Wesley LifeForce Suicide Prevention Training for gambling and financial counsellors – Rockingham, WA

Wesley LifeForce has developed a quality suite of suicide prevention training. Our suicide prevention training equips participants with the knowledge and skills to increase awareness of suicide in Australia, identify the signs that someone may be at risk of suicide and appropriate action to take. Effective interventions can make a real difference and save lives. Our financial and gambling counselling suicide prevention training is a full-day program which was created in consultation with financial and gambling support providers and lived experience. All Wesley LifeForce facilitators are accredited trainers and have completed suicide intervention training.

The outcomes:

• safe use of language
• Australian suicide statistics
• understand risk and protective factors
• how to identify the warning signs that someone may be at risk of suicide
• how to ask directly about suicide intent
• understand what local and national support and resources are available to support a person at risk and engaging in self-care practice.