Suicide Prevention Training
Suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians between the ages of 15 and 44. We are taking a community-wide approach to suicide prevention in our region, which includes supporting various free training opportunities in suicide prevention for health professionals and the community.
If reading about suicide raises strong feelings or emotions for you, support is available:
Suicide Prevention Training Opportunities
These activities are part of the Australian government’s Targeted Regional Initiatives for Suicide Prevention:
Touchpoints Community Workshops
We have funded Roses in the Ocean to support two residents of the Nepean Blue Mountains region to facilitate Touchpoints Community Workshops. This free four-hour workshop is designed specifically to give community members an insight into suicide through the lens of lived experience and equip them with the right knowledge and practical tools to reduce others’ emotional pain. On completion of this workshop, you can expect to have attained a deeper understanding and appreciation of the complexity of suicide, increased confidence and capacity to engage with people in crises, debunked commonly held suicide myths with facts and more.
These interactive workshops are delivered by local trained and lived-experience facilitators.
If you would like to register interest in attending future TouchPoints workshops in the Nepean Blue Mountains region, complete their online form or send an email to Roses in the Ocean.
Lifeline Central West
We fund Lifeline Central West to provide various mental health and suicide prevention training across the Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury, Lithgow and Penrith regions throughout the year. They provide training in SafeTALK, Mental Health First Aid, Accidental Counsellor, ASIST and also Aboriginal versions of these trainings.
You can join one of the courses run in the community, or if you are an organisation, you can arrange for group training. Visit their website to access training.
LivingWorks ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)
Recognised as the gold standard in suicide intervention training, LivingWorks ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) is a two-day, interactive and in-person workshop in suicide first-aid. Appropriate for anyone in the community, including wellbeing staff, counsellors,
psychologists, crisis lines, clinical staff, student support, youth workers or first responders.
If you would like to register interest in attending future ASIST workshops in the Nepean Blue Mountains region, complete their online form.
Mental Health First Aid
Learn how to assist adults who are developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves.
If you would like to register interest in attending future Mental Heath First Aid courses in the Nepean Blue Mountains region, complete their online form.
