Safety Planning (Cumbria) [18/09]

This training is fully funded and only available to people who live and work in Cumbria.

This 2.5 hour online session gives you the skills and tools to support an individual to develop their own safety plan. It is suitable for anyone in a support role who has already taken one of our suicide awareness or alertness courses, and wants to gain further skills in suicide intervention.

Safety Plans take a person centred and stepped approach. They help us manage those fleeting thoughts of suicide that emerge at the edge of your mind – through to situations where the desire to die becomes so overwhelming you no longer think you can keep yourself safe. A Safety Plan includes what you would do, and who might support you, in a suicide crisis. Safety Plan elements include;

• Identifying reasons for living
• Making your situation safer
• Recognising the warning signs
• Understanding how to lift your mood
• Identifying informal support
• Using distractions
• Getting professional support

For more information about Safety Planning, visit www.every-life-matters.org.uk/safety-planning/

This interactive session is supported by a range of post course resources you can use with clients and others you support. It is delivered on Zoom by our experienced and dedicated trainers.

Orange Button:

Completion of the training will also qualify individuals for the countywide Orange Button scheme, for more information on this project please visit https://www.every-life-matters.org.uk/orange-button

What our participants had to say:

“A really useful session - delivered with such passion – helped me realise what a huge role we can play in keeping someone safe – thank you so much”

“Practical and enabling – feel more prepared to keep someone safe now”

"Excellent presentation and very practical ideas . Thankyou"

If you have any questions about the course and its content please contact us at training@every-life-matters.org.uk

Every Life Matters is a Cumbrian Suicide Prevention and Suicide Bereavement Support Charity. We deliver a wide range of suicide prevention, self-harm and mental health training across the county, support Suicide Safer Community projects and provide support to people and organisations bereaved and affected by suicide. Find out more at www.every-life-matters.org.uk

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