Hieda – Suicide awareness

Name: Hieda – Suicide awareness
Start: 2023-06-29T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2023-06-29T15:00:00+01:00
Location: Virtual – Zoom

Thursday 29 June, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Date: June 29, 2023
Time: 14:00 – 15:00
Cost: Hieda Full Member – £60, Hieda Additional Member – £20, Non-member – £120
Audience:
Platform: Zoom (online) – webinar

Course outline

Suicide is a coping strategy for severe mental illness that is challenging to manage. Following the pandemic, awareness around suicide has increased and more provision is now in place to support those struggling. This webinar aims to address suicide, explore preventative measures and identify the supportive strategies which can be implemented to help those we feel are at risk.

Training topics will include:

What is suicide
What does suicide support look like
Resources and Strategies to support
Documentation and the process in the workplace.

Learning outcomes:

To understand and be knowledgeable about suicide
To be knowledgeable of how to support a young person or team member
To be able to advice and support others within the guidance.

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Speaker: Sarah Ashworth, Schools and Families Programme Director, The Charlie Walker Trust

Sarah Ashworth is Director of Schools and Families Programmes and a member of the Charlie Waller team delivering consultancy and training in colleges and universities.

Sarah holds professional qualifications in counselling and psychotherapy, nutritional therapy and coaching. She is a Registered and Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) a Member of the British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT), and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Over the last 30 years, Sarah has worked with a wide variety of individuals and groups, particularly children and young people. Prior to joining Charlie Waller, she led a multidisciplinary team as Head of Mental Health at the University of Warwick. Sarah continues to work in private practice and teaches counselling related and psychopathology modules at the University of Warwick and the University of Oxford.

A highly experienced mental health practitioner and educator, Sarah’s passion is supporting others to understand the multitude of biological, psychological and sociological factors which influence mental health and wellbeing, providing training and interventions to facilitate wellbeing at an individual and collective level.