Suicide First Aid: Understanding Suicide Intervention
Format
Face to face or Virtual
Number of participants
8 - 16 Participants
Duration
One day
Course overview
The one-day course (delivered across two half-days virtually) is accredited by City & Guilds, making it the route to the UK’s only national qualification in Suicide Prevention. The programme is evidence-based, interactive, and covers both theory and practical skills.
Participants learn and practice the skills needed to identify someone who may be thinking about suicide, and to competently intervene to help create a safe plan, as a first aid approach.
Course content:
- The impact and value of personal and professional experience with suicide
- Barriers that prevent people at risk seeking help
- Prevalence of suicide thoughts and suicide behaviours
- The Signs of Suicide and the Suicide-Safety Guide
- Partnership working and community resources.
Format
Socratic learning, tutor-led role-play, mini-lectures, group work and audio-visual presentations.
Learning outcomes
- Reasons and magnitude of the community health problem around suicide.
- Role of the carer in managing suicide interventions.
- Understand approaches and process of suicide intervention including desired outcomes.
- Understand the importance of self-reflection and personal impact when working with suicide and people at risk.
Who should attend
Those working in health, housing, social care, education, and criminal justice. Private, voluntary and public sector workers and community members
Cost per session
£1700
Pre-training requirement
No previous experience or training is necessary.
