Change Interventions and Training Materials for Staff and Service Users

The following interventions have been provided by the Central Project team to help members bring about positive changes in the quality of care they provide as well as educating staff so that they are better equipped to work with people who self-harm.

Please feel free to print off and circulate any of the following documents for use within your service.

Triage and assessment Tools

• Mental Health Triage Scale

• Risk Assessment Matrix

Staff Education and Training Materials

• ‘Working with People who Self-harm – A staff information leaflet’ to be circulated to local staff – especially helpful for ambulance and ED staff

• ‘Understanding Self-Harm’ Training slide set

• ‘Working with People who Self-Harm’ slide set

• Training Slide Set- Guidance Notes

• ‘Checked’ list for Staff - to be displayed in staff areas in the Emergency Department and/or medical wards

• Online Training Exercise – Part One: Understanding Self-Harm

• Online Training Exercise – Part Two: Working with People who Self-Harm

• Online Training Exercise - Understanding Consent and Capacity

• Presentation Slides - Understanding Consent and Capacity

• Self-Harm Leaflet: Help is at Hand

• Mental Health Champions: Final Report- Used by Team in Portsmouth

Resources for Service Users

• Distraction techniques

• Template for local services leaflet – to be adapted by Local Project Teams

• Example of a local services leaflet used by the team at North Durham

• 'Self-Harm: Limiting the damage' leaflet – basic first-aid and wound care advice

• Self-Harm Leaflet: Help is at Hand

• The Programme of Work
• Wave 1 Member's Area
• Wave 2 Member's Area
• Wave 3 Member's Area
• Contact Details
• Publications

• Service User Information