Understanding Self-Harm
Understanding Self-Harm training is a one-day interactive training developed by the National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP).
This one-day training is designed to raise awareness for individuals and agencies who seek to understand more about self-harm, the reasons underlying self-harm behaviours and improve upon personal and agency responses to those who self-harm.
The training is supportive of Connecting for Life in aiming to reduce the stigma of self-harm, improve awareness and sensitivity to self-harm issues and promote effective care services for those who self-harm. The programme seeks to promote the principles of respect, understanding and choice.
CAPACITY
Minimum 16 – maximum 22
COST
No charge to participants
DURATION
One day
TRAINING OBJECTIVES
This one-day training will support participants to:
- Develop participants knowledge and understanding of self-harm and the reasons underlying such behaviour
- Have an improved sensitivity and awareness of the needs of people who self-harm
- Consider the relationship between self-harm and suicide
- Understand the prevalence of self-harm across different age groups and genders
- Become familiar with the functions, motivations and meanings that underly self-harm behaviour
- Develop awareness of possible interventions and helpful responses to people who self-harm
DESIGNED FOR
Youth Workers and those working with young people in the out of school setting
DELIVERED BY
National Youth Health Programme (NYHP)
REGISTER INTEREST
This course is available by request only, and is not scheduled to date. Please contact us if you wish to book this course.
