Practitioners Resource

Zero suicide prevention training
About the course:
A 20 minute suicide awareness training. You will gain skills and confidence to help someone who may be considering suicide.

Who it’s for:
The training is recommended for anyone aged 16 and over. Anyone can learn how to have a potentially life-saving conversation.

What you’ll learn:

• How to spot suicide warning signs
• How to have a conversation with someone you’re worried about
• Where to signpost to for further support
• Suicide is preventable

How long it will it take:
This training takes approximately 20 minutes to complete and you will get a certificate when you have completed the training.
Visit: https://www.zerosuicidealliance.com/suicide-awareness-training

Zero suicide prevention training for university students
About the course:
This suicide awareness training has been developed specifically for university students and includes information and scenarios that are related to experiences at university.

Who it’s for:
The training has been created for university students, their family and friends but can be taken by anyone over the age of 16.

What you’ll learn:
Through the training you’ll learn the skills to better understand suicidal behaviours so you can feel confident to: 

• See the signs
• Say the words
• Signpost to support

The training aims to equip you with the skills and confidence you need to have a potentially lifesaving conversation.

How long it will it take:
The training takes approximately 20 minutes to complete and you will get a certificate on completion.  
Visit: https://www.zerosuicidealliance.com/suicide-awareness-training-uni-students

Mind suicide awareness and prevention training
Mind is offering free, online suicide prevention training to those working with vulnerable people, or anyone who is interested in learning more about suicide prevention.

These two-hour training sessions are designed to help reduce the number of suicides occurring in the community.

You can find out more about the content of the training and how to register by visiting the link below.

Visit: https://www.mindchwf.org.uk/services/suicide-prevention/

North East London Suicide Prevention Multi Agency Training
Free training for people working and living in Newham for the next year including:

• Autism understanding and awareness in adults   Autism – NEL Suicide Prevention (nelsuicidepreventiontraining.co.uk)
• Suicide First Aid Lite Youth – Knowledge needed to identify a young person who may be thinking about suicide and competently intervene to help create suicide-safety and support with coping, as a first aid approach. Suicide First Aid Lite Youth – NEL Suicide Prevention (nelsuicidepreventiontraining.co.uk)
• Mental Health First Aid Youth – This training provides the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to spot the signs of mental health issues in a young person, offer first aid and guide them towards the support they need. https://nelsuicidepreventiontraining.co.uk/mhfa-youth/
• MHFA Adult - The Adult MHFA course qualifies you as a Mental Health First Aider, course accredited by the Royal Society of Public Health.
• MHFA – NEL Suicide Prevention (nelsuicidepreventiontraining.co.uk)
• Suicide First Aid: Understanding Suicide Intervention (Virtually delivered) – Provides the knowledge 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. https://nelsuicidepreventiontraining.co.uk/suicidefirstaid/
• Suicide First Aid Lite (Virtually delivered) – This training teaches the skills needed to identify someone who may be thinking about suicide and to pass the person onto a suicide first aider. https://nelsuicidepreventiontraining.co.uk/sfalite/
• Demystifying Self-Harm (Virtually delivered) - This course will allow the space for participants to have open conversations about self-harm, including unpacking our own feelings and attitudes around self-harm and acknowledge them so that we are informed of how they may present and impact the support we provide.
• Supporting those bereaved through suicide (Virtually delivered) – Improves knowledge, skills and understanding in supporting those bereaved through suicide. https://nelsuicidepreventiontraining.co.uk/supportingthosebereaved/
• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) – A course for care-givers and key community members. It teaches suicide alertness and an easy to remember framework of practical skills to safely initiate, complete and follow-up on a full suicide intervention. https://nelsuicidepreventiontraining.co.uk/asist/ 
• SafeTALK: Suicide Awareness – Knowledge needed to know what to do if someone’s suicidal by following the easy to remember TALK steps – Tell, Ask, Listen and Keep-safe, and how to offer immediate help to someone having thoughts of suicide. https://nelsuicidepreventiontraining.co.uk/safetalk/ 

Courses are limited and places are available on first come basis and subject to availability. The programme is supported by North East London Health and Care partnership, and the NEL Training Hub collaborative. Visit:  https://nelsuicidepreventiontraining.co.uk/

The ASK Workshop Assessing Suicide in Kids aged 5-14
The workshops focus on safeguarding and looks at a child’s understanding of death and aids conversations on the finality of death. It is aimed at anyone who works in Mental Health services, social work and with children.
Find out more: https://mentalhealthlearning.co.uk/courses/the-ask-workshop/
 

ChildNet
Provides helpful information and guidance on a range of key online safety topics.
For general advice on online safety, aimed at young people, parents and teachers visit the ChildNet website. Visit: https://www.childnet.com/

Samaritans Online Harms Advisory Service
If you have any concerns or questions about emails you have been forwarded please contact the Online Harms Advisory Service at Samaritans.
Email: onlineharms@samaritans.org

Therapeutic Response to Children Young People Critical Incident
This Protocol applies to the therapeutic support provided to children & young people (up to 25) and to educational settings following the sudden traumatic death of a young person or as a result of a distressing community situation or event that could profoundly change or disrupt the psychological wellbeing of children & young people. Appendix Therapeutic Response to CYP Critical Incident (Word)

Bereavement training sessions
Cruse in partnership with Co-op is providing grief resources, drop-in support sessions and workshops to at your local grief hub in Manor Park. As well as, free community support to those who are grieving, and new skills to those who want to understand how to better support someone following a bereavement.
Visit: www.coop.co.uk/griefandbereavement
Email: connecting.communities@cruse.org.uk