MindEd SSHP, Skills for Schools
Aims and target audience
The MindEd SSHP programme aims to help you to learn both knowledge and skills in this important area. We build on and link across to existing MindEd materials, using newly created case scenario-based teaching. There is rich video material to illustrate skills and help you, on your own or in wider learning groups, to observe people in these situations and reflect on how you would handle these challenges.
HEE’s MindEd is part of the National Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention programme (SSHP) which aims to help everyone involved including front line staff in adult settings, care and services, first responders, teachers, social workers, volunteers and parents understand better how to approach all ages from children and young people through to adults, in such situations.
Self-harm is common among young people today and sometimes also suicidal thinking. These are challenges for parents and professional alike. Professionals such as teachers, social workers and many others, as well as those working in voluntary roles with children and young people, will come across such situations. Some may be faced with the aftermath of a suicide among those they work with.
The skills case study based sessions are designed for you to use by yourself or, even better, to use in small-group teaching so that you can learn from each other in discussion and observation of each other rehearsing this type of conversation. We also provide a PDF downloadable guide for the use of this material for trainers who work with these small groups.
The knowledge sessions can be used on your own or in a group learning context, but are more focussed on supporting knowledge and understanding than skills development. They are divided into Introductory learning, Detailed learning, the Healthy Child framework taking a child health perspective, and Minded for Families material developed for parents, families and carers.
- Suicide and Self-harm Prevention: Skills for Schools
Learning outcomes
HEE’s MindEd SSHP programme offers skills building scenarios and supporting knowledge sessions to help you understand the do’s and don’ts in these difficult situations.
Suicide and Self-harm Prevention: Skills for Schools
This course is designed for professionals working with young people, such as teachers, social workers and volunteers. The course will support you in building knowledge and skills around suicide and self-harm in the following areas: How to talk to a young person whom you suspect of harming themselves
- What to say that will be helpful and how to manage yourself when you may be feeling shocked about the situation
- How to assess safety and co-create safety plans
- What help and what can make things worse?
- What to do if a young person you support has experienced a death by suicide
- What are the overlap and differences between suicidal thinking and self-harm
Delivery methods and styles
The MindEd SSHP online learning content is designed so that all sessions can be used by individual learners as well as in small-group workshop settings, enabling users to learn from each other through discussion and observation.
The knowledge sessions can be used individually or in a group learning context, and focus on supporting knowledge development. They are divided into Introductory learning, Detailed learning, the Healthy Child framework taking a child health perspective, and Minded for Families material developed for parents, families and carers.
Knowledge and skills required of the trainers
HEE MindEd’s elearning sessions are written by experts in the field, always with the help of experts by experience (EBE), who have lived experience of the issues covered.
Involvement of people with lived experience
MindEd’s eLearning sessions are written by experts in the field, always with the help of Experts by Experience (EBE), who have lived experience of the issues covered. EBE input is imperative and they are involved throughout the MindEd elearning development process, engaging in discussions with clinical experts, providing input into written content and often being present at filming for the case studies.
Assessment, CPD credits, certification
HEE MindEd’s SSHP course is open access and free to use.
Throughout the course, there are quizzes which help learners to evaluate their understanding of the content.
It is not mandatory to do so, but you can register to keep track of your learning and download certificates for CPD purposes.