Suicide Prevention Training
OzHelp Tasmania aims to develop supported and resilient workplaces where suicide is not option by providing training to increase suicide alertness and awareness and prevent suicide.
The training is available to any individual, organisation or workplace group to:
- Increase their awareness of, and alertness to suicide and see prevention opportunities they may otherwise
miss;
- Become more alert to clues and communications that someone may be thinking of suicide;
- Ask about suicide and respond in ways that show understanding;
- Work with persons at risk to increase their safety;
- Facilitate links with further help from family, friends and professional helpers as needed.
SALT
S.A.L.T is a 2-hour presentation to increase suicide alertness in the workplace. This program alerts workplace members to signs that a person may be considering suicide. It acknowledges that while most people at risk of suicide signal their distress and invite help, these intervention opportunities are often overlooked. Participants learn to recognise when someone may have thoughts of suicide and to respond in ways that link them with further suicide intervention help.
The primary objectives of SALT are to:
- Increase the support available to staff within a workplace that may have been affected by suicide or having
thoughts of suicide, and
- To provide the practical tools for participants to be able to be alert to, intervene and connect someone with
thoughts of suicide to appropriate support.
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