RFA REFRESH
RFA REFRESH
CERTIFICATION
Maintain your certification and update your skills.
Resilience First Aid Refresh – learn about new research and build your resilience and peer support skills.
Resilience First Aid (RFA) Refresh Certification
Available for anyone who has completed the Resilience First Aid Certification in the last three years. Extend your certification by another three years by completing this Refresh course and receive new course materials.
Update your skills and knowledge as you learn about new developments in preventative mental health, as well as how to more effectively implement the 6 domains of resilience, the ALL Protocol, and recognise how to support others proactively.
Ensure that you are logged in with your existing Driven account when registering for this training to be eligible for the RFA Refresh course.
RFA Refresh Training Outcomes
What’s unique about RFA, and what are the outcomes from completing this valuable preventative mental health certification?
Become a resilience champion – Learn how to promote a culture of resilience through strong relationships, sharing knowledge, and having impactful conversations that matter
Learn how to help – Your colleagues, friends, and family are facing more challenges than ever before. Learn how to be there for them taking a proactive approach to protect against mental illness and suicide
Develop your own resilience – Learn how to look after your own mental health proactively through practical and effective skills. RFA includes an effective self-care system to help support your own personal sustainability while supporting others through Anchoring
Build your CV – Resilience First Aid is quickly becoming an internationally recognised certification, showing employers and others your commitment to making a positive impact on the mental health of others
- Shift to Prevention – Rather than waiting for mental health crises, take a proactive approach with RFA and teach people crucial conversational skills and resilience knowledge to actively protect mental health
- Culture of Resilience – RFA skills teach people at all levels how to create a healthy and psychosocially safe culture of resilience, fostering connection and stronger teamwork
- Scientific Foundation – RFA builds on the peer-reviewed Predictive 6 Factor Resilience Model, providing a comprehensive framework to understand and support resilience. These tools are also helpful for self-management through increasing personal resilience and communication skills
- Accredited Excellence – With an accreditation by prestigious institutions like Suicide Prevention Australia (SPA) and the Australian Counselling Association (ACA), RFA represents best practice preventative training that can be invested in with confidence
Included in the RFA Refresh Training
Resilience First Aid is a high-impact course that teaches you practical skills alongside the latest neuroscience of preventative mental health. What’s unique are the resources that you take away. This is what’s included:
3 Year Refreshed Certification
- Access the full 7 hours of online training to complete the Resilience First Aid Certification in your own time in 12 months
- Get a digital certificate along with acknowledgement of 7 hours of continuing professional development training hours completed
- Certificate valid for 3 years, extending your certification through updated content
Resilience First Aid Manual
- We’ll post to you the newest RFA workshop materials – free worldwide standard shipping
- A unique set of physical resources to facilitate conversations and refresh your knowledge about Resilience First Aid
- Includes your RFA Certification Manual with all course content, space for activities, notes, QR codes to scan for instant digital activities in the Driven App
Driven Resilience App
- 12 months FREE access to the accredited Driven Resilience App with full mental health and resilience training courses
- This is a comprehensive digital resource that includes daily resilience-building activities to continue learning beyond the certification
- Use the AI-powered chatbot to track your progress and chat each day, along with quick techniques for in-the-moment help, as well as detailed training for larger goals
PR6 Resilience Report
- Get your own personal report to learn about your resilience strengths and where you have opportunities to build
- The PR6 is a validated resilience assessment that you’ll get access to complete at the start of the training
- You’ll get a complete PDF report, as well as have the app content tailored to your resilience scores
Course Summary
Duration: 1 Day
Prerequisites: RFA Certified in the last three (3) years
Purpose:
- Renew your Resilience First Aid Certificate for 3 more years
- Learn useful everyday language skills to support resilience in others
- Build personal sustainability through resilience skills
- Learn how to spot risk early and refer to help
Formats:
- Fully online – self-paced, start any time, 12 months to complete
- Live – trainer led, find live workshops or an instructor
Fees: AU $375 pp ~US$285
How to Refresh Your RFA Certification?
Ensure you have your original Driven account ready where you are currently certified for RFA. You will need to use that account to complete either the Fully Online of Live versions of the RFA Refresh course.
