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Half Day | Max. 20 Participants
Workshop Outcomes
- Recognise the signs that indicate someone may be experiencing suicidal thoughts
- Understand the warning signs and risk factors of suicide
- Know how to support someone who is experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviours
- Use an evidence-based action plan to initiate a mental health first aid conversation
- Understand the professional resources and supports available for people experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviours
- Know the barriers to help seeking and how to overcome these
- Apply self-care practices as a Mental Health First Aider.
Topics Covered
- Australian suicide data
- Myths and facts about suicide
- Warning signs for suicide
- Applying the 3 Key Actions
- Practice skills
Location
- Willing to work remote
- Willing to work interstate
How can this workshop be delivered?
- Face to face
Overview
The Conversations about Suicide course teaches participants how to provide initial support to someone who may be experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviours, until professional help is received or the crisis resolves.
Course participants learn how to recognise and respond to suicidal thoughts and behaviours, provide support and encourage pathways to professional help.
Using a practical, evidence-based action plan, participants learn how to approach someone they are concerned about and initiate a conversation about those concerns. Participants also learn how to offer initial support and information and how to encourage the person to seek professional help or other supports.
Alastair combines lived experience of mental crisis along with his experience as a long-term contract Facilitator for Lifeline to deliver an impactful MHFA experience.
Workshop Outcomes
- Recognise the signs that indicate someone may be experiencing suicidal thoughts
- Understand the warning signs and risk factors of suicide
- Know how to support someone who is experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviours
- Use an evidence-based action plan to initiate a mental health first aid conversation
- Understand the professional resources and supports available for people experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviours
- Know the barriers to help seeking and how to overcome these
- Apply self-care practices as a Mental Health First Aider.
Topics Covered
- Australian suicide data
- Myths and facts about suicide
- Warning signs for suicide
- Applying the 3 Key Actions
- Practice skills
Who is this workshop for
Suitable for individuals, workplaces of all sizes and volunteer and community-based groups
Handouts/materials provided
Conversations about suicide booklet
Online learner access pass
What to bring
Curiosity and compassion
Facilitator
About the facilitator
Driven by a mission to create safer spaces for health, learning and growth, Alastair specialises in creating psychologically safe environments that foster learning, wellbeing and professional development. Drawing on both professional expertise and lived experience of mental health challenges, he combines compassion, critical thinking and practical insight to help individuals, teams and organisations thrive.
With a diverse educational background spanning environmental and analytical sciences, business psychology, work health and safety, entrepreneurship and education, Alastair brings an interdisciplinary approach to leadership, mental health and workplace learning.
He is a certified practitioner in occupational health and safety, change management and psychological safety, an ICF coaching member, accredited Mental Health First Aid Instructor, meditation instructor and Mental Health Foundation advocate.
Alastair has facilitated programs for a range of respected training providers, health organisations and professional bodies, delivering impactful learning experiences across mental health, safety, leadership and personal development. He co-authored a chapter of the Australian Institute of Health and Safety (AIHS) Body of Knowledge on Mental Health for Occupational Road Users and has served as a sessional lecturer in Work Health and Safety at Edith Cowan University.
As the creator of the Fearless Teams program, which helps organisations build psychologically safe and high-performing workplaces, Alastair also delivers Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training, coaching and tailored facilitation services that strengthen wellbeing, leadership capability and team performance.
Key Expertise
- Psychological Safety
- Mental Health
- Workplace Health & Safety
- Leadership
- Resilience
- Teamwork
Industry Focus
- Education & Training
- Resources
- General Industry
Based in:
About the facilitator
Driven by a mission to create safer spaces for health, learning and growth, Alastair specialises in creating psychologically safe environments that foster learning, wellbeing and professional development. Drawing on both professional expertise and lived experience of mental health challenges, he combines compassion, critical thinking and practical insight to help individuals, teams and organisations thrive.
With a diverse educational background spanning environmental and analytical sciences, business psychology, work health and safety, entrepreneurship and education, Alastair brings an interdisciplinary approach to leadership, mental health and workplace learning.
He is a certified practitioner in occupational health and safety, change management and psychological safety, an ICF coaching member, accredited Mental Health First Aid Instructor, meditation instructor and Mental Health Foundation advocate.
Alastair has facilitated programs for a range of respected training providers, health organisations and professional bodies, delivering impactful learning experiences across mental health, safety, leadership and personal development. He co-authored a chapter of the Australian Institute of Health and Safety (AIHS) Body of Knowledge on Mental Health for Occupational Road Users and has served as a sessional lecturer in Work Health and Safety at Edith Cowan University.
As the creator of the Fearless Teams program, which helps organisations build psychologically safe and high-performing workplaces, Alastair also delivers Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training, coaching and tailored facilitation services that strengthen wellbeing, leadership capability and team performance.
Key Expertise
- Psychological Safety
- Mental Health
- Workplace Health & Safety
- Leadership
- Resilience
- Teamwork
Industry Focus
- Education & Training
- Resources
- General Industry
Based in:
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