Establishing appropriate support
Objectives
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Increase knowledge of physical and mental health
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Identify personal signs and symptoms
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Understand the importance of self-care and support options
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Identify, build and action a self-care plan
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Increase knowledge and access to support
Additional Notes
The Strive & Support (Adult) Workshop is an effective introductory session for senior teams or adults. The presentation is accompanied by a resource that individuals can engage with and share with others.
6.
Strive and Support for 15 to 17 year olds
Target Audience
15 to 17 year olds
Delivery Mode
60-90min | Face to face
60-90min | Online
Participant Numbers
Min 3 | Max 30 pax | Face to face
Min 3 | Max 30 pax | Online
Description
The Strive and Support Workshop is a proactive session designed to give participants awareness about wellbeing and an understanding of the relationship between mental and physical health. This session is backed by Equi Energy Youth’s co-founder Dr Stephen Spencer (PhD). This evidence based and trauma informed framework builds and identifies ‘in the moment’ support and strategies a young person experiencing an episode of psychological distress can use.
Outline
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Wellbeing & mental health awareness
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Self-awareness using Dr Keyes well-being model
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Developmental journey
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Your journey: contributing factors, emotional response, values, goals and resilience
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Self-care and support
Objectives
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Increase knowledge of physical and mental health
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Identify emotions, signs, symptoms and actions when distress is escalating
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Identify, build and action a self-care and coping strategies
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Increase knowledge, confidence and access to support
The Strive & Support Workshop is an effective introductory session for 15 to 17 year olds. The interactive presentation is accompanied by a resource that individuals can use and share with friends or family.
7.
Strive and Support
for 12 to 14 year olds
Target Audience
12 to 14 year olds
Delivery Mode
1 hour | Face to face
1 hour | Online
Participant Numbers
Min 3 | Max 30 pax | Face to face
Min 3 | Max 30 pax | Online
Description
The Strive and Support Workshop is a proactive session designed to give participants awareness about wellbeing and an understanding of the relationship between mental and physical health. This session is backed by Equi Energy Youth’s co-founder Dr Stephen Spencer (PhD). This evidence based and trauma informed framework builds and identifies ‘in the moment’ support and strategies a young person experiencing an episode of psychological distress can use.
Outline
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Understanding wellbeing
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Learning different emotions
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Emotional regulation
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Healthy habits & self-care
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Social development: peers, identity, values
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Building a positive support network
Objectives
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Increase knowledge of emotions and wellbeing
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Identify ways to self-regulate through various evidence-based strategies
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Identify supportive friends, adults and other support options
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Improve coping, resilience and help seeking behaviours
The Strive & Support Workshop is an effective introductory session for 12 to 14 year olds. The interactive lesson is accompanied by a resource that students can use and share with family/carers. This session will help with their developmental journey and transition to high school.
