Over 16 Suicide Prevention Training Pan-Sussex – BHSCP
This training sessions are aimed at professionals in contact/working with families in East and West Sussex and Brighton and Hove who haven’t attended a Suicide awareness course in the last three years.
They are being run as a collaboration between all three Safeguarding Children Partnerships across Sussex and delivered by colleagues from Grassroots.
Working with young people 16+ and adults : identifying, engaging and referring/sign posting individuals with suicidal thoughts and behaviours
The majority of those who die by suicide are not in contact with mental health services – they are right here in our community. Many children and young people, and their parents or carers, are either having thoughts of suicide, and an increasing number are attempting or even completing suicide.
These basic awareness courses will equip professionals working with families to pick up on vulnerabilities, identify who might be at risk and start an open conversation about suicide, as this is one of the best way, we know to prevent suicide.
We know this suicide is something that many professionals find it hard to talk about, especially with young people and their parents or carers.
Booking:
BHSCP courses are now booked via the Learning Zone platform. Agency Leads have been contacted requesting account information requirements for professionals who will require a Learning Zone account to view and book training from April 2024. Once an account has been created for individuals they will receive an activation email from the Learning Zone. If you need a Learning Zone account and haven’t yet requested one please email BHSCP@brighton-hove.gov.uk . Once you have an account you can book BHSCP courses.
You can access Learning Zone here: Brighton & Hove Learning Zone
Course Fees for 2024/2025:
Training is free for staff who are working with children and their families in Brighton & Hove from the following agencies:
- Brighton & Hove City Council including maintained schools.
- Foster carers.
- Community/voluntary sector groups and organisations contracted by Brighton & Hove City Council Children’s Services.
- Statutory health organisations.
- Sussex Police and probation.
- Early years staff (including private early years settings).
For other organisations including Primary and Secondary – Academy/Free/Independent Schools, and Further/Higher Education settings the charge will be £120 for a full day (over 4 hours) course (virtual and in person).
For courses April 2024 – end of March 2025 there will be no attendance charge for online webinars, selected briefings and training sessions under 4 hours (this is subject to change from 1 April 2025). Charges may apply for specific ad-hoc events, but this will be detailed on promotional and booking communications.
Charging for attendance was limited during Covid restrictions and suspended when the Learning Gateway was decommissioned in September 2022 but has been reinstated with the arrival of the Learning Zone in April 2024. Attendance charges will be invoiced on a quarterly basis as applicable.
Non-attendance and Late Cancellation Charges:
A £50 late cancellation fee applies to all BHSCP training bookings including conference places. The cancellation charge of £50 will be made for non-attendance without 5 days’ notice. Please note that substitution of staff at late notice is acceptable.
If a member of staff is not able to attend a session at late notice due to an emergency situation, they should notify BHSCP@brighton-hove.gov.uk on the day of the training or before, as we may be able to waive this fee in exceptional circumstances. Learners should use their Learning Zone account to cancel booked training places with more than 5 days’ notice.
Charging for non-attendance was suspended when the Learning Gateway was decommissioned in September 2022 but has been reinstated with the arrival of the Learning Zone in April 2024. Fees will be deducted from the budget code provided.
From 1 April 2025:
We will notify you of any changes relating to course fees and/or non-attendance/late cancellation charges from 1 April 2025. Changes will also be posted on the BHSCP website Home – BHSCP
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