TouchPoints Training offers a new approach to suicide prevention training
We are delighted to introduce Roses in the Ocean TouchPoints Training to Far North Queensland
Life Promotion FNQ is looking to develop and support five potential trainers who will be able to run TouchPoints Training across their communities. Trainers will be identified within the training session and drawn from the Life Promotion and Suicide Prevention Collaborative.
The initial workshop will be held in Cairns on Wednesday, 28 June and is the first introduction to TouchPoints Training. It is open to anyone who wishes to understand how to approach suicide prevention in their community.
The workshop will have a capacity of 20 places — from that, five people will have the opportunity to become trainers.
Potential trainers will need to run workshops and identify with a lived experience of suicide. They will also be supported by Roses in the Ocean in a Community of Practice. There will be an allowance for remuneration for those not employed by an organisation.
Learn how to confidently recognise and respond to suicide
Upon completion of this workshop, you can expect to have:
• attained a deeper understanding and appreciation of the complexity of suicide
• increased awareness of warning signs and invitations for help
• increased confidence & capacity to engage with people in crises
• improved confidence to connect to a person at risk of suicide with support
• an appreciation of the importance of self-care and practical tools to implement
• ‘debunked’ commonly held suicide myths with facts and lived experience
• practical ways in which to support someone bereaved through suicide
• knowledge of how to best support a person returning to the workplace.
These interactive workshops are delivered by Roses in the Ocean, trained, lived experience facilitators.
What is TouchPoints training?
TouchPoints is a short, easily accessible workshop for the general community to see how they may be a ‘touch point’ for someone who needs help and expands on the view that TouchPoints aren’t necessarily found in the professional helping sector.
It is based on the idea that community members are often ‘TouchPoints’ for people to seek and receive help and, therefore, that by developing people’s capacity to support others, we can save lives.
It adds diversity to materials already available in that it is designed and delivered by people with a lived experience of suicide, it places a focus on community and is easily accessible in a short four-hour format.
There is no cost for either the workshop or the "train the trainer" component.
Access to a range of easily accessible information and training is a crucial element of Suicide Prevention
Not all variations of training fit all population groups and communities. Being able to introduce a new training method that is designed and delivered by those with lived experience is a compelling opportunity.
Take this chance to secure your spot in the TouchPoint Training today.
To register for the workshop please email enquiries@rosesinthe ocean.com.au or call 1033 411 461.
To find out more about being a trainer please email gill@beaconstrategies.net.