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ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)
Created: 01/12/2016
News/Events Category: Training and Learning
When: 9.00am - 5.00pm, Tuesday 17 January 2017
Where: Playfield Institute, Stratheden Hospital, Cupar, KY15 5RR
This event is being organised by Fife Health and Wellbeing Alliance
This particular event is free to attend, so no payment is required.
It is too late to book a place for this particular session, sorry about that.Dates
Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 January 2017.
Aims
To enable people working and living in Fife to recognise invitations for help and to intervene to prevent the immediate risk of suicide and thereby reduce suicide rates in the longer term.
Outcomes
Participants will have, on successful completion of this course:
- The ability to recognise invitations for help;
- Learned how to reach out and offer support;
- The ability to review the risk of suicide;
- The ability to apply a suicide intervention model; and
- The ability to link people with community resources.
Who should attend?
This is an important course for anyone working in frontline services, where suicide prevention and risk assessment skills are required.
Facilitators
Derek Magee, Contact Point Organiser, Barony Housing Association;
Helen Hutton, Outreach Counselling Coordinator, Fife Alcohol Support Service;
John Kennedy, Area Coordinator, Drug and Alcohol Psychotherapies Limited;
Sarah White, Counsellor, Fife Alcohol Support Service; and
Steve McLaren, Warehouse Supervisor, Furniture Plus.
How to book
Click here for the online booking form.
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