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Wesley LifeForce Suicide Prevention Training – Disability Support Work – Auslan interpreted event

Cove Civic Centre 1 Ragamuffin Dve HALLETT COVE SA 1 Ragamuffin Drive, HALLETT COVE, South Australia, Australia

This is an Auslan interpreted event - with Qualified NAATI Auslan Interpreter 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. Our disability support work suicide prevention training is a 2-hour program which was created in consultation with disability support providers and lived experience. The outline of the 2-hour disability support work program is: Safe use of language​ Australian suicide statistics​ Risk factors & protective factors​ Warning signs Supporting someone & active listening How to ask about suicide Safety planning Engaging in self-care practice Shared lunch following the workshop

Free

Wesley LifeForce Suicide Memorial Service – Perth

Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre WA, Australia

Join us for the Wesley LifeForce Suicide Memorial Service in Perth to remember precious lives lost to suicide and to support those impacted by loss. If you’ve been impacted by the loss of a loved one to suicide, come together with a supportive community that shares the experience of bereavement at the service. Counsellors will be present to offer support. The event will feature music, stories of lived experience and hope, and a sunflower ceremony. Attendees are welcome to bring a photo and share a personal tribute on our memorial wall. Everyone is welcome. Perth Conference and Exhibition Centre – Liberty Bar - 21 Mounts Bay Rd, Perth WA 6000

Free