Training
The Health Improvement Team offer the following courses. All courses and training are provided free of charge within Shetland.
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ASIST - Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
To book a place on ASIST call John Fraser on 01595 74 3006
The two day ASIST training aims to help people become more ready, willing and able to intervene with someone who is at immediate risk of suicide. Participants will learn to:
- recognise invitations to help
- reach out and offer support
- review the risk of suicide
- apply a suicide intervention model
- link people with community resources
2013 Dates, all Thursday-Friday courses, in Islesburgh Community Centre, 9:30-5pm both days:
- June 13/14th
- September 19/20th
- November 14/15th
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| Self-harm Awareness Training
The 1-day self harm awareness course is designed to standardise understanding and responses to self harm in order to deliver appropriate and safe services across diverse working sectors. Participants will have the opportunity to
- gain a better understanding of self harm
- look at how we can respond to self harm
- discuss some of the issues for us as workers
Dates in 2013: All courses will be in Isleburgh
Community Centre 9:30 - 4:30pm,
- Tuesday 24th September
- Friday 29th November
We can also offer a two hour Self-harm Awareness-raising session for staff groups
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Scottish Mental Health First Aid (SMHFA) is designed to help equip people with the ability to offer help in a mental health crisis situation. Participants will learn how to:
- ask about suicide
- recognise the signs of mental health problems
- provide initial help
- guide a person to appropriate help
Dates in 2013: All courses will be in Isleburgh Community Centre 9:30 - 4:30pm, over two days, Thurs - Fri
- 23rd/24th May
- 22nd/23rd August
- 21st/22nd November
call 01595 74 3084
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The following can be arranged depending on interest, please contact Elsbeth Clark on 01595 74 3084
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Stress Less Session
2 hour session or 2 x 1 hour sessions
Available on a request basis and delivered in your work area or arranged in alternative venue whatever suits your needs. Sessions are best restricted to a maximum of 12 participants at a time.
Please contact Elsbeth Clark in Health Improvement to organise a session either by emailing: e.clark5@nhs.net or by phoning 01595 74 3084.
This short session was developed by Healthy Working Lives. It helps to raise awareness of the stress process and why it is important to manage it. It finishes with some basic techniques for individual stress management.
Learning Objectives:
- List and demonstrate an understanding of the 4 stages of the pressure/release cycle
- Explain the link between pressure and performance at work
- Give examples of the physical, psychological and behavioural signs and symptoms of stress
- List the 6 key areas of stress at work as identified by the Health and Safety Executive and apply to the work setting
Describe steps an individual can take to prevent and/ or deal with stress
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Safetalk At the end of this two and a half hour workshop you will be better able to move beyond common tendencies to miss, dismiss or avoid suicide
- identify people who have thoughts of suicide
- apply the TALK steps (Tell, Ask, Listen and KeepSafe)
KSF Links:
- Communication: Level 1
- Personal and People Development: Level 1
- Health, Safety and Security: Level 1
- Quality: Level 1
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Work in schools
The Health Improvement Team offers emotional awareness and resilience sessions in schools - from nursery children to high school students.
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