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MHFA® for Managers

14 Hours (4 Sessions) Online or In-Person Delivered by Christina James, RMN

A comprehensive 14-hour MHFA® England accredited programme for managers. Delivered across four sessions, you will qualify as a certified MHFAider® — equipped to support your team's mental health with confidence, skill and appropriate boundaries.

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MHFA® for Managers

MHFA for Managers is a comprehensive 14-hour MHFA England accredited programme, delivered by Christina James (RMN) across four structured sessions within a two-week period. Designed specifically for people managers and leaders, it goes beyond awareness — qualifying you as a certified MHFAider® with the skills to genuinely support your team’s mental health day to day.

Each cohort is limited to 16 participants, ensuring a focused, discussion-led environment built around real workplace scenarios.

Why This Matters

Nearly 70% of people say their manager influences their mental health as much as their partner. The way managers respond — or do not respond — to mental health at work has a profound impact on team performance, wellbeing and retention.

This course equips you to be part of the solution.

What the Course Covers

Delivered across four sessions, the programme builds your knowledge and confidence progressively:

  • Session 1: Mental health fundamentals, the MHFAider role, self-care, the MHFA action plan, helpful language and supportive models
  • Session 2: Workplace mental health factors, conversation practice, crisis first aid, active listening, and understanding conditions including anxiety, eating disorders and self-harm
  • Session 3: Manager-specific conversation scenarios, depression, suicide awareness, psychosis and continued crisis intervention
  • Session 4: Recovery, lived experience, setting boundaries, self-care and action planning for the workplace

What You Will Receive

On completion, you will receive your digital MHFAider® certificate, a course workbook and manual, and a wallet-sized MHFA action plan reference card.

You will also gain membership to the Association of Mental Health First Aiders, which includes access to the MHFAider Support App with 24/7 text support, an online learning hub, quarterly webinars and a monthly community newsletter.

Who It's For

Line managers, people managers and organisational leaders who want to become qualified MHFAiders — gaining the skills and confidence to support their team's mental health and build a psychologically safe workplace.

What You'll Learn

  • Recognise signs of poor mental health and provide early, confident support
  • Use active listening and empathy in difficult conversations
  • Hold sensitive mental health conversations with skill and care
  • Guide team members toward the right professional help
  • Maintain appropriate boundaries and confidentiality
  • Access ongoing support through the MHFAider® app and community
MHFA England Accredited Course

This course is accredited by Mental Health First Aid® England. On completion, you will receive a certificate from MHFA England and access to the MHFA® Support App.

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5.0 — Based on Google Reviews
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S NH
A week ago

I recently completed a three-day training course with Christina James at Sanitas Hub to become a Mental Health First Aid practitioner and Neurodiversity Champion, and I cannot recommend the experience highly enough. Christina delivered the training with exceptional professionalism while maintaining a warm, approachable, and supportive atmosphere throughout.

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Karen G
8 months ago

I attended the 2 day Mental Health First Aider training with Christina at Sanitas Hub. The delivery of the course was exceptional and she really brought the subject to life. Despite it being taught virtually for the 2 days, I was completely engaged and despite some tough subjects, I thoroughly enjoyed the course and would have no hesitation in recommending anyone to join this course.

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Leila Odell
A year ago

I have just completed the MHFA course with Sanitas Hub, provided by Christina James and it was brilliant. She was an amazing instructor, gave lots of real life experiences and brought a positive energy to a difficult subject. Christina was understanding, and provided lots of extra information you cannot find online or in books. I would highly recommend her courses to others.

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Helen Varney
A year ago

Christina James is an excellent instructor. After the MHFA course I feel more confident in helping others successfully and most importantly ensuring my own mental health is ok in the process. When it comes to any other related courses or refreshers I would definitely seek her as a tutor!

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Jennifer McCabe
8 months ago

Highly recommend this course with Christina, she is a fountain of knowledge when it comes to mental health. A very informative & interactive two day training session. Care is taken when heavy subjects are undertaken to make sure everyone takes sufficient breaks & is doing ok. I thoroughly enjoyed it & feel like I have the skills required to go forward as an MHFA.

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Rebecca Bostock
A year ago

The course has been lovely, it was very useful to learn the material in the context of Christina's real world lived experience with some of the conditions mentioned on the course, and invaluable to find out best practice tips when approaching such cases. The format was brilliant and interaction in the group was very helpful.

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