Suicide and Risk Assessment - An introduction
Posted by VoluntaryActionSheffield
This training is an introduction to working with people who present a risk to themselve; and to the core components of 'risk assessment'. The course will help to improve your confidence managing risk and carrying out risk assessments.
| When | Sep 22, 2010 from 09:30 am to 12:30 pm |
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| Where | Sheffield city centre venue |
| About | mental health |
| Type | training |
| Who |
people who work with people, in any setting, for whom suicide is an issue. |
by
VoluntaryActionSheffield
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last modified
Aug 19, 2010 12:06 PM
This course will help you to:
- Have a greater understanding of local suicide risk factors
- Improve your confidence around managing risk within the context of your own role - 'knowing when to be concerned and what to do with that concern’
- Use local media examples to understand risk factors that have contributed to people's deaths
- Understand service user experience of accessing help when in crisis both in primary care and secondary care mental health service settings
- Promote services that have a role to play in helping people in crisis and at risk
This course will be repeated on 10 March 2011.
For more details contact Carron Charlesworth tel 01142536623 or at training@vas.org.uk
More details are available at the event website
