Suicide awareness and prevention - Level 3

Launching our first national conference examining effective service provision and practice for people that self-harm, current thinking and implications for practice.

Harmless sixth annual From Harm to Hope national conference focuses on ‘Looking back and looking forward, what self-harm evidence and presentations tell us about needs and practice.’ Harmless hosts 9 interactive sessions that can drive change in the field of self-harm and suicide prevention. Delegates can take away a range of knowledge, inspiration, and practical applications for the implementation in personal and professional situations. This event will bring together private, public, voluntary and community sector organisations, individuals with lived experience of self-harm, professionals and practitioners working within the field of self-harm and suicide prevention.

Our internet safety and emotional wellbeing training day enables individuals to explore the relationship between the internet and emotional wellbeing. This includes looking at modern-day internet and app use, online risks, digital fluency, and appropriate online support and interventions around self harm and suicide

Our Introductory Mental health course is an course to supporting those who are at risk of poor mental health. It develops a foundational knowledge around mental health and encourages the participants to explore and identify key issues around stigma and understanding how to reduce discrimination. Participants will develop an understanding around warning signs & symptoms for common mental health conditions and explore how to respond appropriately to disclosures of mental health issues and build effective signposting skills along with reinforcing self-care strategies.

This course provides an advance overview of self-harm and suicide training specifically aimed for those working within IAPT services. Learning topics covered include, Contextual knowledge, Policy, strategy and contextual issues, Advanced skills, Risk assessment and safety planning, Brief interventions, and Recovery. The course is suitable for those interested in an enhanced level of training and CPD, delegates must have completed at least a Level 3 course previously (e.g. PWP’s, CBT, Counsellors etc).

Our Mental Health awareness for Managers training provides an opportunity for any Manager to gain more knowledge, skills and confidence in supporting the emotional wellbeing of their employees. Managers will gain a detailed overview of common mental health conditions, identify risks, signs and symptoms of workplace stress, and explore strategies of intervention to support their employees, teams, and organisation as a whole. This includes a look at relevant legislation, sickness absence, presenteeism, and reasonable adjustments.

The training provides an opportunity for individuals from a broad range of front line staff and carers to attend and build a detailed overview of mental health and working with those who have mental health conditions.

The training provides an opportunity for individuals from a broad range of front line staff and carers to attend and build a detailed overview of mental health and working with those who have mental health conditions.

This workshop provides an opportunity for individuals from a broad range of front line staff and carers to attend and build an introductory overview of mental health and working with those who have mental health conditions. Delegates will explore both the impact upon them and their own professional arenas as well as non-specific training.

This DVD can be used by people that self-harm to promote recovery and self-belief. It can also be used by professionals or carers to enhance understanding, empathy and strategies that are helpful when supporting people that self-harm.

Our Level 3 Self Harm online training course provides a more in-depth understanding of self harm and builds on the brief intervention work in the level 2 course, considering evidence-based long-term support. Participants will not only develop a range of skills to assess and support those who self harm, they will also, practice the application of these skills and reflect on their own practice.

Our Level 2 Self Harm online training course builds a foundational understanding of self harm and encourages the participants to explore key issues and stereotypes faced by those who self harm and those who offer support. Participants will develop a range of evidence-based brief intervention strategies and signposting skills to effectively support someone who self harms. As well as reflecting on their own practice when responding to disclosures

Our self-care and resilience training half day provides an opportunity for individuals from a broad range of professional arenas to attend and get a detailed overview of self-care and resilience. This includes looking at risk factors, burnout, coping mechanisms, self-help strategies, and signposting. The training is non-specific to a particular field as it can be applied to any professional arena.

2 day training course provides an in-depth overview of self-harm and working with self-harm.

This training provides an opportunity for individuals from a broad range of professional arenas to attend and get a detailed overview of self-harm and working with self-harm. Although there is some opportunity for delegates to explore the impact upon them in their own professional arenas, the training is non-specific to a particular field

This workshop provides an introduction to what self-harm is, why it occurs and the causes. Although there is some opportunity for delegates to explore the impact upon them in their professional arenas, the training is non-specific to a particular field.

This course is suitable for those with no prior training. For example, the general public or individuals who have an interest in developing their understanding without having specific professional responsibility for such work. The training provides an awareness of Suicide and how to effectively respond to someone in distress.

This course is suitable for those who have some understanding of suicide. For example, frontline community staff whose role is involved in supporting people. The training provides an overview of suicide and how to effectively support someone in distress.

This year’s conference theme is “2 steps forward,,1 step back, How do we keep momentum in challenging times?. Harmless will host eight live online webinar sessions with experts in the field of suicide bereavement. We have an amazing line up of contributions from Support After Suicide Partnership, John Moores University, University College London, University of Chester, NHS Foundation Trust, Harmless and the Harmless and Tomorrow Project Team and Zero Suicide Alliance.

This year's conference theme is 'Surviving a Crisis, How to ensure we keep moving in the direction of effective application'. Harmless will host seven live online webinar sessions with experts in the field of suicide bereavement. We have an amazing line up of contributions from Nottinghamshire Police, University of Glasgow, University College London, SASP, and the Harmless and Tomorrow Project Team.