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Level 2 · Online flexible learning · Mental health & wellbeing

Free Level 2 Mental Health First Aid Course

A three-unit workplace qualification on exploring mental health, supporting people with mental ill health, and what a mentally healthy environment looks like.

Government funding may be available to eligible adults. The training provider confirms eligibility, availability and enrolment.

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Workplace mental health first aid and advocacy training.

Quick answer

What is the Level 2 Mental Health First Aid course?

It is an online Level 2 qualification in Mental Health First Aid and Mental Health Advocacy in the Workplace, usually studied over about 7 weeks. The three units cover exploring mental health, supporting people with mental ill health, and mentally healthy environments. Funding may be available to eligible adults; the provider confirms this.

Course overview

This is a recognised Level 2 qualification focused on mental health first aid and advocacy at work. It is designed to give foundation knowledge for supporting colleagues, particularly if you have line-management responsibilities.

The current Learning Curve Group page covers exploring mental health, how to support individuals with mental ill health, and understanding a mentally healthy environment.

It is workplace awareness and advocacy knowledge, not a clinical qualification and not the same as a regulated therapist or counsellor award.

Learning Gateway is not the training provider. These courses are available through our training-provider network. Funding and final eligibility are confirmed by the provider.

What you will learn

Units and topics below are taken from the current Learning Curve Group course page.

  • Exploring mental health
  • Understand how to support individuals with mental ill health
  • Understand a mentally healthy environment

Course details

Qualification
Level 2 Understanding Mental Health First Aid and Mental Health Advocacy in the Workplace
Level
Level 2
Type
Certificate
Study method
Online flexible learning. You work through assessments on the provider's learning platform with support from a subject-specialist tutor.
Duration
7 weeks
Certification
NCFE CACHE, recognised by the Department for Education and regulated by Ofqual
Training provider
Learning Curve Group

Who is it for?

  • Line managers and team leaders who want a structured workplace mental health qualification
  • HR, people-support and wellbeing coordinators
  • Anyone whose role involves supporting colleagues, with no claim that it suits only one occupation

Funding and eligibility

Learning Curve Group has given UK Learning Gateway this baseline for Level 2 Flexible Learning learners. It is a starting point only — the provider's Pre-Check makes the final decision.

  • You are aged 19 or over
  • You are resident in the UK and can provide evidence of this
  • You are not resident on a Skilled Worker or other sponsored visa — Learning Curve Group does not accept learners on those visas under this route
  • You are not currently on an apprenticeship

Final funding eligibility is determined through Learning Curve Group's Pre-Check and can vary by your circumstances, where you live, the funding route and provider availability. UK Learning Gateway does not override the provider's decision.

Availability and funding can depend on where you live. The provider's Pre-Check will confirm the options available for your postcode.

What happens next?

  1. Step 1

    Choose the course

    Use this page to decide whether the qualification is the right starting point for you.

  2. Step 2

    Continue to the provider Pre-Check

    You leave this site and continue to Learning Curve Group's secure funding Pre-Check.

  3. Step 3

    Funding eligibility is checked

    Learning Curve Group reviews your details against current funding rules and availability.

  4. Step 4

    You are directed to the right delivery provider

    If you are eligible, you are passed to the appropriate delivery or enrolment provider for that course.

  5. Step 5

    Enrolment and evidence checks

    The delivery provider completes final enrolment, identity and evidence checks before you start.

Progression and related study

  • LCG says the qualification would be useful for any role, particularly line management.
  • If you want condition-by-condition knowledge, the Awareness of Mental Health Problems certificate is the closer match.

No course can guarantee a job. Role examples come from the provider's current course page and are context only.

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More guidance

If you are still comparing options across providers, you can also check general eligibility. That is a separate UK Learning Gateway form and is not required before this course's provider Pre-Check.