Wesley LifeForce First Nations Suicide Prevention Training – Weston, ACT

Wesley LifeForce has developed quality suicide prevention training suite. Our suicide prevention workshops are based on the latest research in suicide prevention and are designed to teach people how to identify the signs that someone may be at risk of suicide, how to engage and appropriate action to take.

Effective interventions can make a real difference and save lives. These life-saving conversations offer support and a safe space for open discussions while encouraging help seeking.

The outcomes

• understand risk and protective factors
• how to identify the warning signs that someone may be at risk of suicide
• how to ask directly about suicide intent
• understand what local and national support and resources are available to support a person at risk

The program has been designed to be adaptable to individual communities. The basis of the program is respectful knowledge sharing with discussions held as yarning circles with community members. The focus is on collective healing and knowledge exchange which is both culturally appropriate and responsive to the individual or collective Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants attending the workshop. The aim of the program is to enhance community capacity and engagement, to help increase community strength and resilience.

Ensuring participant safety

Our workshop material is specifically designed keeping participant’s safety in mind. The course material utilises the MindFrame expert guidance regarding responsible reporting/portrayal of the issue of suicide.