ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills) Training Programme - Young Lives Consortium
Outline
This is an accredited 2-day interactive training that prepares caregiver to provide suicide first aid interventions.
This training is important because it focuses on equipping individuals with the skills to recognise signs of suicidal thoughts and collaborate on creating a supportive plan for immediate safety. They believe that raising awareness on this crucial topic is vital for building a safer and more compassionate community.
Audience
Anyone 16 years and over.
Booking Information
Available Dates, times and locations:
- Thursday 9th October & Friday 10th October 2025, 8:30am – 16:30pm – St Marys Community Centre, Pontefract
To check the price and register your interest, please complete the Expression of Interest form.
Additional Information
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The ASIST workshop is divided into five sections that follow in a logic progression to gradually build comfort, confidence and understanding around suicide and suicide intervention.
Preparing: Set the tone, norms, and expectations of the learning experience over the two days.
Connecting: Enables the participants to reflect on their own attitudes towards suicide. This creates an understanding of the impact that attitudes can have on the intervention process.
Understanding: An overview of the intervention needs of a person at risk. The trainers focus on providing participants with the knowledge and skills to:
- Recognise risk
- Develop safe-plans to reduce the risk of suicide
- Increase the safety of the person
Assisting: Presents a model for effective suicide intervention. Participants develop their skills through observation and supervise simulation exercises in large and small groups.
Networking: The trainers share information about resources in the local community and promote participant commitment to encouraging the transformation of local resources into helping networks.
After taking ASIST, you will be able to:
- be suicide alert – identify people who have thoughts of suicide
- Understand the reasons behind thoughts of suicide and the reasons for living
- Assess risk and safety – develop a plan to increase the safety of the person at risk of suicide
- Recognise invitations for help
- Recognise potential barriers of seeking help
- Offer support – recognise other important aspects of suicide prevention including life-promoting and self-care
- Effectively apply a suicide intervention model
- Link people with community resources
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We keep your personal data for no longer than reasonably necessary for a period of 3 years in order to offer upcoming courses, briefings and updates around safeguarding. We use your data to provide certificates once you have attended one of the sessions we provide, and to ensure that we have an appropriate sign in register with your name for fire safety purposes. After the 3 year period we will ensure that your data/information is destroyed in accordance under the new GDPR act.
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Courses are free for the statutory, voluntary and community sector in Wakefield, however failure to attend without giving prior notice may result in a charge to cover costs. You may now be charged for undertaking our training if you are outside of Wakefield. Please see the Charging Policy for full details.
