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Caring Connections

Course information

This expansive workshop focuses on equipping participants with the knowledge and skills to identify and effectively support those at risk of suicide within a trauma-informed framework.

Through interactive activities, case studies, and practical exercises, participants will gain the tools needed to identify, assess, and support individuals at risk of suicide, while also fostering their resilience in the face of challenging circumstances.

Learning outcomes

Examine some of your attitudes about suicide.
Explain what being trauma-informed means.
List a range of factors that might increase the risk of suicide.
Identify potential warning signs that someone might have thoughts of suicide.
Explain the limitations of suicide-risk screening tools.
Discuss the principles of and possible steps in assessment when working with someone at risk.
List potential barriers to stable engagement and ways of addressing these.
Familiarise yourself with a range of questions that could be used to assess risk and promote strengths.
Determine appropriate levels of support (emergency services or support organisations/apps) and deploy appropriate technology such as the Stay Alive app in supporting people at risk of suicide.
Practise engaging someone in a conversation about suicide using a framework.
Collaborate with a person at risk to develop a safety plan using a scenario.
Discuss and construct ways of increasing staff resilience.

Duration

One day

Delivery

Online or in-person

Group size

8 to 20 learners

Ideal for

Staff in public facing and/or support services, including services helping people whose context might make them more vulnerable to suicide.

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Testimonials

Cutting edge, front-line, hands on, LIFE SAVING resource, made highly accessible and instantly applicable. The kind of training that keeps people alive.

The training provided by Grassroots is of a very high standard: well prepared and well delivered by experienced, capable trainers.

I have come across students with genuine mental health issues and been at a loss as to where to start or how I could be of any assistance. [My trainer] has completely changed this with the half day session

Genuinely excellent - packed with information for such a short course, highly evidence based and sophisticated, even while being accessible. Thanks!

Very well structured. I enrolled in this training by recommendation from a colleague who had done it and I will be recommending this as well.

A brilliant course that I would highly recommend to others. It has provided me with a greater understanding of mental health conditions and mental wellbeing.

I feel so much less worried and actually have ideas on what to do/say, and my understanding behind it has really improved, thank you

It provides a great introduction into understanding and normalising conversation around suicide.