Welcome to the “Excellence in Care Series”

We understand that a lot of businesses find it difficult to release all staff to attend training.  For this reason we are now running open courses  to give organisations and individuals the opportunity to book onto a course with minimum disruption to your workforce and operations.

Our open courses are ideal for anyone working in the healthcare sector.  You can attend the courses as an individual or a number of your staff can be booked onto the course.  There are a maximum of 16 places available on this brand new course.

Training made easy for you

With a lot of new regulations coming into force, it is vital now more than ever that you are able to provide appropriate training for your workforce.

Supporting you with staff recruitment & retention

It’s a fact that quality training increases recruitment and aids retention.  A vital issue in your sector where good staff seem to be becoming ever more thin on the ground.  Our bespoke training packages are designed specifically to help you.

Helping you increased productivity

Well trained staff are able to carry out their duties more efficiently.  Organisations with a well trained workforce suffer less safeguard incidents.  Well trained staff work more efficiently and have more confidence in their job role.

Improving standards of care delivery

Suicide Prevention Training | Hosting Suicidal Conversations with Empathetic & Compassionate Responses

Suicide prevention training will equip support staff with the skills and confidence to manage a conversation with someone who is having thoughts of suicide or showing signs of suicidal behaviour, in an empathetic and compassionate way. Tidal Training have developed this Suicide Prevention course to be delivered to groups of up to 16 people.  This course will be delivered via Zoom.

Who Should Attend?

Anyone whose role brings them into contact with people who have suicidal thoughts and feelings.

There are many front-line workers who support people with mental health issues that are not empowered with the knowledge and skills to host suicide conversations.

A large percentage of these frontline workers still believe that talking about suicide might ‘give the person ideas’ or ‘tip the person over the edge’. All the research into suicide finds that when people with suicidal thoughts and feelings are given the opportunity to speak about how they are feeling, it “reduces the intensity of holding it all in” Jonny Benjamin 2017.

This course is therefore suitable for those in health care, mental health care, supported living, education and child care, public safety – law enforcement, prison services, approved housing; social services, housing services, support workers in all services, etc.

Learning Outcomes:

• By the end of this course the participant will be able to:
• Interpret current suicide statistics in order to identify risk markers for suicide
• Explore their own thoughts, feelings and attitudes towards suicide
• Understand the background factors and feelings that can lead to suicidal thoughts and behaviours
• Differentiate between sympathy, empathy and compassion
• Barriers that prevent people at risk seeking help (Self stigma, societal stigma and structural stigma)
• Discuss myths versus facts about suicide
• Identify suicide warning signs in order to identify when to commence a suicide conversation
• Host a conversation with someone who is having thoughts of suicide or showing signs of suicidal behaviour (assess and respond to the risk of suicide)
• Respond with empathy and compassion during the suicide conversation
• Signpost or connect the person for further support or take action to keep the person safe in the immediate future

Course Assessment and Certification

The trainer will check understanding, involvement and the ability of all students throughout the duration of the course.  A certificate of attendance will be provided.

Cost:  £90.00 + Vat per person