Meet Wade, Founder and Facilitator at Informed Mental Health.
Informed Mental Health was born out of Wade’s passion to educate workplaces, community groups, schools and youth around what Mental Health (and illness) is and to inform and educate people on how to be better respond in a crisis or be able to provide appropriate support..
For over 15 years, Wade worked with students and youth in Student Services and more recently Student Accommodation, caring for the welfare and health and wellbeing of young people and residents. During this time, Wade also worked in various Management and Leadership positions across many companies and industries.
One thing that constantly stood out through all of these experiences, was a lack of awareness around Mental Health and understanding of Mental Illness and it’s affect on the community.
This lack of understanding fueled Wade’s desire to inform and educate people on the importance of understanding Mental Illness and how to support people and respond in a crisis. Wade is a passionate, vibrant and engaging facilitator who presents content in an understandable and compassionate nature.
More recently, Wade has been studying and researching the impacts of psychosocial risk within the workplace that may lead to psychological injury. 12% of serious Workplace Health & Safety claims now directly relate to a psychological injury. Informed Mental Health now offers extensive risk identification resources for companies and can also work through a risk assessment and develop a comprehensive plan to reduce these risks but more importantly align with current WH&S legislation. Within a business, this takes time, someone to do it and in most cases extra pressure on the workforce. Let us do the heavy lifting for you through our consulting services.
Informed Mental Health exists to inform and educate workplaces and communities about Mental Health. Specifically, Informed Mental Health delivers the accredited Mental Health First Aid course, designed and developed by Mental Health First Aid Australia.
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an internationally recognised accredited training program developed for participants to learn how to assist people who are developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves.