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Example profile of mental health first-aider

This example profile sets out the role of a mental health first‑aider within an organisation, including responsibilities, boundaries and how the role supports employees experiencing mental health difficulties. It can be used to recruit volunteers and help the workforce understand the purpose of the role.

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By Stephen Simpson, Brightmine Principal Editor

Use this model document to set out a mental health first-aider’s profile, which can be used when seeking volunteers to take up the position and to help the workforce to understand a mental health first-aider’s role within your organisation.

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Stephen Simpson, Acting content manager - employment law and compliance at Brightmine

Stephen Simpson
Principal Editor – Employment Law and Compliance, Brightmine

Stephen is a principal editor who has worked on the Brightmine employment law and leading practice resources for over 20 years. After growing up in Northern Ireland in the 1980s, he trained as a solicitor in England in the 1990s but soon moved into legal publishing. He was among the first recruits to Brightmine in the year before it was launched as XpertHR in 2002.

Stephen has worked on a wide range of employment law and leading practice resources, including overseeing the creation and expansion of the HR templates resource types (Policies and procedures, Letters and forms, and Contract clauses). He has written up over 1,000 reports on employment law cases and created practical guidance on a range of HR issues for the Commentary & insights tool. He also had a stint working on Personnel Today.

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