Introduction

In partnership with Portsmouth's Suicide Prevention Partnership, Portsmouth City Council & We Are Hummingbird Health present a subsidised Suicide First Aid Lite (SFAL) training to support Portsmouth city residents develop the confidence, knowledge and skills in suicide awareness and prevention.

This course is suitable for all adults, in all areas of life and occupation. You do not need any prior experience to attend and learn.

Course Content

SFA Lite is a 3 hour face-to-face online training comprised of 2 parts, each 90 minutes . The programme teaches the skills needed to identify someone who may be thinking about suicide and to pass the person onto a suicide first aider.

Suicide First Aid Lite training offers learning outcomes that are knowledge based and factual. The information in SFAL is easy to grasp for people of all skill levels and those with no prior knowledge.

You will be sent the classroom Zoom link and SFA Workbook a few days prior to the training, so please make sure your email, or, if booking for a colleague, include their email/s while booking.

Thank you!

Part 1 – 90 minutes

• Introduction to the session; programme, ourselves and suicide prevention

• Stigma and survivors of bereavement by suicide and the Hidden Toll

• Suicide thoughts and suicide behaviour

• Intention of behaviour versus outcome of behaviour

• Possible causes of suicide thoughts

• Suicide – the ripple effect

Break

Part 2 – 90 minutes

• ‘I’m really glad you told me’ audio visual

• Suicide Safety Guidance

• Recognising and asking about suicide

• Referring a person onto suicide first aid

This training can be used as a stand-alone programme or as the first part of a journey to learn suicide prevention skills. The one-day programme Suicide First Aid through Understanding Suicide Interventions is a City & Guilds qualification programme and the next step for people wanting a more in-depth practice-based approach to the learning.