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Target audience
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- Level 1 (1/2 day): Anyone
- Level 2 (1 day on top of Level 1): Anyone
- Level 3 (1 day on top of Level 1 & 2): Professionals
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| Length of training |
17 hours – delivered over 2 ½ days |
| Level of training |
Level 1 - Suicide First Aid
- Recognise signs of suicidality
- Understand reasons behind thoughts of suicide
- Engaging a person in crisis empathically
- Offer emotional support
- Recognise potential barriers to seeking help
- Signpost to appropriate resources (help lines)
Level 2 - Ambassador
- Recognise signs of suicidality
- Understand reasons behind thoughts of suicide
- Engaging a person in crisis empathically
- Offer emotional support
- Recognise potential barriers to seeking help
- Signpost to appropriate resources (help lines)
- Key facts and figures of suicide nationally and internationally
- Ways to communicate key messages to the public
- Ways to engage and encourage change and prevention
Level 3 - Gatekeeper
- Recognise signs of suicidality
- Understand reasons behind thoughts of suicide
- Engaging a person in crisis empathically
- Offer emotional support
- Recognise potential barriers to seeking help
- Signpost to appropriate resources (help lines)
- Understand societal and demographic risk factors for suicidality
- Make a formal referral to relevant agency
- Safeguard a person at immediate risk of crisis
- Follow up on referral and safeguarding
- Encourage and support mobilisation of carers and supporters mindful of consensus statement
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Signpost to suitable self-care resources
Note: Level 1 is not a specific suicide based session, however Level 2 onward do cover suicide awareness and prevention.
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| Recommended by |
- This resource was developed by the Royal Society of Public Health – a charity for public health in the UK
- This resource was supported by the North West Psychological Professions Network (UK)
- This resource was funded and supported by Health Education England – a national NHS body leading healthcare staff recruitment and development
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The aim of the ZSA Resources is to introduce users to a range of existing and new resources with a connection to supporting people with their mental health, bring awareness to and help prevent incidences of suicide. Even though the ZSA offer their own training, this resource is presented aside other training resources to enable the user to make an informed decision over its use.
For more information on ZSA Resources, please refer to ZSA Policies.
Content last updated: 02/11/2022.
