Housing and Health Services
Mental Health First Aid Training Resumed After Covid
This year, Housing and Health Services reintroduced Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training for the first time since the pandemic when it was put on pause. The MHFA training program aims to improve mental health literacy and provide the skills and knowledge to help people better manage potential or developing mental health problems in themselves, a family member, a friend or a colleague. So far, training has been offered to Lower Mainland staff including Vancouver Coastal and Fraser Health regions and those at Home Office. The interior , Vancouver Island and northern regions will be receiving opportunities to participate in MHFA training in the new year. Training is offered to any employee at BC Housing, so long as supervisor approval is received. Housing and Health Services hopes that MHFA training will be offered to non-profit partners in the new year, expanding their outreach and support efforts into the community.
Mental Health First Aid Facilitators from across BC Housing regions were all together at the HHS winter SAM on November 30.
Operational Services 2023 – A Year in Review
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