City of Edinburgh Training Strategy |  |
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A tiered approach to: SuicideTALK, Scotland’s Mental Health First Aid (SMHFA), Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), and Skills-based Training on risk Management (STORM)
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Other training currently under negotiation/development:
Risk Assessment and relevant issues for school based staff. A training developed in collaboration with City of Edinburgh Children and Families Team. Identifying key staff to be trained in delivering and cascading out the training.
Supporting the Supporters: developed and evaluated by Edinburgh Carers Council with funding from Choose Life.
Self Harm
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Rationale
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ASIST provides practical training in intervening to prevent the immediate risk of suicide.
Suicide TALK is an awareness exploration session designed to help make communities aware that something can be done to prevent suicide.
To look at how suicide awareness can be cascaded out most effectively within the City of Edinburgh. All training is currently provided FREE. All participants who attend ASIST are given the offer of participating in training to then be able to provide SuicideTALK. Full support will be provided via Choose Life coordinator. Plan would be to email out to “SuicideTALKers” when SuicideTALK is requested by organisations. SuicideTALKers could also identify own organisational needs and take this forward in collaboration with the Choose Life coordinator.
Certain groups have been prioritised for provision of this training strategy such as groups involved in the broader Choose Life programme within the city which have a higher than usual likelihood of coming into contact with suicide issues.
Corporate organisations are also key agencies in the delivery of suicide awareness to a large population base, both for clients they are working with and employees eg financial and retail institutions.
Providing Scotland’s Mental Health First Aid as appropriate in collaboration with other trainers and training providers within City of Edinburgh Council and NHS Lothian
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Desired Outcomes
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- Improved early identification of people at risk of suicide.
- Increased confidence and competence of staff in key agencies to respond to a person at risk
- Provide opportunities for awareness raising to enable people to feel more ready, willing and able to help anyone at risk of suicide
- Help people feel less isolated when at risk of suicide
- Reduce the stigma and taboo of suicide and mental health/illness issues
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Relevance to Choose Life's Key Areas Of Work
| | Supporting the improved co-ordination of efforts by local agencies to develop and implement local suicide prevention action plans. |
Choose Life Objectives
| - Early prevention and intervention
- Responding to immediate crisis
- Longer term work to provide hope and support recovery
- Coping with suicidal behaviour and completed suicide
- Promoting more public awareness and encouraging people to seek help early
| Choose Life Priority Groups
| None Supplied
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Partners In Delivery
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- Edinburgh City Council
- NHS Lothian
- Penumbra
- Placement opportunities have been negotiated in various settings
- Ministry of Defense
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In Kind Support Received
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Free use of facilities by various organisations, voluntary and statutory in return for free training.
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Evaluation Tools/Methods
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Developing and implementing local training programmes as described above with ongoing evaluation by Choose Life Coordinator. Evaluation fed back to all trainers and Choose Life Steering on a regular basis
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Contact Details
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Sandra de Munoz
Choose Life Coordinator
Royal Edinburgh Hospital
McKinnon House
Morningside Place
Edinburgh, EH10 5HF
Tel: 0131 537 6660
Fax: 0131 537 6535
Email: sandra.demunoz@lpct.scot.nhs.uk
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Additional Information
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More on ASIST can be found on the Choose Life Website: http://www.chooselife.net/web/site/Training/ASIST/ASISTHome.asp
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