Name: Self Harm Awareness: Understanding and supporting people who self-harm
Start: 2024-10-15T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-15T16:30:00+01:00
Location: West Lothian Council Civic Centre

Self Harm Awareness: Understanding and supporting people who self-harm

This session is for colleagues within WL HSCP and IJB to provide an in-depth understanding of supporting someone who is self-harming
About this Event

*This session is now full. A further date has been added on 24th October; booking available via *

This session will be facilitated by the Self-Harm Network Scotland (SHNS). The SHNS is passionate about raising awareness and reducing stigma around self-harm. Their aim is to deliver informative training and resources to help improve understanding of self-harm.

This session is designed to give participants an in-depth understanding of self-harm, as well as practical advice and guidance in how to support someone who is self-harming.

These sessions will cover topics including:

Underlying causes of self-harm
Functions of self-harm
Practical guidance in supporting people who self-harm
Harm minimisation
Recovery

This sessions will include group activities and discussion, whislt exploring a range of case studies.

Please note this session will be subject to minimum and maximum numbers. Should you be unsuccessful in securing a place for this session, we kindly request you sign up to the waitlist; if we are successful in securing suitable interest a further training date will be explored.