SafeTALK (LivingWorks)

Trainer: Adele Boyd

Please note this is an In-Person Training event (NOT virtual delivery).

safeTALK is a training that prepares anyone over the age of 15 to identify persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide first aid resources. Most people with thoughts of suicide invite help to stay safe. Alert helpers know how to use these opportunities to support that desire for safety.

Learning goals and objectives

Over the course of their training, safeTALK participants will learn to:

• Notice and respond to situations where suicide thoughts might be present
• Recognize that invitations for help are often overlooked
• Move beyond the common tendency to miss, dismiss, and avoid suicide
• Apply the TALK steps: Tell, Ask, Listen, and KeepSafe
• Know community resources and how to connect someone with thoughts of suicide to them for further help

Training features:

• Presentations and guidance from a LivingWorks registered trainer
• Access to support from a local community resource person
• Powerful audiovisual learning aids
• The simple yet effective TALK steps: Tell, Ask, Listen, and KeepSafe
• Hands-on skills practice and development

This session will use powerful video clips to illustrate both non-alert and alert responses. Discussion and practice help stimulate learning. Learn steps that contribute to saving lives.

Whilst full support will be provided at this training, we ask that you do not attend this event if you have been recently bereaved or are feeling mentally unwell.

Important Information:

**This is an In-person training event **.

• Our funding restrictions are such that this training is only available to those who work/volunteer for a voluntary, charitable, faith or community-based organisation. Please ensure you meet this criteria before applying.
• While this is a free training event and places are limited and in high demand – if you cannot attend we urge you to get in contact so another can take up your place.
• Due to the high demand for this training, we can only offer a maximum of 2 places per organisation. You are welcome to contact Jenny to enquire about availability for further spaces – jenny@ci-ni.org.uk
• Our address is Unit 9, 40 Montgomery Road Business Pk, Montgomery Rd, Belfast, BT6 9HL. We are located above Podium for Sport. Enter the stairwell that juts out from the building and go to the first floor. We have free parking or the nearest bus stop is Cregagh Rd Metro 6 (Bells Bridge stop after large roundabout).
• If you have questions or need assistance, please email info@ci-ni.org.uk or call 028 9040 1290