These 2 hour online sessions from Every Life Matters, give you the skills and tools to support an individual to develop their own safety plan. It is suitable for anyone in a support role who has already taken one of our suicide awareness or alertness courses, and wants to gain further skills in suicide intervention.

Safety Plans take a person centred and stepped approach. They help us manage those fleeting thoughts of suicide that emerge at the edge of your mind – through to situations where the desire to die becomes so overwhelming you no longer think you can keep yourself safe. A Safety Plan includes what you would do, and who might support you, in a suicide crisis. Safety Plan elements include;

• Identifying reasons for living
• Making your situation safer
• Recognising the warning signs
• Understanding how to lift your mood
• Identifying informal support
• Using distractions
• Getting professional support

For more information about Safety Planning from Every Life Matters, visit www.every-life-matters.org.uk/safety-planning/

This interactive session is supported by a range of post course resources you can use with clients and others you support. It is delivered on Zoom by our experienced and dedicated trainers.