Short courses
Essential, practical training to ensure consistent safety and daily well-being support.
DfE-Compliant Mental Health Training for Education Leaders.
AMHIE members are at the forefront of mental health in education. To support your critical role, we offer a suite of short courses based on the latest DfE policy and guidance.
This training ensures you gain a deep understanding of your statutory responsibilities and equips you with the practical strategies needed to develop and implement effective, whole-school mental health provision. Navigate complexity with confidence and help every student thrive.
AMHIE Member perk: This training suite is included free with your membership (saving over £1200 per person). Non-members: £99+VAT per course.
Explore options for membership here.
These awareness courses were developed to give you an understanding of the basic principles of supporting mental health
Supporting social and emotional development
A 4-part course covering:
Revision of theories of social and emotional development | General support for optimal social and emotional development | Causes of behaviour | General Room or Classroom considerations
Self-esteem and confidence awareness
A 3-part course covering:
The definition of self-esteem | The aspects of self-esteem | Positive thinking | Building self-esteem and confidence
Supporting young person’s mental health
A 5-module universal course covering:
Understanding the mental health spectrum | The impact difficulties can have | Common low level mental health problems | Ways they can help others wellbeing
Universal mental health awareness
A 5-part awareness course covering:
Things you can do to support young people | Using mentoring | Grief or loss | Self-harm | Suicidal thoughts
These in-depth CPD style courses were developed to give you the support to confidently and competently navigate the statutory requirements of your role
This training is currently under development and will be available April 2026 as part of your membership package as a full member of AMHIE. Thank you for your ongoing patience.
To register interest or to book you can contact our central team on 02381 120010 or over email on support@amhie.com
Working with independent professionals
Designed for school leaders and SEND staff, this course helps you work confidently with independent professionals in a way that’s transparent, compliant with DfE guidance, and stands up to Ofsted challenge.
Covering: Effectively monitoring services | Identifying how services fit statutory process | Costs of commissioning clinical services | Service level requirements | Setting up services.
Stress Risk Assessments
Ideal for leaders and HR-focused roles, this course shows you how to carry out meaningful stress risk assessments that meet legal duties, support staff wellbeing, and evidence a proactive approach during inspection.
Covering: What is stress? | Good practice | Stress on general risk assessment | Role stress risk assessment
Health and safety and mental health
A practical course for leaders and managers, exploring how mental health fits within health and safety responsibilities, and how to meet DfE expectations while demonstrating a strong culture of care to Ofsted.
Covering: Risk assessments | First aid assessments | Reducing risk | HR requirements | Staff voice
Staff wellbeing
Aimed at senior leaders and wellbeing leads, this course supports you to move beyond initiatives and embed staff wellbeing in a way that aligns with DfE guidance and is clearly evidenced for Ofsted.
Covering: What is wellbeing? | Wellbeing provision | Workload | Staff voice
Monitoring and reporting
For leaders, governors and trust staff, this course focuses on how to monitor and report effectively so your processes are robust, compliant, and clearly demonstrate impact under Ofsted scrutiny.
Covering: Principles of monitoring | Practical monitoring arrangements | Principles of reviewing provision | Principles of reporting
Mental Health First Responder (2-Day)
Course Cost £399 + VAT
Available soon! Certified training to ensure staff are skilled in crisis response and safe, supportive intervention. This course will help you to create a structured plane to help people experiencing crisis, help you to feel more secure in understanding the causes of crisis and increase your confidence in understand individuals mental health journeys.
This course is only delivered in person due to the nature of the content and the assessment criteria.
Learning Objectives: Accessing help | Providing initial support | Recognising the signs of mental ill-health | Keeping yourself safe | What is a mental health crisis? | Coping mechanisms
Don't have a full membership?
If you don’t yet have full access to these courses it may be because you don’t have a full membership to AMHIE. That’s okay though, you can upgrade or purchase a full membership any time! Read more about our memberships and what we offer in our brochure or visit our membership page on AMHIE.com!
If you have any questions please contact our central team on: support@amhie.com or 02381 120010.