STORM© Skills Training (Version 5) in Self Harm and Suicide Prevention (Advanced 3 day programme)

Purpose

The aim of the advanced level training course is to enhance participants’ knowledge and skills in identifying, assessing, and supporting individuals experiencing self-harm and suicidal thoughts. Through a combination of observation, skills practice, and filmed skills practice, participants will refine their ability to provide compassionate and collaborative support, including full psychosocial assessments, risk formulations, and personalised safety plans. They will also develop their ability to support individuals through challenges to recovery and teach a problem-solving strategy.

Learning Outcomes

Building on existing skills and competencies, this course will enhance participants’ ability to:

• Adopt a compassionate and collaborative approach with a person in distress
• Recognise warning signs and vulnerabilities associated with self-harm and suicide
• Carry out a full psychosocial assessment to evaluate factors that influence individuals’ vulnerability to self-harm and suicide
• Assess drivers of distress, including asking about suicidal thoughts and self-harm
• Effectively engage with family members, carers, and other members of the person’s support network to share and gather relevant information (where consent allows) and to provide support
• Use collaborative formulation to develop a shared understanding of the person’s vulnerabilities and strengths to inform personalised safety and care plans
• Work with the person to develop a personalised safety plan tailored to their needs and circumstances
• Collaboratively review existing care and safety plans, addressing challenges to recovery and making necessary adjustments
• Teach a problem-solving technique to individuals in distress, empowering them to develop practical coping strategies
• Engage in reflective practice, continually evaluating and improving their approach and response to individuals experiencing self-harm and suicide

Audience

This three-day training is designed for mental health professionals and other roles that hold significant responsibility for assessing, formulating, and safety planning with people vulnerable to self-harm and suicide.

Method

Online or face to face delivery

To complete this programme online you must join using a device which has a functioning camera and microphone.

Important Information

Attendance on this programme is conditional to the return of a signed consent form.  Applicants who are offered a place and do not return the signed consent form will have the offer withdrawn.

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