Pipeline Framework: Mental Health Awareness Training in Secondary Schools

A pipeline has been launched for Mental Health Awareness Training in Secondary SchoolsThe contract start Date is 31 March 2019. Approach to market date is 07 January 2019The mental health awareness training should equip members of staff with the skills and information to spot early signs of mental health conditions, so that they are able to have an open discussion with children and young people and point them to relevant the mental health support they need. The purpose of this mental health awareness training is to reduce stigma by shifting negative attitudes about mental health to enable early detection of mental health conditions. Previous years of the programme have delivered training to a member of staff in 2,000 secondary schools in England. In the first two years of the programme 2000 members of staff in 2000 schools will have bee participated in a youth mental health awareness one day course delivered by Mental Health First Aid. The key output for the third is to deliver appropriate mental health awareness training to one member of staff in the remaining 1000 secondary schools between April 2019 and March 2020.Appropriate mental health awareness training should teach participants to:Spot the early signs of a mental health problemFeel confident helping someone experiencing a problemProvide help on a first aid basisHelp prevent someone from hurting themselves or othersHelp stop a mental illness from getting worseHelp someone to recover fasterGuide someone towards the right supportReduce the stigma of mental health issuesImprove resilience and about preventative mental health Build a mentally healthy school/workplace/communityThis is a potential opportunity from the government, and the pipeline gives advance notice of an opportunity that might be offered by the public sector in the future – allowing potential suppliers to plan accordingly. When a public sector organisation publishes a pipeline notice, it does not necessarily mean that an opportunity will be offered in the future.For more information contact: Department of Health, 39 Victoria Street, LondonSW1H 0EU. Email: Alexander.Baker@dhsc.gov.uk (Alexander Baker