Other ECC and external training

The following training is provided through other Essex County Council teams and external providers:

Child Mental Health Training

Training and Research | Child Mental Health Training | Anna Freud Centre – a range of courses

CYP Psychological First Aid online course

This 3-week online course provides psychological first aid training to support children and young people’s mental health during emergencies and crises.

This training takes place over the 3 weekly 1-hour sessions, produced by Public Health England and provided by FutureLearn.

To find out more and book visit the FutureLearn Psychological First Aid: Supporting Children and Young People web page.

Early health and Team around the family Workshops

This free online course explains how to hold a ‘Team around the family meeting’ and create an ‘Early help’ plan.

The training is aimed at anyone working with children and families in Essex.

To find out more and book visit the Essex Safeguarding Children Board (ESCB) Early help and Team around the family workshops web page.

Level 4 Award in Supporting Children and Young People with SEMH

This accredited course is designed to build knowledge and confidence and develop a range of practical skills to fulfil a school-based support role for children and young people with SEMH.

To find out more and book visit the Eastern Partnership UK SEND website.

Mental health and wellbeing courses

Training to show you new ways to improve your wellbeing through a range of mental health and wellbeing courses.

This training is provided by ACL Essex who are the largest provider of adult education in the county.

To find out more and book visit ACL’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Courses web pages.

Mental health courses from ESFA

A range of free UK Government courses to help you help those around you and gain recognised mental health qualifications.

The training is fully funded via the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) and provided through Free Course Online (FCO).

To find out more and book visit FCO’s Free online mental health courses web page.

Mental health training from MHFA England

A range of mental health training to support your workplace and employees through adapted training and new resources.

This training is provided by Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England which has a vision to improve the mental health of the nation.

To find out more and book visit the MHFA Mental health training online and face-to-face web page.

Mental Health training for school and college staff

Evidence-based training courses to develop key skills to support children and young people's mental health and well-being.

This training is provided by Anna Freud and written by mental health clinicians and education experts.

To find out more and book, visit the Anna Freud Training in schools and colleges web page.

MindEd

MindEd is a free educational resource for all adults working with adults, children and young people and their mental health.

This includes those who work with those with a learning disability and autism.

To find out more and book visit the MindEd website.

Setting up a Peer Mentoring Programme

Setting up a Peer Mentoring Programme – Anna Freud Centre - evidence-based programme resources, training slides and evaluation information to successfully develop a peer mentoring programme in your school/setting.

Suicide prevention training

Free online training courses to give you the skills and confidence to have a potentially life-saving conversation with someone you’re worried about.

This training is provided by the Zero Suicide Alliance which aims to empower, educate and equip individuals and organisations to support suicide awareness and prevention.

To find out more and take the courses visit the ZSA Training web page.

#TalkSuicideEssex

Free 20-minute awareness training to help you learn how to spot the signs of suicidal thoughts and potentially save a life.

This training is provided by #TalkSuicide which is a suicide prevention campaign for Essex, Thurrock, Southend, Hertfordshire and Suffolk.

To find out more and book visit the #TalkSuicideEssex website.