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Z Self-Harm Awareness- Lite Bite 18,19,20

Date & Time:

Wednesday 13 November 2019 (10:00 - 12:00) - Please login to join the waiting list

Venue:

Hemel Hempstead Library, Hemel Hempstead, The Forum, Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1DN

Detail:

Stage 2

Non-attendance and late-cancellation charges apply.

Target Audience: Frontline professionals working with children and young people.

Aim of the Course:

To improve the quality of support, advice and guidance offered to young people who self-harm, or maybe at risk of committing suicide.
Offer consistent support to children and young people no matter what point of contact, to standardise the response of agencies regardless of what type of agency.
To increase knowledge, skills and competence of staff to recognise the signs and respond appropriately when working with a young person who self-harms, and/or knows of someone who self-harms.
To meet a locally identified need by service providers and commissioners.

Learning Outcomes:

An understanding of why young people self-harm
Strategies for responding to a disclosure of self-harm
Questioning skills with young people who self-harm
Alternative coping strategies for young people who self-harm and the key steps to help them reduce their harming

Booking:

Booking has now closed for this event.

Further Information:

Enquiries:

Jane.savage@hertfordshire.gov.uk (01992 588506)

Trainer:

Carole Baxter & Laura Shephard

Venue Details:

Hemel Hempstead Library, Hemel Hempstead, The Forum, Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1DN

(0300 123 4049)

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VENUE INFORMATION

Water Gardens Car Park is closest to The Forum but it no longer provided long stay of 3 hours or more to the public on weekdays. Moor End Car Park is now the closest long stay car park. Click here for council-run car park charges.

Free Car Parking can be accessed via Gadebridge Lane from the Leighton Buzzard Road. Click here for map. It is a 10-15 minutes’ walk across Gadebridge Park to The Forum. Please be aware that there is no street lighting after dark in Gadebridge Park.

Disabled Parking - Click here for a list of disabled parking available locally.

Food and Drink -The Forum’s café in the atrium serves hot and cold drinks and a variety of hot and cold light meals and snacks. Delegates are welcome to use the café to eat their own meals.