Understanding Self-Harm - Online

 What is Understanding Self Harm?

It is a half-day educational and awareness raising workshop, with an emphasis on experiential learning and participation.

Who is it for?

Anyone involved in supporting someone who self harms.

What are the training goals?

The session combines various teaching methods including discussion, an experiential exercise, small group and pair work and whole group discussion. Each participant receives a resource pack with further learning materials and information about sources of support. The workshop is facilitated to encourage a safe and effective learning environment. Areas addressed in the workshop include:

• Attitudes and preconceptions toward self-injury
• The dynamics, meaning and functions of self-injury
• Causes and triggers
• Cycles of harm
• Helpful and unhelpful responses to people who self-injure
• Alternative coping strategies
• Organisational and clinical responses to self injury

This course has been designed for those working with individuals who self harm. As such, the workshop will include discussion and description of methods of self harm, self injury and suicide. If you have been closely affected by any of these issues, or feel that this may be challenging at this time, we would invite you to consider your relationship to the topic before booking your place.

Feedback

"[The trainers] delivered a difficult topic in such an attentive and nurturing way. I walked away learning a lot more than I did coming in and feel equipped to get started with some of the approaches and strategies you went through with us in the training."

Eligibility for a funded training place

This training has been 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.

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.

Whole Courses

Whole Courses can be a cost-effective way of training your team in your own venue. If your organisation is based in Brighton & Hove and works with at risk target groups we may be able to offer a discount based on the allocation of funded places. Please contact us to discuss your exact training needs, and possible discounts and funding options. 

If you are experiencing technical difficulties towards the end of the booking process, please be aware that some workplace security settings do not allow the processing of payment card data. Eventbrite advises to purchase through a private device or alternative internet browser. 

For any persistent booking issues or for queries contact us at training@prevent-suicide.org.uk

Please note that the Zoom link will be sent to you by email two days prior to the course day.

Cancellation & Refunds:

If you need to cancel your booking, please let us know as soon as possible. The booking costs of UOK places are non refundable. All other bookings will be refunded within the following policy:

Less than 3 working notice: Not refundable

4-10 working days notice: 50% of fee

11-15 working days notice: 25% of fee

Over 15 working days notice: Fully refundable

Notes regarding the session

-Please note that ticket sales stop 2 workdays 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.