Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
About This Course
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
1. Identify the ways of framing observations of the distress of a person at risk, in exploring invitations.
2. Relate the needs of a person at risk to the caregiver tasks, based on the PAL model.
3. Identify the safety issues and corresponding actions to take, in the development of a Safety Framework.
What You'll Learn
Entry Requirements
A broad range of social service practitioners. These may include mental health professionals, nurses, physicians, pharmacists, teachers, counsellors, youth workers, police and correctional staff, school support staff, clergy, and community volunteers.
The skills and knowledge for this course, which the learner is assumed to possess, are as follows:
• Be able to listen and speak English at a proficiency level equivalent to the Employability Skills System Workplace Literacy (WPL) Level 6
• Be able to read and write English at a proficiency level equivalent to the Employability Skills System Workplace Literacy (WPL) Level 6
• Be able to use numeracy skills equivalent to the Employability Skills System Workplace Numeracy (WPN) Level 6