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- Suicide and self-harm prevention, skills for schools
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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 working in schools, 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.
This learning is aligned with current best evidence and practice including The NHS Staying Safe from Suicide Guidance (NHS England, 2025) published as part of the wider National Suicide Prevention Cross Sector Strategy in England (Department of Health and Social Care (2023)).
We aim to help teachers, mental health in schools and colleges teams and workers, social workers, volunteers and parents understand better how to approach children and young people in such situations. There are skills building scenarios and supporting knowledge sessions to help you know the do’s and don’ts in these difficult situations:- How do you talk to a young person whom you suspect of harming themselves?
- What can you say that will be helpful and how can you manage yourself when you may be feeling shocked about the situation?
- How can you improve understanding?
- How can you assess their safety and co-create safety plans?
- Learn more about what helps and what can make things worse.
- What do you do if a young person you support has experiences of a death by suicide?
- How can we best understand and support young people who experience suicidal thinking and or self-harm?
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- MindEd Staying Safe from Suicide > Suicide and self-harm prevention, skills for schools
- Keywords:
- minded, suicide, prevention, self-harm, cutting, death, suicidal, depression, anxiety, bereavement, postvention, safety planning, suicidal ideation, schools, social care, staying safe from suicide
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- 2 May 2019
- Updated:
- 14 Mar 2025
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- Title:
- Suicide and self-harm prevention, skills for schools
- Description:
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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 working in schools, 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.
This learning is aligned with current best evidence and practice including The NHS Staying Safe from Suicide Guidance (NHS England, 2025) published as part of the wider National Suicide Prevention Cross Sector Strategy in England (Department of Health and Social Care (2023)).
We aim to help teachers, mental health in schools and colleges teams and workers, social workers, volunteers and parents understand better how to approach children and young people in such situations. There are skills building scenarios and supporting knowledge sessions to help you know the do’s and don’ts in these difficult situations:- How do you talk to a young person whom you suspect of harming themselves?
- What can you say that will be helpful and how can you manage yourself when you may be feeling shocked about the situation?
- How can you improve understanding?
- How can you assess their safety and co-create safety plans?
- Learn more about what helps and what can make things worse.
- What do you do if a young person you support has experiences of a death by suicide?
- How can we best understand and support young people who experience suicidal thinking and or self-harm?
- Hierarchy:
- MindEd Staying Safe from Suicide > Suicide and self-harm prevention, skills for schools
- Keywords:
- minded, suicide, prevention, self-harm, cutting, death, suicidal, depression, anxiety, bereavement, postvention, safety planning, suicidal ideation, schools, social care, staying safe from suicide
- Created:
- 2 May 2019
- Updated:
- 14 Mar 2025