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Course Overview

Psychological First Aid (PFA) is a caring and compassionate approach to assisting people coping with stressful or traumatic life events. The core aim of PFA is to build people’s own capacity and emotional resilience to recover psychologically by reducing initial distress, meet immediate needs, promote flexible coping and encourage adjustment by identifying their own strengths and abilities. PFA is based on an understanding that people affected by psychological distress will experience a range of early behavioural reactions that may interfere with their ability to cope. PFA provides calm and hopeful support to help people feel safe, connected to others, able to help themselves, and gain access to effective mental health professional services. This Workshop involves participants in active role plays with possible scenarios of persons-in-distress. Respectful facilitation of open discussions allows sharing of thoughts and ideas.

 

In collaboration with

 


KALL Psychological & Counselling Services Pte Ltd

Entry Requirements

Workplace Literacy (WPL) Level 5 for Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing;

OR

Pass in ‘N’ level English

Who Should Attend

New staff in social service, healthcare, community mental health and human resource professions. Individuals exploring careers in para-counselling, social work or related disciplines

What You'll Learn

In attending the PFA workshop, participants will learn to:

 

  • Recognise common mental health problems in their workplaces and within their social circles;
  • Recognise the types of mental health crises and their possible psychological outcomes on the persons-in-distress, including their caregivers or family members;
  • Gain better insight and understanding of mental health crisis situations and what can be expected;
  • Provide emotional support for persons-in-distress with appropriate communication skills;
  • Listen and respond reflectively and empathically;
  • Know when and how to signpost access to further professional mental health support;
  • Acknowledge the importance of practising self-care and stress management strategies.

 

 

Assessment

 

Written Assessment

 

 

Level

 

Basic

 

 

Certification

 

Participants will be issued with a Certificate of Accomplishment upon meeting 75% of the required course attendance and passed the assessments.


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Course Contact

  • 67881212
  • Monday - Thursday: 8:30am - 6:00pm
    Friday: 8:30am - 5:30pm
     
    Closed during lunchtime, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
    and on weekends and public holidays.

     

  • https://www.tp.edu.sg/tsa
  • Temasek SkillsFuture Academy (TSA)

    Temasek Polytechnic

    East Wing, Block 1A, Level 3, Unit 4

    21 Tampines Avenue 1,

    Singapore 529757

  • Temasek Polytechnic reserves the right to alter the course, modify the scale of fee, amend any other information or cancel a course with low enrolment.