Every life lost to suicide is a tragedy. But suicide is preventable and the more we are equipped to recognise and safely intervene to help someone at risk, the more lives we can save.
Making a suicide intervention gives people the skills and confidence to intervene and engage with a person at risk of suicide, helping them to keep them as safe as possible until specialist help or emergency services arrive.
This course is CPD certified
Who is this course for?
The course is aimed at organisations with staff who work in a suicide-risk location. It is also highly beneficial for companies who are looking to develop their suicide prevention strategies.
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Course Objectives
This course will help participants to:
- Identify signs of someone at risk of suicide.
- Think ‘safety first’ throughout an intervention.
- Approach someone and initiate a conversation.
- Engage someone in conversation sensitively and effectively.
- Encourage someone to move to a place of safety – if safe to do so.
- Refer someone to the emergency and/or support services.
Interested in this course?
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What past participants have to say:
“Before I took the course with Samaritans I wouldn’t have approached a person in suicidal crisis for fear of saying the wrong thing. The course has equipped me with the skills, ability and understanding of how to help and what to say in these difficult situations.”
“I was so happy that we saved a life that day and that’s thanks to the Samaritans course.”
I gained new skills for starting a conversation and reflected on my own approach in supporting someone struggling to cope
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STEP courses delivered last year
6100
course participants in the past year
99%
of course participants would recommend our courses to others*
*This statistic is from STEP course attendees from the 24/25 financial year.