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Title:
Working With Those Who Are Suicidal
When:
26.10.2011
Trainer:
Fiona Venner
Category:
Interpersonal

Description

About the Course

This one day course will focus on supporting people who are at risk of suicide. It is designed to allow participants to feel more confident in being able to identify if someone is at risk of suicide and will have more ideas and resources for working with people who are suicidal.

 

Course Content

  • Facts and myths about suicide
  • Risk factors and warning signs
  • The overlap between suicide and self harm
  • How to work effectively with people who are suicidal
  • The aftermath of a suicide
  • Supporting people who have been bereaved by suicide.
  • The impact on us of supporting people who are suicidal..
  • Evaluation

 

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course participants will:

  • Feel more confident in being able to identify if someone is at risk of suicide
  • Have more ideas and resources for working with people who are suicidal.
  • Have explored their own thoughts and feelings in relation to working with suicide.
  • Have a list of further resources and reading materials which can support them in this challenging area of work.

 

Due to the content of the course, it is essential that participants attend of their own volition and are willing to reflect on their own experiences of working with suicide.

 

Trainer

Trainer:
Fiona Venner

Description

Fiona is a freelance trainer who has worked with people at risk of suicide and self harm in a number of settings over the past 15 years. Fiona is currently the manager of Leeds Survivor Led Crisis Service, which support people in acute crisis, at the point of crisis, most of whom are at risk of suicide and/or self harm. Fiona was also the Deputy Chief Executive of Leeds Mind for four years, worked with homeless people with mental health problems in London and managed the Suicide and Self Harm team at 42nd Street, a service for young people in Manchester. Fiona is a qualified counselor and has worked as volunteer counselor in Leeds at The Market Place, the Womens Counselling and Therapy Service and Reaching Out, Barca.

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