ACCREDITED ONLINE TRAINING

SUICIDE FIRST AID:

Understanding Suicide Intervention (SFAUSI)

17 November 2025 - 9am until 5pm

To enquire about in-house Suicide First Aid Training for your team, please email [email protected]

Teaching the theory and practise of suicide intervention skills that can be applied in any professional or personal setting, captured in a one-day event accredited by the Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH).

The Suicide First Aid through Understanding Suicide Intervention (SFAUSI) course gives learners the knowledge and tools to understand that suicide is one of the most preventable deaths and some basic skills can help someone with thoughts of suicide stay safe from their thoughts and stay alive.

What differentiates OUR (MHIB) training from other providers’?

We use only the most experienced suicide prevention trainers to deliver this unique learning experience: for anyone who seeks greater understanding and confidence to intervene with people at risk of suicide.

Training Investment

£180 + VAT

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What to expect:

SFAUSI is comprised of 4 parts, each 90 minutes duration.

This full day training will be delivered live on Zoom, from 9am until 5pm

The programme teaches and practices the skills and knowledge needed to identify someone who may be thinking about suicide and competently intervene to help create suicide-safety as a first aid approach.

Course Structure:

Part 1 – 90 minutes

Introduction and programme overview: ourselves and suicide prevention
Stigma, survivors of bereavement by suicide and the Hidden Toll
Suicide thoughts and suicide behaviour
Intention of behaviour versus outcome of behaviour
Possible causes of suicidal thoughts

Part 3 – 90 minutes

Meeting the needs of a person who is thinking about suicide
Suicide-Safety Guide
Step 1 – Recognising suicide and asking about suicide
Step 2 – Understanding options

Part 2 – 90 minutes

Suicide – the Ripple Effect
Population-based approach to suicide prevention
Partnership working
Working with attitudes and values
“I’m so glad you told me” - Audio visual

Part 4 – 90 minutes

Step 3 – Safeguarding suicide
Suicide-safety and self-care
The risk assessment approach
Suicide and suicide gestures
Future learning

Accreditation

Participants can choose to register for Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) Level 4 Award in Suicide First Aid® for an additional fee of £95 per person.

This involves completion of a written assignment.

Training Investment

£180 + VAT

17 November 2025

This is a full day training, delivered live on Zoom, from 9am until 5pm

Secure Your Space

To enquire about in-house Suicide First Aid Training for your team, please email [email protected]

About your SFA trainer

Claire Russell

With over 20 years of corporate leadership experience and a powerful personal story, Claire is a passionate advocate for breaking mental health stigma and reducing suicide rates.

Her work is shaped by lived experience, including her own mental health challenges and the loss of her partner to suicide, making her a deeply authentic and impactful speaker, trainer, and coach.

Claire is also a long-standing volunteer with Samaritans and a sought-after voice on resilience, workplace wellbeing, and suicide prevention.