1 DAY CALM Suicide Prevention Training QLD

One-Day Training on Calm Suicide Prevention

Get information on preventing suicide, understanding it, and finding ways to cater to it. The ‘CALM Conversations’ educational program empowers people to scale back stigma, improve help-seeking, and save lives by having a ‘CALM conversation’ about suicide.

Taking part in CALM will enable you to acknowledge and reply to suicide risks, and help someone through stages of social intervention, developing an action plan, and concerning other resources.

A positive, respectful, and inclusive environment is provided, honouring each individual’s differences while accommodating their cultural needs.

Through CALM, participants will learn and identify:

• Five warning signs of suicide: recognising them
• Establish a positive connection
• Be open and attentive while listening
• Make an idea for safety and strength.

A Workshop’s Duration

There are two options for training: face-to-face training for one day or virtual training for two half-days.

We Offer 1 DAY CALM Suicide Prevention Training QLD Containing The Following Information

• When someone is considering suicide, look for these signs.
• Asking about suicide: When and how.
• Being able to understand a person’s worries and stressors is the best way to help them.
• The development of a plan designed to keep the individual safe and strong.
• The process of empowering the individual enables them to reconnect with themselves and their lives.
• Prevention of suicide: identifying other options.
• Establishing a safety plan and establishing a support system.

What Is Included With 1 DAY Calm Suicide Prevention Training QLD?

• An adaptation of CALM. Providing guidance through four stages of the intervention process.
• A 24-page workbook (twenty four pages).  You will find knowledge and skills to help you through the conversation. You will also find a list of national helplines and websites, which can assist you.
• “Calm” app supports people during interventions.
• Using the “Be Safe” app or worksheet. In this app or worksheet, one can create and record their safety plan for those who need hope.
• Wallet card.  Guides intervention through prompts and guidance.
• Providing you with resources to enhance your learning and growth.
• An attendance certificate in print.

One-day Calm Suicide Prevention Training QLD is a research-based Australian suicide prevention course using an evidence-based therapeutic approach.

It is presented by a CALM trainer who is fully accredited and qualified to conduct this course. We provide onsite 1-day Calm Suicide prevention training in Queensland through WHS and Training Compliance Solutions Pty Ltd.

Throughout Queensland, we offer suicide prevention training to all industries and sectors. For more information, contact us.

Our training programs are based on evidence and suitable for everyone in the community. In learning to identify the signs of someone suffering from mental health issues or thinking of suicide, we may be able to intervene in a lifesaving manner.

Find out how you can intervene with suicide using the CALM model. Prevention begins with recognising warning signs. After that, we look at how to reach out to them in a way that understands and clarifies, supports them, and points them in the direction of further help.

We invite you to attend a CALM suicide prevention training Queensland session. Please contact our office or register online.

Suicide: Facts And Figures

Every year, the following facts occur:

• There are more than 65,000 suicide attempts per year in Australia (178 a day).
• According to the ABS, 3,139 suicides occurred in 2020 (2,384 male deaths and 755 female deaths), 8 people a day.
• For Australians 15-44, suicide is the leading cause of death.
• Suicides cause more deaths among young Australians than motor vehicle accidents.
• Suicide rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are twice as high as those of non-Indigenous people.
• Rural populations suffer two times more suicides than urban ones.
• A higher rate of suicide attempts has been reported in the LGBTIQ+ community compared to the general Australian population in the past 12 months.

Through suicide prevention training, people acquire the skills and knowledge to recognise suicide risks, provide immediate support, and refer people to resources.

It is possible to train business staff in recognising people at risk for suicide and connecting them to care if they are at risk. Most organisations train their employees such as HR, supervisors, or managers as well as peer supporters. Nevertheless, anyone in an organisation can potentially benefit from the CALM suicide prevention training in QLD. In this course, participants learn to identify mood and behaviour changes in others. They may also be able to contact them for help if necessary. The role can sometimes be accomplished by managers, but an administrative assistant or trusted colleague can also perform it well.

Can Anyone Attend?

Every workplace, industry, and community is invited to participate in the 1 Day CALM suicide prevention training QLD.

As well as health workers, youth workers, aged care workers, case workers, guidance officers, and representatives of various industries and businesses, corporate, and education sectors, the training is designed for individuals from the wider community seeking to enhance skills to identify and help those at risk.

How Does 1 Day Calm Suicide Prevention Training Queensland Will Benefit Employees at Work?

An employee’s suicide caused by their work environment could have a snowball effect on the whole organisation. Consequently, mental health issues can affect other workers, resulting in unplanned absences, staff turnover, and errors in work.

Training in suicide prevention helps people identify suicide risks, offer immediate support, and link them with resources.

Almost anyone within a company can attend CALM training. Participants will learn – observing changes in mood and behaviour in others, participants can direct them to help.

Are There Any Maximum or Minimum Numbers For This Course?

For this course, there is a maximum attendance of 15, and a minimum attendance of 10

Can I attend your public courses?

Certainly, we offer a 1 day Calm Suicide Prevention Training in Brisbane as well as Townsville

Defining Suicide Prevention: Why Is It Important?

Workers’ compensation professionals have detailed data on workplace-related injuries and fatalities. However, they rarely take into account the impact mental health has on these injuries and deaths. Additionally, psychosocial hazards at work are under-recognised.

In the Evidence Check published by Sax Institute, the risk of occupational suicide is discussed.

Farmers and agricultural workers seem especially vulnerable to lethal weapons’ increased availability.

