Free Mental Health training courses and webinars for professionals and school staff

Mental Health Training Courses to support professionals and school staff working with children and young people, and families.

Professionals and school staff can access free Mental Health First Aid training courses on the SuffolkCPD Online website if they are worried about the mental health of a child or young person. 

The training is aimed at professionals who work with children and young people, and aim to provide insight into:

• Mental and emotional wellbeing, and why it’s as important as our physical health,
• Understanding the various pressures impacting a child or young person’s mental health, and how to spot the risks,
• Common mental health symptoms, and how they can affect family life.

The training course helps raise awarenness of poor mental health in children and young people and how to support them and their families, and has been developed as part of the Children and Young People’s Emotional Wellbeing 2020 Plan, which is transforming services to support mental health needs of all children and young people in east and west Suffolk.

Professionals and staff can find further useful emotional wellbeing workshops and webinars on the Wellbeing in Education website. This website also has parent and carer workshops and resources to support families.