We recommend the following training opportunities.
NHS Education for Scotland Mental Health Improvement, and Prevention of Self-Harm and Suicide
Aimed at those working across education, health and social care settings this framework is designed to enable individuals, their teams and managers identify and understand the values, knowledge and skills expected of them in mental health improvement and the prevention of self-harm or suicide. It will also help identify gaps or strengths in staff knowledge and skills. The framework articulates the knowledge and skills required across 4 levels of practice: informed, skilled, enhanced and specialist.
This Turas course provides training across a wide range of topics related to mental health. You will need to sign up for a Turas username and password to access the courses. We recommend completing all courses, however, in the Skilled Level, learning byte 4 is specifically targeted towards understanding and supporting those who self-harm.
Learning Byte 4: Supporting People at Risk of Self-Harm
Topics covered include reasons why people self-harm, understanding self-harm as communication of distress, some common misconceptions surrounding self-harm, impact of thoughts, feelings and emotions on self-harm, adopting a sensitive, compassionate and non-judgemental approach when talking about self-harm, risk and protective factors associated with self-harm, ways you can positively respond to and talk about self-harm.