When attending a live workshop with a presenter, you will need to log in with your existing RFA Certified account to the link provided by the instructor. If you cannot find your original account, provide the instructor with your previous certificate to assist with finding your account.
You can complete the RFA Refresh course within 3 years of completing your original certificate, or within the additional 3 month grace period after expiry. If the certificate is not renewed in this period, or if you cannot retrieve your original account, you’ll need to redo the full 2-day RFA Certification training.
Course Fees
AU$375
RFA Refresh Training Formats
Fully Online
- 7 Hours self-paced training through a series of videos and interactive components, 12 months to complete
- Presented by resilience expert Jurie Rossouw
- Start any time and get instant access to the course
Live – Trainer Led
- 1 Day live training with a certified RFA Instructor
- In-person or webinar based training available
- Available for agencies and can be tailored to enhance the experience for participants
Related Training
Continue on from RFA to explore further training with these options.
Resilience First Aid is about being proactive – a preventative approach to mental health. Learn how to build mental fitness through a practical strength-based approach.
Join us in creating a movement to be proactive about mental health.
HIGHLY RATED TRAINING
OPEN WORKSHOPS
OPEN WORKSHOPS – Attend a live workshop hosted by a certified instructor
| Program | Instructor | Location | Date | Reg Close | Format | Register | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Resilience First Aid | Caroline Haines | TEAMS - AM Sessions AEST | 14 & 28 Jan 2025 | 13 Jan 2025 | Blended, Virtual | REGISTER HERE |
| Resilience First Aid | Caroline Haines | Teams - PM sessions AEST | 14 & 28 Jan 2025 | 13 Jan 2025 | Blended, Virtual | REGISTER HERE |
 | Resilience First Aid Starter Training | Bjelkie Lansdown | Online | 16 Jan 2025 & 30 Nov 2024 | 14 Jan 2025 | Live, Virtual | REGISTER HERE |
| Resilience First Aid Starter Training | Caroline Haines | TEAMS - AM Session AEST | 21 Jan 2025 | 17 Jan 2025 | Live, Virtual | REGISTER HERE |
 | Resilience First Aid Starter Training | Caroline Haines | Teams - PM sessions AEST | 21 Jan 2025 | 17 Jan 2025 | Live, Virtual | REGISTER HERE |
 | Resilience First Aid | Louise Rabbone | Subiaco WA | 22 & 29 Jan 2025 | 16 Jan 2025 | Live, In Person | EMAIL TO REGISTER |
| Resilience First Aid | David Moran | Brisbane | 3 & 4 Feb 2025 | 4 Feb 2025 | Live, In Person | REGISTER HERE |
| Resilience First Aid | Tony Holt | Tingalpa - Brisbane | 3 & 4 Feb 2025 | 29 Jan 2025 | Live, In Person | REGISTER HERE |
| Resilience First Aid | David Moran | Murray Bridge | 17 & 18 Mar 2025 | 17 Mar 2025 | Live, In Person | REGISTER HERE |
| Resilience First Aid | Maria Ruberto | Maribyrnong | 27 & 28 Mar 2025 | 25 Mar 2025 | Live, In Person | REGISTER HERE |
RFA Provides Accredited Excellence
90% of people can benefit from increasing resilience skills which protect against mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety. Throughout the pandemic, this need has only increased.
This is how we can take a preventative approach to mental health – rather than waiting until people need professional treatment, we can start supporting each other to connect and build mental wellness proactively.
Resilience First Aid (RFA) as a mental health certification teaches you strength-based skills to build resilience in others. You will learn how to spot signs of low resilience, learn language to talk proactively, and skills that build resilience.
This is how you can become a responder that proactively supports the mental health of others.
Crisis Support
For life-threatening emergencies, call 000 in Australia
For life-threatening emergencies, call 911 in the United States
For assistance with mental health and suicide, contact the Suicide Call Back Service in Australia – 1300 659 467
For international assistance on suicide, you can find a crisis call center here – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines
Additional services in Australia:
- QLife – 1800 184 527
- Mens Line – 1300 789 978
- Kids Help Line – 1800 551 800
- 1800Respect – 1800 737 732
- Lifeline – 13 11 14
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