Suicide First Aid Lite - Virtual (UOK)

Course overview

This course teaches and practices the skills and knowledge needed to identify someonewho may be thinking about suicide and competently intervene to help create suicide-safety as a first aid approach.

The course is taught using tutor-facilitated Socratic learning, tutor-led role-play, mini-lectures, group work and audio-visual presentations. This is a highly interactive and emotionally engaging learning experience delivered via Zoom.

No previous experience or training is required. Participants will be asked to self-reflect and empathise with a young person having thoughts of suicide.

Learning outcomes:

• Suicide behaviour; reasons and magnitude of the community health problem.
• Role of the carer in managing suicide interventions; different roles with different young people
• Understand approaches and process of suicide intervention including desired outcomes
• Understand the importance of self-reflection and personal impact when working with suicide

Pre-training requirement

No previous experience or training is necessary. Participants will be asked to self-reflect and empathise with a person having thoughts of suicide.

Eligibility for a partially funded training place

This training has been partially funded by UOK - a network of local services committed to supporting good mental health and wellbeing in Brighton and Hove. To be eligible for a funded place you need to be working within the Brighton & Hove City boundary, with people in vulnerable or high risk groups. As a guide, we offer each organisation three places per course type, per financial year. However, for larger organisations further places may be available.

If you are purchasing on behalf of others, please ensure you have the full information for each participant as you will be asked to fill out details on booking. Please note that each purchase counts towards your organisation's yearly allocation, and that spaces are not transferable to other courses or dates.

There is small fee upon booking, the booking price covers administrative fees and as such is non-refundable. In the event that you cannot attend, please provide the details of anyone attending in your place.

If you are unsure about your eligibility for a funded place, or would like further information please contact Grassroots Suicide Prevention directly.

Cancellation & Refunds:

If you need to cancel your booking, please let us know as soon as possible. Bookings will be transferred or refunded within the following policy:

Less than 3 working notice: 100% of fee

4-10 working days notice: 50% of fee

11-15 working days notice: 25% of fee

Over 15 working days notice: no charge

Booking fees associated with funded places are non-refundable, however we will do our best to transfer to you the next available course.

Notes regarding the session

-Please note that ticket sales stop 3 days before the start of the course date, so please book ahead of the course date.

-If you have a ticket for the course, you will receive a link to the Zoom session 2 days before the course, via email, so please doublecheck the email address you add when filling in your ticket. You should receive a confirmation email shortly after booking a ticket.

Please ensure you have Zoom installed and working ahead of the session. We are unable to issue refunds for those who are unable to attend due to technical difficulties.

If you do have a ticket and do not receive this link 2 days before, please contact us with the name of the course and the date and time of the session

-Finally, if it's applicable to you, an invoice will be sent after the completion of the course.