Self Harm and Suicide (with overdose) Half Day Course

Course overview

This course is designed for anyone wanting to improve their skills and reach their potential as a practitioner. The course is fully interactive and prompts you to assess your own approach to supporting young people. The course provides an introduction to understanding self-harm and suicide, exploring the risk factors and underlying reasons behind these behaviours. It equips learners with strategies for harm minimisation and prevention, including how to confidently start conversations that encourage disclosure. The course also covers ways to actively reduce risks, promote self-help, and facilitate access to professional support, helping learners respond effectively and compassionately to individuals at risk. The course also includes a downloadable PDF workbook that you can fill in as you complete the training, so that you can develop your skills as a leader or manager and get the most out of the course content.

Aims and objectives

• Understand the practice of self-harm
• Discuss the risk factors surrounding both self-harm and suicide
• Practice harm minimisation and prevention
• Confidently start conversations to encourage disclosure
• Discuss the reasons why people commit suicide and self-harm and actively reduce some of these risks
• Encourage self-help and professional intervention