Location: Outcome, Mind, 35 Ashley Road London N19 3AG

What is Caring Connections?

This is a full day, comprehensive and interactive course. The course enables participants to identify, engage, and collaboratively provide safety planning to people at risk of suicide. It is ideal for those who have ongoing relationships with individuals they are support.

The course aligns with Health Education England and NICE guidelines.

Participants will be able to:

· Examine some of their attitudes about suicide

· Explain what being trauma-informed means in this context

· List factors relevant to the service that might increase the risk of suicide

· Identify potential warning signs that someone might have thoughts of suicide

· Explain the limitations of suicide-risk screening tools

· Discuss the principles of and possible steps in assessment when working with someone at risk

· List potential barriers to stable engagement and ways of addressing these

· Familiarise themselves with a range of questions that could be used to assess risk and promote strengths

· Determine appropriate levels of support (emergency services or support organisations/apps) and deploy appropriate technology such as the Stay Alive app in supporting people at risk of suicide

· Practise engaging someone in conversations about suicide using a framework

· Collaborate with a person at risk to develop a safety plan

· Discuss and construct ways of increasing their own resilience

Ticket Eligibility:

To be eligible for a ticket, you must either be a frontline Islington council worker or work/volunteer for a local VSCE organisation which delivers support directly to Islington residents. We will ask you to confirm this at ticket checkout.

Please note, we limit tickets at 6 per course, per organisation, to ensure fair access for all individuals.