LivingWorks is the world’s leading provider of Suicide Intervention Skills training, providing schools and organisations with suicide prevention and intervention training for over 40 years.
LivingWorks Australia offers a range of early-intervention suicide prevention training workshops that equip teachers, support staff, parents and students with the skills to recognise and respond if someone they know is experiencing thoughts of suicide.
LivingWorks’ training options enable everyone to play a role in preventing suicide, creating a powerful networks of safety to support entire school communities.
Australian Schools have engaged in LivingWorks training
Of teachers reported the training enabled them to provide support to someone with thoughts of suicide*
There are two LivingWorks training courses currently published by the Victorian Department of Education and Training on the Mental Health Menu which schools can deliver using their allocated funding.
For teachers and students 15 years+
Learn how to recognise and respond to an individual with thoughts of suicide, and then refer them to a safety connection or ASIST trained caregiver.
Length: 3-4 hours, in person
For wellbeing staff and teachers.
Learn how to complete a full suicide intervention for someone with thoughts of suicide, including a personalised safety plan.
Length: 2 days, in person
Using a simple yet proven effective model, LivingWorks safeTALK empowers everyone in a school community to play a role in preventing suicide. With over 120,000 people attending each year, LivingWorks safeTALK is the world’s fastest-growing suicide prevention skills training course.
LivingWorks safeTALK teaches participants how to:
LivingWorks safeTALK also provides an opportunity to discuss internal referral pathways, procedures and reporting requirements at your school.
LivingWorks safeTALK is ideal for staff professional development days for teachers and support staff working with young people.
Length: 3-4 hours
Delivery: In-Person
Cost: $5700 (excl GST) for a private workshop of 10- 30 participants
Safety Considerations:
This was by far the best suicide awareness course I’ve come across in my years teaching- very practical, well delivered and incredibly relevant for schools.
Trainers were educated and eloquent in delivering their information…and were able to link it with the culture and colleagues of the school.
This is such an important conversation for us to be having in schools- I wish I had done this when I first started as a teacher 5 years ago. Will be recommending this course to all my colleagues.
LivingWorks ASIST is the oldest and most evidence-based suicide intervention training in the world. Trusted by professionals, approved by the World Health Organisation and learnable by anyone, LivingWorks Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is the only workshop of its kind. Updated continually to reflect new knowledge, LivingWorks ASIST has been training people to provide suicide first aid interventions for 40 years.
LivingWorks ASIST teaches participants how to complete a full best-practice suicide intervention, including a personalised safety plan for someone experiencing thoughts of suicide. LivingWorks ASIST is a two-day in-person workshop featuring powerful audiovisuals, discussions, and simulations, with two knowledgeable and supportive trainers guiding you through the course.
LivingWorks ASIST is ideal for all teachers and highly recommended for Wellbeing staff, Counsellors, Head Teachers or those who may come into contact with students in distress. ASIST is the most widely used suicide prevention training program in schools across the world.
Length: 2 days
Delivery: In Person
Cost: $11,700 (excl GST) for a private workshop of 8- 30 participants.
While I have completed some online training in mental health/suicide, I got so much more out of this 2 day course, and now feel more confident and prepared to help. Highly recommend ASIST for all teachers working in wellbeing roles!
LivingWorks ASIST has been the most significant and practical training I have ever completed for my job as an educator of young people.
My role at the school requires me to talk about suicide almost daily– this workshop was fantastic in providing a clear and practical model I can readily apply. The practice and small groups work made this the best, most practical PL I have ever done.
LivingWorks Australia trains and registers eligible individuals to be LivingWorks trainers, who can then deliver LivingWorks training workshops to their school communities. Schools can use their allocated Mental Health Menu funding to train eligible staff as LivingWorks safeTALK or LivingWorks ASIST Trainers.
By funding staff members to become registered LivingWorks trainers, LivingWorks courses can then be delivered to staff, parents and students on an ongoing basis.
The LivingWorks safeTALK or ASIST T4T is ideal for schools looking for a sustainable way to embed training within their school communities.
safeTALK T4T applicants must ensure they meet the following criteria:
ASIST T4T applicants must ensure they meet the following criteria:
All LivingWorks T4T applicants will complete a pre-screen with the LivingWorks Training Management team before the T4T to ensure suitability.
safeTALK T4T
Cost:
These fees cover attendance at the course, all course and program delivery materials (USB, Training Manual etc), and ongoing support by our Training Management team.
If your school is interested in the SafeTALK T4T but has less than 10 people, please reach out to our team to discuss your options.
Length: 2 days, in person
ASIST T4T
Costs:
These fees cover attendance at the course, all course and program delivery materials (USB, Training Manual etc), and ongoing support by our Training Management team.
If your school is interested in the ASIST T4T but has less than 10 people, please reach out to our team to discuss your options.
Length: 5 days, in person.
To maintain registration, LivingWorks Trainers are required to:
* Orygen. (2024). LivingWorks Evaluation Report [Unpublished Report]. New South Wales, Australia.
Thank you for your interest in facilitating LivingWorks Suicide Prevention and Intervention Workshops at your school.
LivingWorks ASIST and LivingWorks SafeTALK have been listed on the Victorian Department of Education and Training Schools Mental Health Menu. Victorian Government schools can therefore utilise their Mental Health Menu funding to deliver LivingWorks training programs within their school.
Please submit an expression of interest below to receive more information and determine next steps for workshop delivery, or contact us at [email protected]
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