Self-Harm Awareness (Online)
Target Audience
All Internal Staff / CAH Staff / Health Practitioners / Schools / Social Care Staff / Voluntary Sector Workers
Event Types
Online Course
Course categories
Children and Young People / Public Health & Wellbeing / Safeguarding
Children and Young People subcategories
Children's Social Care / Safeguarding Children / Single Assessment Framework (Early Help)
Public Health & Wellbeing subcategories
Early Years and School Health / Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing
Safeguarding subcategories
Safeguarding Children
Event description
The session will aim to build a better understanding of what self-harm is, why people turn towards self-harm behaviours and what signs and indicators there are for self-harm behaviours.
The course will also help you to develop understanding around helping to support someone who is self-harming and best practice response.
The key aim is to build confidence, reduce stigma and create a better response to individuals who self-harm.
The trainer has requested that attendees have their cameras on during the session to ensure attendance and help with engagement.
The session will be interactive – with lots of opportunities for discussion.
Learning outcomes
• What self-harm is – definitions, stats
• What can lead to self-harm – triggers
• Self-harm and suicide – similarities, differences, asking about suicide
• Functions of self-harm
• Signs and indicators of self-harm
• Barriers to accessing support – client perspective
• Focus upon stopping self-harm pros and cons
• Harm minimisation and alternatives to self-harm
• How to broach suspected self-harm
• Language use around self-harm
• Best practice response
Start Date
Thursday 14 July 2022
End Date
Thursday 14 July 2022
Closing Date
Wednesday 13 July 2022