Aim: To be able to support individuals with care and understanding, and reduce their need to self-harm
Objectives:
- To describe what self-harm is
- To identify at least 6 signs of self-harm
- To describe how to treat individuals that self-harm with care and compassion
- To describe your safeguarding duties if you suspect an individual is self-harming
- To be able to appropriately respond to signs of self-harm
- To describe your safeguarding duties if an individual is self-harming
- To describe how to deliver appropriate care after an individual has self-harmed
- To be able to describe what harm minimisation strategies are, and how they should be used
- To be aware of potential intervention strategies for long-term progress
Introduction:
Welcome to the Halo Staffing eLearning course on Supporting those who may Self-harm. In this course we will go over everything you’ll need to know to be able to approach those who may self-harm with care and understanding.
The first section will cover what self-harm is, and potential reasons an individual might self-harm.
From there, we’ll look at signs of self-harm, and how you might identify it.
After that, we’ll look at how you can approach individuals who self-harm with both care and compassion.
The fourth section will look at some of the things you can do to help prevent an individual from wishing to self-harm.
The section following that will cover what your safeguarding duties are if you suspect that an individual is self-harming.
Following that will be the section on what the appropriate response to signs of self-harm is.
From there, we will cover what your safeguarding duties are if you encounter an individual self-harming.
After that will be the section on delivering the appropriate care to an individual in the event that they have self-harmed.
The penultimate section will be on harm minimisation strategies, and how they can be used to help an individual.
Finally, we’ll look at intervention strategies that can aid an individual long-term.
