Applied Suicide Intervention Training- full course

Applied Suicide Intervention Training- full course

Full 2 Day ASIST course

By Public Mental Health Training Team

Date and time

Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:00 - Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:00 GMT+1

Location

Somerset Hall

11 The Precinct Portishead BS20 6AH United Kingdom

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 day 8 hours

The aim of ASIST is to help people become willing, ready, and able to provide emergency first aid to persons at risk of suicidal behaviour.

ASIST is a two day course that aims to help people to recognise the signs that someone is considering suicide, and to gain the skills and confidence to respond appropriately. It has been described as a form of ‘suicide first aid’.

ASIST was developed by Livingworks in Canada and is widely used around the world. It is delivered under licence by accredited ASIST trainers.

The course is a mixture of presentations, discussions and role play exercises and by signing up to attend this course you will be expected to participate in all elements of the training.

Please be aware that you will be asked to draw on your experiences of suicide. The aim of this course is to equip you with the skills to support people with suicidal thoughts, but is inappropriate for those who are struggling with their own mental health issues and we encourage you to seek support from your GP if this is the case.

Cancellations must be made at least two working days before the event, cancellations made after this time, and non-attendance will be charged £75.

This is a free course and you will need to provide your own lunch.

As part of the registration process you will be asked whether you are happy for us to keep your contact information so we can email you information about future courses.

For more details about how we keep your data safe please read our attached privacy notice. that is published here: https://1drv.ms/b/s!Ajp-gjU6p7PGaQ2KAuJb8E69PQU

Organised by

We offer free mental health related training for people working or volunteering in North Somerset.

The training is funded by North Somerset Council Public Health.

Places on a course are usually awarded on a first come first served basis.

Places are limited and we reserve the right to invoice organisations a payment fee of £75 for individuals who fail to turn up to the event without giving two working days notice

We politely request that all attendees log on promptly to allow the trainer to deliver the full training agenda.