Description
This course raises awareness about self-harm and children and young people; why young people self-harm, the different types of self-harm, who is vulnerable to it and how top help young people recover. This e-learning session can be accessed via a variety of electronic devices. The programme benefits from animated scenarios and activities with on-going assessment making it engaging and interactive.
Aims & objectives
- explain what self-harm is
- why CYP might resort to self harming and the problems associated with it
- identify some of the signs that could indicate a CYP is self-harming
- identify different forms of self-harm
- identify groups that are vulnerable to self-harming
- describe/demonstrate how to talk to a CYP who is self-harming using a sensitive and understanding approach
- identify appropriate support to a CYP who is self-harming
- list possible substitutions and recovery strategies that CYP can try
- advise how you can raise the issue with a CYP you suspect is self-harming
- emphasise the need to follow the childrens home Self-harm Policy regarding reporting and recording
Course Audience – Practitioners in the Looked After Children’s Sector
Course length – 20-30 minutes
Accredited by Open Awards ‘Badge of Excellence’