Youth Mental Health Aware
Build a clearer understanding of young people’s mental health with practical, compassionate training that helps learners recognise common issues, respond with empathy and signpost towards appropriate support.
Youth Mental Health Aware
The Youth Mental Health Aware course is a three-hour introductory session designed to raise awareness of young people’s mental health. It explores common mental health issues affecting young people, including depression, anxiety, eating disorders and psychosis, while helping learners build the confidence to support young people with care and understanding.
This youth mental health awareness training is ideal for anyone who works with, supports or cares for young people and wants a foundational understanding of mental health. Delivered by Changing Minds Training, the course is practical, accessible and handled with warmth, sensitivity and respect.
What is Youth Mental Health First Aid Training?
Youth Mental Health Aware training is an introductory course that helps learners better understand young people’s mental health and how mental health issues may affect thoughts, feelings, behaviour and everyday life.
The course is designed for people who may not need the full Youth Mental Health First Aid course, but who still want to feel more informed and confident when supporting young people. It raises awareness of common mental health issues, explores risk and protective factors, and helps learners consider how to relate to young people’s experiences with empathy.
This course does not make learners therapists, counsellors or clinicians. Instead, it provides a supportive foundation in youth mental health awareness, helping learners recognise when a young person may need support, respond with compassion and understand the importance of safeguarding and signposting.
For schools, youth services, children’s social care teams and health settings, Youth Mental Health Aware training can be a helpful first step in building shared understanding and confidence around young people’s wellbeing.
Who Is This Course For?
This course is suitable for anyone wanting to work more effectively with young people living with mental health issues and support them with empathy. It is ideal for education staff, youth workers, and children’s social care and health teams who want a foundational understanding of young people’s mental health.
It may be especially useful for:
The course is a helpful option for teams who want to improve awareness across a wider group of people, without requiring everyone to complete a longer Youth Mental Health First Aid course.
It can also support organisations that want to create a more compassionate, informed and confident approach to supporting young people.
What will learners gain from the course?
By the end of the Youth Mental Health Aware course, learners will have developed a stronger understanding of common mental health issues affecting young people and how to offer support with empathy.
Learners will explore how to:
- Understand common mental health issues affecting young people
- Build skills to work more effectively with young people facing mental health issues
- Support young people and relate to their experiences
- Recognise some of the signs and symptoms of mental ill health in young people
- Understand the importance of signposting and safeguarding
- Reflect on self-awareness and self-care when supporting others
The course is designed to be practical and reassuring. It helps learners understand that supporting a young person does not mean having all the answers. Often, the most helpful starting point is being able to listen, respond with care and know when further support may be needed.
The Youth Mental Health Aware course is delivered over three hours.
It can be delivered face-to-face or online. The course includes presentations, group discussion and workshop activities.
This format gives learners a balanced introduction to young people’s mental health, with time to reflect, ask questions and explore practical ways to support young people in real settings.
Our goal is to create a warm and respectful learning environment where sensitive subjects can be approached carefully. Learners are supported to build confidence at a manageable pace, with a clear focus on awareness, empathy, safeguarding and appropriate support.
What Does The Course Cover?
The Youth Mental Health Aware course covers a range of introductory topics that help learners understand young people’s mental health more clearly.
The course includes:
- What mental health is
- Protective and risk factors
- Stigma and discrimination
- The Mental Health Continuum
- Self-harm and suicide
- Signs and symptoms of mental ill health in young people
- The Stress Container
- The Hand Model of the Brain
- Take Time Together
- Signposting and safeguarding
- Recovery
- Self-awareness and self-care
- Action for Happiness: GREAT DREAM
- Personal pledge
Sensitive topics, including self-harm and suicide, are handled with care and respect. The focus is on awareness, compassion, safeguarding and helping young people access appropriate support.
What Will Learners Receive?
After completing the course, learners will receive resources to support their learning and help them continue reflecting beyond the session. Course takeaways include:
These resources are designed to help learners revisit the key points from the course and continue building confidence in how they support young people.
Why Choose Changing Minds Training?
Changing Minds Training delivers accredited mental health, suicide prevention and wellbeing training built around compassion, lived experience and practical skills.
Based in Redhill, Surrey and delivering training nationwide, we support organisations, individuals and community groups to build confidence around mental health, wellbeing and inclusion.
We understand that young people’s mental health can feel like a sensitive subject to talk about. Many people worry about saying the wrong thing, missing signs or not knowing where to turn for help. This training helps learners take a calmer, more informed and compassionate approach.
Our approach is:
- Warm, human and reassuring
- Practical and confidence-building
- Sensitive around young people’s mental health
- Focused on awareness, empathy and early support
- Clear about safeguarding and signposting
- Supportive of learner self-care
Learners are not expected to become experts in three hours. Instead, they leave with a clearer understanding of young people’s mental health, greater confidence in supportive conversations and a stronger awareness of when and how to seek further help.
Public & Private Course Delivery
Public Courses
Public courses are suitable for individuals and small groups who would like to join an open course. These may be delivered online or at a public venue.
Private Courses
Private courses are delivered for one organisation at your premises, a chosen venue or online. This can be a helpful option for schools, youth services, children’s social care teams, health teams and community organisations that want to build shared awareness across a group.
The Youth Mental Health Aware course is available for groups of up to 25 learners.
Individual Rate
Group Rate
Is this the right course for your organisation?
Youth Mental Health Aware training is a strong option if you want to introduce young people’s mental health awareness in a clear, accessible and supportive way.
It may be particularly useful if you want to:
- Raise awareness of young people’s mental health
- Help staff recognise common mental health issues affecting young people
- Build confidence in responding with empathy
- Support education, youth, care or health teams with foundational knowledge
- Encourage early, compassionate conversations
- Strengthen safeguarding awareness and appropriate signposting
- Support staff self-awareness and self-care
This course can also be a helpful first step before moving on to longer or more role-specific training, such as Youth Mental Health First Aid.
If you are unsure whether Youth Mental Health Aware or another youth mental health course is the right fit, Changing Minds Training can help you compare options and choose the most suitable pathway.
Enquire about Youth Mental Health Aware
If you are looking for youth mental health awareness training for yourself, your team, school, service or organisation, we would be happy to help.
Get in touch to discuss public course options, private training for your organisation or the most suitable mental health training pathway for your setting.
- Call Us Directly01737 632279
- Send an Emailenquiries@changingmindstraining.com
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