PAPYRUS Training
SP-EAK (Suicide Prevention – Explore, Ask, Keep Safe)
Available Dates, times and location:
Tuesday 3rd October; 9:30 – 13:00pm – Online
The session will:
- Covers the attitudes, myths and stigma surrounding suicide and explores the signs that may indicate someone is having thoughts of suicide.
- Look at how to have open, safe and sensitive conversations about suicide with a person having thoughts of suicide and how we can support them through the use of a safety plan.
All sessions can be booked through the following link:
West Yorkshire Training Sessions | Papyrus UK | Suicide Prevention Charity (papyrus-uk.org)
The sessions are open to anyone working in the following areas:
- Those working with children and young people outside of mental health services.
- Criminal justice – probation service, police stations, prisons and young offenders.
- Housing associations – those who may come across tenants with specific risk factors for suicide.
- GP surgeries – including social prescribers and those supporting people with long term conditions.
- DWP staff, debt advisors and others who come into contact with the recently unemployed, or those experiencing debt and/or financial exclusion.
- Union representatives and line managers in major employers, particularly of men.
Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership are committed with its obligations under the new EU GDPR Data Protection Act 2018 that came into force on the 25th May 2018 by keeping personal data up to date; by storing and destroying it securely; by not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data; by protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure and by ensuring that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect your personal data.
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.
The personal data that we collect about you are: your name, email, phone number and work address. If you require a copy of the data we hold for you, you can contact us by emailing wscpevents@wakefield.gov.uk.
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.
