Aims: The Suicide First Aid:Understanding Suicide Intervention (SFA:USI) course (7 hours) is a more in-depth course that teaches and practices the skills and knowledge needed to identify someone who may be thinking about suicide and competently intervene to help create suicide-safety as a first aid approach. Learn and practice suicide intervention skills that can be applied in any professional or personal setting.
Please note:
- This course is endorsed by UK ‘Skills for Health’ framework
- Optional: following attendance, learners have the option to enrol for the City and Guilds level 4 accredited unit of learning for £93.50. Certification for this would be upon completion of a written assignment towards this unit of learning.
The course will cover:
• The Hidden Toll of Suicide and the Ripple Effect
• The Continuum of Suicide
• Intention vs Outcome
• Factors that Contribute to Suicide Thoughts
• Ways we prevention Suicide- Prevent, Intervention, Postvention
• Partnership Working
• Suicide Safety Guide (3-step intervention)
• Personal Safety Plan
• Skills Practice
• Self-Care
Facilitator: Approved SFA (Suicide First Aid) instructor from Joint Training.
Audience: Staff and volunteers who would like to improve their knowledge around suicide prevention, including those who may be supporting others at risk .