1 Day Suicide First Aid: Understanding Suicide Intervention (Virtual)

One day course teaching the theory and practice of suicide intervention skills that can be applied in any professional or personal setting, captured in an event accredited by City and Guilds of London: for anyone who seeks greater understanding and confidence to intervene with people at risk of suicide.

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
• Methods of delivery:

Taught over 6 hours using tutor facilitated Socratic learning, tutor-led role-play, mini lectures, group work and audiovisual presentations. This is a highly interactive and emotionally engaging learning experience.

Learning outcomes:

• Suicide behaviour; reasons and magnitude of the community health problem.
• Role of the carer in managing suicide interventions; different roles with different people
• 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

Pre-training requirement:

No previous experience or training is necessary. Participants will be asked to self- reflect and empathise with a person having thoughts of suicide.

Accreditation

Participants will gain 6 QCF credit points at Level 4 by completing a workbook of tasks that are assessed against the set learning outcomes.