Participants will be able to:

· Examine some of their attitudes about suicide

· Explain what being trauma-informed means in this context

· List factors relevant to the service that might increase the risk of suicide

· Identify potential warning signs that someone might have thoughts of suicide

· Explain the limitations of suicide-risk screening tools

· Discuss the principles of and possible steps in assessment when working with someone at risk

· List potential barriers to stable engagement and ways of addressing these

· Familiarise themselves with a range of questions that could be used to assess risk and promote strengths

· Determine appropriate levels of support (emergency services or support organisations/apps) and deploy appropriate technology such as the Stay Alive app in supporting people at risk of suicide

· Practise engaging someone in conversations about suicide using a framework

· Collaborate with a person at risk to develop a safety plan

· Discuss and construct ways of increasing their own resilience