BIBA Schemes & Facilities webinar - Opening Up The Conversation About Suicide presented by Mental Health in Business

Develop your skills and knowledge of how to respond to someone having thoughts of suicide. Explore suicide in a safe, empowering way and become more comfortable talking about it.

A key takeaway is a message of hope – hope for recovery for those that are experiencing thoughts and feelings of suicide and hope that we can all play a part in creating suicide-safer communities.

Learning objectives:

By attending this presentation delegates should be able to:

• Summarise the impact of suicide
• Identify some commonly held beliefs about suicide
• Understand how certain thoughts and beliefs may be contributing to stigma
• Explain some of the signs and risk factors of suicide
• Develop the knowledge and skills to respond to thoughts of suicide

Presenter: Claire Russell - Founder & CEO, Mental Health in Business; TEDx Speaker; Keynote Speaker; Coach

Claire’s vision is to lead a global shift in mental health in the workplace. With her personal lived experience of mental ill health, and losing her partner to suicide in 2018; she is passionate about helping to effect change, break down taboos and open up the conversation about mental health. She is a professional speaker, mental wellbeing coach, mental health first aid instructor (youth and adult), suicide awareness and intervention trainer, and creator of multiple mental health training programs.

Claire has been a leader and business owner in the insurance industry for more than 25 years, so she understands well the challenges faced by business owners and leaders.

She speaks candidly about her own experiences, and on a range of issues relating to wellness and workplace mental wellbeing. She continues to be a committed volunteer, passionately supporting suicide prevention charities (now, PAPYRUS and formerly Samaritans).

Delegates participating in the accredited webinar can claim up to 1 CPD hour towards the CII member CPD scheme. A formal completion certificate will be issued for members attending and returning a feedback form.  

DISCLAIMER:

Our webinars are designed to give information and guidance and we aim to make them as accurate as we can at the time of presentation and recording. However, they may sometimes represent individual views and BIBA cannot guarantee, nor do they accept any responsibility or liability for, the accuracy or completeness of the content or for any loss which may arise from reliance on information contained within these presentations and recordings.