Our training courses are designed to build your understanding around key mental health issues
within the criminal justice system
Training
Our team use a range of evidence-based techniques, tools and approaches to offer support to develop appropriate and sustainable change.
Our training programs can be delivered anywhere and can be tailored to meet the needs of your organisation or establishment. Choose from one or a combination of our courses and we will work with you to consider what other content might be helpful.
Bespoke training courses
Managing Mental health in the Secure setting
2 Day Training Course
This Level 2 First Aid for Mental Health course, designed to empower mental health first aiders to take action, both by advising individuals and resolving underlying issues in the secure setting
Safer Landings Mentoring course
3 Day Training Course
This Level 3 course provides candidates with the fullest picture of mental health conditions and their underlying causes, and empowers them to make changes within their setting to prevent the early onset of mental illness and promote mental health and well-being
Awareness of First Aid for Mental Health
1 Day Training Course
This Level 1 Awareness in First Aid for Mental Health course is designed to increase awareness of mental health issues, helping prisoners and staff to communicate and be open with one another, fostering a positive environment. As well as helping people to notice issues and start conversations, the Level 1 course is ideal for improving a culture that is not entirely open to mental health issues.
Change
Training Course
You can change your story, and you can change your life Change is a unique personal development programme that uses storytelling principles to explore your life story, supporting you to reframe your story where the current narrative no longer serves you
Managing anxiety (RQF)
4hr Training Course
Our managing anxiety training course provides ideas, techniques and identifies risk factors to help people to manage their anxiety, this includes breathing techniques, building resilience, to help people to identify how they felt and behaved during an anxiety-provoking event.
Drugs, Alcohol and Mental Health in Prison
4hr Training Course
This course is about the misuse and abuse of substances such as drugs and alcohol that are used to change a persons state of body or mind. The course focuses on New psychoactive substances (NPS), often known as "Legal highs" how these substances affect our mood and the impacts on our mental health.
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Understanding Trauma- An overview of adverse childhood experiences
The purpose of this course is to help those in prison and prison staff understand what adverse childhood experiences are and how they may affect childrens development. Using statistical evidence, the course highlights the potential impact that ACEs can have in adulthood as well as contributing factors to offending. By raising awareness of ACES in the secure setting Safer Landing hopes those who have suffered early childhood trauma have a deeper understanding and feel confident to seek professional support.
Core Training Courses
Supervising First Aid for Mental Health
2 Day Training Course
FAA Level 3 Award in Supervising First Aid for Mental Health (RQF)
SCQF Award in Leading First Aid for Mental Health
Principles of Safeguarding
1 Day Training Course
Upon successful completion of the qualification assessment
Learners will be awarded an Ofqual National Level 3 Award
First Aid Training for Mental Health
1 Day Training Course
FAA Level 2 Award in First Aid for Mental Health (RQF)
SCQF Level 5 Award in First Aid for Mental Health
Awareness of First Aid for Mental Health Training
1 Day Training Course
FAA Level 1 Award in Awareness of First Aid for Mental Health (RQF)
SCQF Level 4 Award in Awareness of First Aid for Mental Healt
Certification
Upon successful completion of the qualification assessment, Learners will be awarded an Ofqual regulated (RQF)/Award. This qualification is valid for three years from the date of achievement. It is strongly recommended that the learner attends annual refresher training. The learner will need to complete the full course again to requalify for a further three years.
Numbers
A maximum of 16 students can be accommodated on our courses and all candidates must be a minimum of 16 years of age to qualify.