Suicide: The Confident Practitioner

None currently scheduled

9.30am to 4.30pm (7 hours CPD)



Course Topics

  • Historical stance on suicide
  • Moral and ethical considerations
  • Legal position
  • The role of research
  • Writing your contract and policies
  • The implications of breaking confidentiality
  • Immediacy: when a client hints at suicidal issues
  • Risk assessment
  • "Support" contracts versus "No Harm contracts"
  • Reflective practice

Details

The course will be run in a seminar style, with opportunities for discussion and interaction throughout.

Copies of course presentations and other helpful resources will be supplied, plus a certificate of attendance at the end of the work.

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided free of charge at registration time, mid-morning and mid-afternoon.

Lunch is not included.  The hospice have a snack shop which sells sandwiches, crisps and cold drinks.  Alternatively, the Worcester Woods Country Park is opposite which has a café, or you are welcome to bring your own packed lunch of course.

Ample free parking is available on site.

The course is £70 for the day, to include tea/coffee/biscuits, handouts and a certificate of attendance.