Duration: 3 Hours of learning Max no of learners:16
Target Audience – Support, Clinical & Care staff in a variety of settings:
Psychiatric hospitals, community mental health support, day centres, supported living for mental health, learning disability, autism, drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
Housing Support Teams & Probation teams who are providing care & support.
We have identified 5 settings that require these skills: 1) Rescue from ligature for adult supported living, 2) for psychiatric trusts, 3) for schools, for young people in supported living and 5) for approved premises for probation.
This course is delivered using a range of methods and resources including:
Face to Face tutor participative facilitation (whether in the classroom or online), scenarios for group discussions, case studies, polls, question and answer time, videos, role play if appropriate and end of session assessment.
This course has been developed and mapped to current occupational standards, qualification frameworks and the following documents and resources:
- The 2011 Gov.UK document – No Health without Mental Health (created by Dept of Health)
- Skills for Care – The Common Core Principles to support good mental health and wellbeing in adult social care
Online training: it is recommended that each learner has their own laptop/computer/tablet as the course is interactive.Having all the learners in one room is not conducive to participative/interactive learning. 2 learners can share one screen if they make sure that the facilitator can both see and hear them clearly.
Face to face training is recommended for this course in order for delegates to be able to handle the ligature cutters and practice with them. Online training only allows for demonstration.
Levels 3 to 4: the course is aimed at learners at level 3 to 4
Learning Outcomes:
After attending this course, learners will be able to:
- Identify UK suicide statistics
- Explain the mechanism of ligature and related response time required
- Develop appropriate risk reduction methods for their setting
- Identify and select the appropriate ligature cutter for different ligature materials
Entry requirements – No prerequisites required
Time breakdown | From | To | Minutes |
Registration | 09:00 | 09:15 | 15 |
Session 1 | 09:15 | 10:50 | 95 |
AM tea break | 10:50 | 11:10 | 20 |
Session 2 | 11:10 | 12:45 | 95 |
Assessment type – General T/F at the end of the course
Certification/Qualification – Downloadable certificate of attendance
All courses are accompanied by instructional materials.
Related courses:
- Suicide conversations
- Self-harm (non-suicidal self-injury)
- Suicide
- Depression
- Emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD) or (BPD)