CALM Care Suicide Safety & Awareness Workshop

This half day program teaches you how to be suicide aware and recognise when someone may be thinking of ending their life. Participants will learn how to recognise the subtle warning signs that are often missed or overlooked, how to approach them, and what to say. participants will be equipped to confidnently put their hand up when someone is signalling they need care.

This is an evidence-informed program that is based on providing life-saving connections for someone when they are feeling their most vulnerable.

Qualifications ae issued by Safety Training Solution RTO#40590.

 

 

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Course Duration

3.5 hours

Course Cost

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Course Overview

Participants will learn;

  • How to approach the person and make a connection.
  • How to determine if suicide is in their thoughts.
  • What to do to ensure the person’s safety is addressed.
  • How to use the CALM Care app so that support is ongoing for the person as they work through their pain and distress.

Participants will receive;

  • A 16-page booklet booklet filled with examples of practical responses and questions to ask.
  • A list of relevant national helplines and websites for support.
  • Access to the CALM Care app which provides the person you are supporting with a tool they can use when they are feeling vulnerable to connect with supports and provide automated SMs messaging when they are in crisis.
  • A printed certificate of attendance.
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Course Outline

  • Recognise the impact of suicide and distinguish between myths and facts.
  • Debate identifying risk factors, warning signs, protective factors versus identifying life stressors in suicide prevention and review recent research.
  • Practice how to ask about suicide and discuss overcoming stigma associate with the concept of suicide.
  • Develop a warm referral technique and strategies to ensure both professional and community support networks.
  • Recognise the differences between burnout, compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma and moral injury and formulate a self-care plan.

Course Location and Dates

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