Free suicide Prevention training
- Free for professionals in Leeds working with children and young people (limited spaces available until Sept 2026).
- Training available either online or in-person.
- Funded by Leeds City Council Public Health.
- Delivered by experienced workers from Leeds Survivor-Led Crisis Service with lived experience of mental health.
- Based on person centred and trauma informed approaches to mental health support.
This specialist training is designed for professionals in Leeds across education, health, social care, youth work and community services who want to:
- Gain insight and understanding of suicide thoughts and feelings include suicidal intent.
- Recognise warning signs and risk factors for suicide in children and young people.
- Learn practical techniques for early intervention and support.
- Build confidence in having safe and compassionate conversations around suicide.
- Strengthen your own internal procedures and polices and find out about referral pathways and signposting options.
The training supports schools to approach suicide prevention responsibly, and in alignment with recent national guidance. It builds on the mental wellbeing curriculum by strengthening staff confidence in recognising suicidal signs and behaviours alongside developing the skills to engage in meaningful conversations about suicide. This course provides practical tools you can apply immediately in your professional role.
Option 1 – Online Training:
This program is delivered across two online sessions. Each lasting 2 hour 15 minutes.
Participants are encouraged to attend both; however, both sessions provide valuable, independent training.
Please note this is not webinar style as it will be interactive with break out rooms and discussions. Please keep camera on if possible.
Online Session One
- Insight and understanding of suicide ideation
- Find out about statistics and context
- Discuss myths and misconceptions
- Learn how to spot signs and behaviours
- Learn how to work with someone who is suicidal
- Gain practical techniques on how to have difficult conversations around suicide with young people
- Share and reflect
Online Session Two
- Discover the impact of social media
- Learn how to work with vulnerable groups
- Examine the use of language and wording
- Identify risk and protective factors
- Learn how to manage risk levels
- Find out about the LEAN technique
- Practice case studies
- Share and reflect
Register via the links below:
Session One: Tuesday 5th May – 2pm – 4:15pm – Teams
Session Two: Thursday 21st May – 2pm – 4:15pm – Teams
Option 2 – Face-to-face training:
This program is delivered in one 5 hour training session held at Tech North in Chapel Allerton:
Thursday 23rd April – 10am – 3pm
Monday 18th May – 10am – 3pm
Monday 8th June – 10am – 3pm
Thursday 16th July – 10am – 3pm
Wednesday 16th September – 10am – 3pm
Please note there are only 10 face to face spaces so once all sessions are full there will be a waiting list.
To book by email natalie.kirby@lslcs.org.uk