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A Manager’s Guide to Suicide Postvention Planning in the Workplace
Each suicide is personal – unique, and all talk of suicide
must be taken seriously. Organisations need to develop the foresight, knowledge and confidence to respond to this sadly increasing,
challenging workplace issue.
Course Context
This important training helps an organisation consider the unthinkable – the death of an employee, customer or client, by suicide. Concentrating on the activities after the event (postvention), the syllabus will support the production of an action plan, based on international good practice. Participants will learn the skills to construct and initiate an appropriate, sensitive organisational & individual response.
The objectives of the course are:
- To improve delegates' understanding of suicide from a corporate perspective
- Understand the links between poor mental health and suicide
- Discuss ways in which their organisation can minimise the risk of suicides
- Develop procedures that will identify/raise awareness of individuals who could be at risk
- Develop a practical post suicide plan in three phases
Training is delivered in a relaxed and flexible manner with plenty of opportunity for questions and discussion.
- Duration: 1-day course
- Capacity: 16 delegates max. (for optimum benefit)
- Availability: One of our experienced trainers designed and delivers this course in-house, please contact us to check their current availability
- Customisation: The content can be tailored to meet an organisation’s individual requirements
Who Is It For?
The course is valuable to people managers; customer service managers; HR; legal professionals; communication managers and members of the senior management team.
Key Benefits
By the end of the course delegates will be able to:
- Identify company activities in suicide prevention, intervention and postvention
- Use latest data to establish the prevalence of suicide as it relates to the workplace – community and genders
- Appreciate the continuum of suicide from poor mental wellbeing, depression and thoughts of suicide
- Develop alertness to the invitations a person may use to talk about suicide
- Establish a company specific plan to deal with the aftermath of suicide – by an employee or contractor, or by a customer, on or off site
- Develop procedures for the:
- Immediate acute phase
- Short-term recovery phase
- Long-term reconstructive phase
Course Content
Workshop features:
- Best practice terminology and definitions
- History and suicidology growing trends
- Global and workplace perspective research
- Action steps for dealing with the aftermath of suicide
- Immediate phase best practice – Co-ordinate; Notify; Communicate; Support
- Short-term phase best practice – Link; Comfort; Restore; Lead
- Long-term phase best practice – Honour; Sustain
- Decision-making flowcharts and responsibilities
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WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY
"The quality of the training has been fantastic and our employees are really engaging with the trainer and getting something out of it. Also In Equilibrium makes the whole process very easy to arrange."
"We wanted to provide a course that taught useful and practical coping strategies that our members could put into place straight away. In Equilibrium’s experience showed us that they could provide this, and they tailored the course perfectly."
"In-Equilibrium recently presented Mental Health Awareness to Managers in all of our area offices. The training was really well received and all of the trainers were praised for their in-depth knowledge and understanding."
"The training was very well received by staff who now all intend to implement the session’s practical tips and techniques into their existing roles. A large proportion of the staff rated the facilitator and their delivery as excellent and their only recommendation was for a further and longer session!"
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