There has been consistent evidence that veterinarians are more likely to die by suicide than other healthcare professionals, with a suicide rate four times higher than the general public and twice that of other health disciplines. In Australia, 80 percent of veterinarian suicides are caused by self-poisoning due to increased access to lethal means.

Self-poisoning is the most common method of suicide among women compared to men. Relationship problems tended to be among the most reported life events before suicide in both groups.

In comparison to other occupations, nurses and midwives are more at risk of suicide. Furthermore, as traditionally feminised roles, occupational gender norms and perceived stigma were identified as possible risk factors.
The suicide rates of emergency services are relatively scarce in Australian research.

Despite recent studies in the US and Australasia finding no significant increase in police suicide rates, international studies indicate an increased risk for suicide among police and correctional workers. The risks facing correctional officers, however, are greater.

In earlier Australian studies, workers in low-skilled jobs in construction, such as machinists and labourers, reported substantially higher suicide rates than skilled workers, with the suicide risk almost double that of other occupations.

In the creative industries, both males and females have a higher suicide risk, particularly for female actors, dancers, authors, directors, designers, media presenters, and musicians.

There Is a Connection Between Untreated Mental Illness And Suicide

Those suffering from illnesses like depression, anxiety, and substance abuse may experience suicidal thoughts and symptoms, which make them feel unable to cope. Those who suffer from bipolar disorder, trauma, or thought disorders such as schizophrenia may experience racing and intrusive thoughts. In addition to being distracted, a person can also lose focus and become less aware of their surroundings.

There is also a possibility that mental health conditions may cause impulsivity, impaired perception, agitation, tunnel vision, distorted thinking, and paranoia. The presence of these symptoms may affect productivity, morale, and efficiency at work.

Symptoms of mental health challenges that reach crisis levels can be accompanied by physical health challenges, such as pain, gastrointestinal problems, and poor heart performance. Additionally, people who suffer chronic pain or other disabilities might feel as though the world is crumbling around them. The lack of ability to do the things they used to do, as well as the disappearance of social networks, cause many people to experience emotional distress. Without intervention, this spiral can have significant impacts on workers.

Often times, when overwhelmed by their emotions, people think the only way out of their pain is to die. As a result, they may take more risks, or even begin practice suicidal behavior, either consciously or subconsciously they test their ability to hurt themselves. In our workplaces, a greater number of people than we previously thought experience suicidal thoughts.

The Following Steps Can Be Taken By Workplaces To Strengthen Psychological Safety

People need to be aware of potential problems early on, develop strategies to avoid crisis situations such as suicide, and have protective factors in place.

Discussions on toolboxes. To educate employees about mental health and suicide prevention, companies are incorporating tools such as toolbox talks into toolboxes.

Providing employee assistance programs. There is no doubt that companies’ employee assistance programs (EAPs) are one of their most valuable assets. A number of services are offered by them, including psychological assessments and short-term counseling for employees, incident management, and fit for duty evaluations. EAP providers and industry-specific mental health experts can assist employers when concerned about a worker’s safety. Additionally, they can assist with the development of reintegration plans for employees who have taken mental health leave.

EAPs are usually hidden benefits, and that makes them problematic. Often, people don’t know where their EAP is located or what services are available. While some EAPs offer the most up-to-date services, others are superficial, short-term, or provide referrals only. Thus, the first step in promoting mental health services like EAPs is to “kick the tires.”

Develop a training program and educate the workforce. By educating people about the issue and bringing awareness to it, stigma can be reduced and replaced by reassuring reality.

A training program should be implemented. It is important for everyone to become familiar with basic mental health topics and skills in the same way that CPR is important. We have a better chance of noticing problems and taking corrective action when necessary when more people are made aware of these. Suicidal symptoms can be identified earlier, which results in more help-seeking.

The standard first aid training for mental health can be complemented by suicide prevention training Australia, which will help managers, peer supporters, wellness coordinators, safety managers, and others become more aware and competent to handle suicides. Active listening, empathy, empowerment, and caring follow-up are the skills people turn to when they want to determine whether basic active listening, empathy, empowerment, and care can help.

Do you want to learn more about the Calm Suicide prevention training offered by WHS and Training Compliance Solutions Pty Ltd in Queensland? 

We will hold workshops in Townsville and Brisbane. Moreover, we offer onsite suicide prevention training in Queensland.

The WHS and Training Compliance Solutions Pty Ltd is a Queensland privately owned company providing quality, industry-standard training. On a regular basis, we offer Calm Suicide prevention training Queensland.

The training and advice we offer our clients are delivered by qualified, industry-experienced trainers. It is an integral part of our vision to provide quality training that we collaborate with students, the local community, businesses, and organisations to ensure that our program is successful.

Ensure that our clients’ training experience is both enjoyable and beneficial is one of WHS and Training Compliance Solutions Pty Ltd. ‘s main objectives.

It is our responsibility to support and respect individual differences, and to adapt appropriately to the cultural needs of participants. Calm Suicide Prevention Training is available in Brisbane and Townsville, or you can express interest in future workshops.

Anyone who wants to provide suicide first aid, regardless of experience, can take our 1 Day Calm Suicide Prevention Training Queensland. An interactive one-day program will teach participants how to intervene and prevent suicide.

As part of our training program, we also make it available to the community. Find out when upcoming events will take place here.

The Calm Suicide Prevention Training or Calm Care Training can benefit your community or workplace. To book a 1 Day Course, please click here.

Those interested in group rates for  CALM 1 Day Suicide Prevention Training  Queensland can contact us by telephone or email at 0754 992 406