Learning and Development: Suicide intervention courses

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Two new courses facilitated by Re-Align Futures on behalf of the Learning and Development Team are available to book - SafeTalk and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST).

SafeTALK

This is a four-hour face-to-face workshop facilitated by Re-Align Futures on behalf of the Learning and Development Team.  The course features powerful presentations, audiovisuals, and skills practice. You'll learn how to prevent suicide by recognizing signs, engaging someone, and connecting them to an intervention resource for further support.

This session helps participants:

  • Understand how personal and community beliefs about suicide affect suicide stigma and safety;
  • Appreciate how talking openly about suicide can help prevent it;
  • Contribute to suicide safety by protecting, preserving, and promoting life in the communities.
Dates Times
10th October 2022 9:00am - 12:30pm
7th November 2022 1:00pm - 4:30pm
6th December 2022 9:00am - 12:30pm
23rd January 2023 1:00pm - 4:30pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) - 2 day course

This is a two-day face-to-face workshop facilitated by Re-Align Futures on behalf of the Learning and Development Team.  You'll learn how to prevent suicide by recognizing signs, providing a skilled intervention, and developing a safety plan to keep someone alive.

Over the course of their two-day workshop, ASIST participants learn to:

  • Understand the ways that personal and societal attitudes affect views on suicide and interventions;
  • Provide guidance and suicide first aid to a person at risk in ways that meet their individual safety needs;
  • Identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and the actions required to implement it;
  • Appreciate the value of improving and integrating suicide prevention resources in the community at large;
  • Recognize other important aspects of suicide prevention including life-promotion and self-care.
Date Time
2nd and 3rd February 2023 9:00am - 5:00pm both days

 

 

 

 

Booking and other information

Cost: No charge for either course.  

Booking instructions: please email: learninganddevelopment@bolton.gov.uk with the following information:

  • Course title, date and time
  • Your full name 
  • Organisation name
  • Organisation address 
  • Contact details

Cancellations: To cancel your place, please notify the Learning and Development Team on 01204 337600 or email learninganddevelopment@bolton.gov.uk 

You must cancel your place at least 2 weeks prior to the course date, otherwise the following charges will apply:

  • 2 weeks or more - No charge     
  • 1-2 weeks prior - £25.00
  • The week of the training course - full cost
  • Non-attendance full cost

IMPORTANT - If your course is free of charge and you cancel within 2 weeks or do not attend, you will be charged £25.00

Published: 10th June 2022