square – Suicide, Questions, Answers and Resources – is an educational resource for primary health care and community specialists and any individuals working with people who are at risk of suicide. The square Resource is an educational program designed to help community-based service providers, primary health care and specialist health workers respond appropriately and effectively with people who are at risk of suicide.

square is holding free training for Community Members in several regional locations across South Australia during 2012.

For more information, visit www.square.org.au.

Talking About Suicide for Community Members

Talking About Suicide is a three hour or all day training program for community members to gain the knowledge and skills in order to respond to people at risk of suicide in their community. The training will include background information on suicide in Australia, exploration of risk factors and warning signals, assessing suicide risk, how to respond to suicide risk and building hope and resilience for the future.

Date and Location

• Sunday 27 May, 2012 10.00am to 1.00pm. Mission Australia, 80 Essington Lewis Avenue, Whyalla, SA. To enrol contact Kate Bilney katebilney@live.com or 0448 853 574.

Suicide Prevention Training

Suicide Prevention Training is an all day training program that will explore engagement strategies, suicide risk assessment and management, and will use material from the square program. The training will include exploring suicide risk and protective factors, engagement strategies, conducting a risk assessment interview, scale of risk, care plans and management, engaging family, friends and other service providers.

Date and Locaiton

• Monday 28 May, 2012 9.30am to 4.30pm. Joan Gibbons Neighbourhood Centre, 5-7 Head Street, Whyalla, SA.

Enrolment

Please contact Sophie Thurnwald via email or phone (08) 8245 8145.

There is no cost for training but bookings are essential. Before enrolling, please read the training outlines to ensure that you have chosen the most suitable course for you.

Further Enquiries

If your organisation requires suicide prevention training specifically tailored to your needs, please contact Anna O’Halloran, Senior Educator for square to discuss this. Anna can be contacted via email or phone (08) 8245 8100.

The square collaborative practice model and education project has been developed by General Practice SA, South Australian Department of Health, SA Mental Health Services, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Relationships Australia (SA) and carers and consumers. square is funded by the South Australian Government, Department of Health.