Mental Health First Aid Training
Mental health first aid training for schools & workplaces
Mental health first aid training helps staff and teams feel more confident recognising, understanding and responding to mental health concerns.
Lightbulb Thinking provides formal mental health first aid training for schools, colleges, educational organisations and workplace teams.
Led by James Ediker, workshops are designed to build awareness, resilience and supportive working cultures.
Who Mental Health Training is For
This service may be useful for:
Training can be shaped around your setting, your people and the level of support you want to provide.
What Our Training Supports
Common areas include:
The aim is to help people feel better equipped, not to turn staff into therapists.
How James Works
James delivers training in a calm, professional and accessible way.
His sessions are designed to be practical, thoughtful and relevant to the people in the room. He understands that mental health can be a sensitive subject, so the training is handled with care, clarity and respect.
For schools and educational organisations, James brings an understanding of the pressures staff and leaders face, including workload, pastoral responsibility, change, communication and staff wellbeing.
Delivery formats include:
- Group training
- Staff workshops
- Leadership team sessions
- Organisational delivery
- Online sessions
- In-person sessions
Training can be arranged for schools, educational settings, workplace teams and organisations across the UK.
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Why choose James for mental health training?
James brings together experience in education, leadership, therapy, coaching and organisational support.
He is a mental health first aider, an accredited therapist, an Institute of Leadership & Management-accredited coach and DBS-checked.
He also holds a Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, an MA in Education and a BA in Education.
This combination helps him deliver training that is professional, grounded and sensitive to the real pressures faced by schools and workplaces.
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If you are looking for support for your school, college, trust or educational organisation, James can help you think through the right next step.