Young Lives Consortium: SafeTALK Suicide Alertness Training
SafeTALK Training – Pontefract
Available Date, time and location:
Tuesday 6th February 2024, 09:30am – 13:30pm
St Mary’s Community Centre, Pontefract, The Cir Pontefract, WF8 2AY
SafeTALK Training – Castleford
Available Date, time and location:
Tuesday 5th March 2024, 09:30am – 13:30pm
The Salvation Army, Booth Street, Castleford, WF10 1SA
The sessions FREE to those who live, work or learning in the Wakefield District.
Know what to do if someone is thinking about suicide by following the easy to remember TALK steps:
- Tell, Ask, Listen and Keep-safe.
These practical steps offer immediate help to someone having thoughts of suicide and help you both move forward to connect with more specialised support.
- Identify people thinking of suicide.
- Overcome barriers in talking about suicide.
- Identify reasons we may miss, dismiss or avoid suicide.
- Practice using the 4-step model of suicide alertness.
- Connect people at risk of suicide with further appropriate help.
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.